Phone Comparison - Motorola DROID RAZR HD vs Amazon Kindle Fire HD 8.9 LTE

Motorola DROID RAZR HD
motorola droid razr hd
Amazon Kindle Fire HD 8.9 LTE
amazon kindle fire hd 8.9 lte
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general General Info

Manufacturer Motorola Amazon
Announced September 2012 September 2012
Status Available - October 2012 Available - October 2012
Colors Black, White Black
Form Factor Candybar Candybar
Dimension 131.9 x 67.9 x 8.4 mm
(5.19 x 2.67 x 0.33 in)
240 x 164 x 8.8 mm
(9.45 x 6.46 x 0.35 in)
Weight 146 g (5.15 oz) 575 g (20.28 oz)
2G Network CDMA 800 / 1900
GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900
GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900
3G Network CDMA2000 1xEV-DO
HSDPA 850 / 900 / 1900 / 2100
HSDPA
4G Network LTE 700 MHz Class 13 LTE
Messaging SMS, MMS, Push Mail, EMail, IM , Push Mail, EMail, IM

hardware Hardware and OS

OS Android OS, v4.0.4 (Ice Cream Sandwich), upgradable to v4.1 Android OS, v4.0 (customized)
Processor Dual-core 1.5 GHz, Qualcomm MSM8960 Snapdragon [Similar] Dual-core 1.5 GHz Cortex-A9, TI OMAP 4470 [Similar]
GPU Adreno 225 [Similar] PowerVR SGX544 [Similar]
RAM 1 GB [Browse Similar] 1 GB [Browse Similar]
Internal Memory 12 GB storage 32/64 GB storage
External Memory microSD, up to 32GB No

display Display

Type Super AMOLED capacitive touchscreen IPS LCD capacitive touchscreen
Colors 16M colors 16M colors
Size 4.7 inches [Similar] 8.9 inches [Similar]
Resolution 720 x 1280 pixels (312 ppi) [Similar] 1920 x 1200 pixels (254 ppi)
Screen-to-Body Ratio 68.20% 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 8 MP, 3264x2448 pixels [Similar] 1.3 MP, 1280 x 1024 pixels [Similar]
Flash LED flash No
Features Auto focus, Touch-focus, Geo-tagging, Face Detection, Image Stabilization Geo-tagging
Video Yes, 1080p@30fps No
Front Camera Yes, 1.3 MP [Similar] No [Similar]

connectivity Connectivity and Data Rate

GPRS Class 12 (4+1/3+2/2+3/1+4 slots), 32 - 48 kbps Yes
Edge Class 12 Yes
3G Rev. A, up to 3.1 Mbps, LTE, HSPA+ HSDPA, HSUPA, LTE
Bluetooth Yes, v4.0 with LE+EDR Yes, with A2DP
Wi-Fi Wi-Fi 802.11 a/b/g/n, Wi-Fi hotspot Wi-Fi 802.11 a/b/g/n, dual-band
USB Yes, microUSB v2.0 Yes, v2.0
GPS Yes, with A-GPS support and GLONASS Yes, with A-GPS support
Browser HTML, Adobe Flash HTML5 (Amazon Silk)

memory User Memory

Internal 12 GB storage, 1GB RAM 32/64 GB storage, 1 GB RAM
Expandable Storage microSD, up to 32GB No

Apps Sensors

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

battery Battery

Type Li-Po Battery Non-removable Li-Ion battery
Capacity 2530 mAh 6000 mAh
Stand by Up to 286 h -
Talk Time Up to 24 h Up to 10 h