Phone Comparison - Huawei MediaPad vs Amazon Kindle Fire HD 8.9 LTE

Huawei MediaPad
huawei mediapad
Amazon Kindle Fire HD 8.9 LTE
amazon kindle fire hd 8.9 lte
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general General Info

Manufacturer Huawei Amazon
Announced Q3 2011 September 2012
Status Available Available - October 2012
Colors shadow black, classic brown, passion pink Black
Form Factor Candybar Candybar
Dimension 190 x 124 x 10.5 mm
(7.48 x 4.88 x 0.41 in)
240 x 164 x 8.8 mm
(9.45 x 6.46 x 0.35 in)
Weight 390 g (13.76 oz) 575 g (20.28 oz)
2G Network GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900 GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900
3G Network HSDPA 900 / 2100 - S7-301u
HSDPA 850 / 1900 / 2100 - S7-302u or HSDPA 900 / 2100 / AWS - S7-303u
HSDPA
4G Network - LTE
Messaging SMS, MMS, EMail, IM , Push Mail, EMail, IM

hardware Hardware and OS

OS Android OS, v3.2 (Honeycomb), upgradable to v4.0 (Ice Cream Sandwich) Android OS, v4.0 (customized)
Processor Dual-core 1.2 GHz Scorpion, Qualcomm MSM8260 Snapdragon [Similar] Dual-core 1.5 GHz Cortex-A9, TI OMAP 4470 [Similar]
GPU Adreno 220 [Similar] PowerVR SGX544 [Similar]
RAM 1 GB [Browse Similar] 1 GB [Browse Similar]
Internal Memory 5.8 GB storage, 8 GB ROM 32/64 GB storage
External Memory microSD, up to 32 GB No

display Display

Type IPS LCD capacitive touchscreen IPS LCD capacitive touchscreen
Colors 256K colors 16M colors
Size 7.0 inches [Similar] 8.9 inches [Similar]
Resolution 800 x 1280 pixels (216 ppi) [Similar] 1920 x 1200 pixels (254 ppi)
Screen-to-Body Ratio 60.10% 58.54%
Multi-Touch yes yes

multimedia Multimedia

3.5mm Jack yes yes
Radio No No
Games Yes + Downloadable Yes + Downloadable
Loud Speaker yes yes

camera Camera

Rear Camera 5 MP, 2592x1944 pixels [Similar] 1.3 MP, 1280 x 1024 pixels [Similar]
Flash No No
Features Auto focus, Geo-tagging Geo-tagging
Video Yes, 720p@30fps No
Front Camera Yes, 1.3 MP, 720p@30fps [Similar] No [Similar]

connectivity Connectivity and Data Rate

GPRS Yes Yes
Edge Yes Yes
3G HSDPA, 14.4 Mbps; HSUPA, 5.76 Mbps HSDPA, HSUPA, LTE
Bluetooth Yes, v2.1 with A2DP, EDR Yes, with A2DP
Wi-Fi Wi-Fi 802.11 b/g/n, Wi-Fi hotspot Wi-Fi 802.11 a/b/g/n, dual-band
USB Yes, microUSB v2.0, USB On-the-go Yes, v2.0
GPS Yes, with A-GPS support Yes, with A-GPS support
Browser HTML5, Adobe Flash HTML5 (Amazon Silk)

memory User Memory

Internal 5.8 GB storage, 8 GB ROM, 1 GB RAM 32/64 GB storage, 1 GB RAM
Expandable Storage microSD, up to 32 GB No
USB OTG Supported -

Apps Sensors

Fingerprint fingerprint not supported fingerprint not supported
Proximity Sensor proximity sensor not present proximity sensor not present
Accelerometer Sensor accelerometer sensor present accelerometer sensor present
NFC NFC not supported NFC not supported

battery Battery

Type Non-removable Li-Po Battery Non-removable Li-Ion battery
Capacity 4100 mAh 6000 mAh
Stand by Up to 200 h -
Talk Time Up to 6 h Up to 10 h