Phone Comparison - Samsung Ativ S vs Amazon Kindle Fire

Samsung Ativ S
samsung ativ s
Amazon Kindle Fire
amazon kindle fire
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general General Info

Manufacturer Samsung Amazon
Announced August 2012 September 2011
Status Released - December 2012 Available - November 2011
Colors Gray Black
Form Factor Candybar Candybar
Dimension 137.2 x 70.5 x 8.7 mm
(5.4 x 2.78 x 0.34 in)
190 x 120 x 11.4 mm
(7.48 x 4.72 x 0.45 in)
Weight 135 g (4.76 oz) 413 g (14.57 oz)
2G Network GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900 N/A
3G Network HSDPA 850 / 900 / 1900 / 2100 N/A
Messaging SMS, MMS, Push Mail, EMail, IM , Push Mail, EMail, IM

hardware Hardware and OS

OS Microsoft Windows Phone 8 Android OS, v2.3 (customized)
Processor Dual-core Krait 1.5 GHz, Qualcomm MSM8960 Snapdragon [Similar] Dual-core 1 GHz Cortex-A9, TI OMAP 4430 [Similar]
GPU Adreno 225 [Similar] PowerVR SGX540 [Similar]
RAM 1 GB [Browse Similar] 512 MB [Browse Similar]
Internal Memory 16/32 GB storage 8 GB storage
External Memory microSD, up to 32 GB No

display Display

Type Super AMOLED capacitive touchscreen IPS LCD capacitive touchscreen
Colors 16M colors 16M colors
Size 4.8 inches [Similar] 7.0 inches [Similar]
Resolution 720 x 1280 pixels (306 ppi) [Similar] 1024 x 600 pixels (170 ppi)
Screen-to-Body Ratio 65.65% 60.16%
Multi-Touch yes yes

multimedia Multimedia

3.5mm Jack yes yes
Radio Stereo FM radio with RDS Stereo FM radio
Games Yes + Downloadable Yes + Downloadable
Loud Speaker yes no

camera Camera

Rear Camera 8 MP, 3264x2448 pixels [Similar] N/A [Similar]
Flash LED flash N/A
Features Auto focus, Geo-tagging, Image Stabilization N/A
Video Yes, 1080p@30fps N/A
Front Camera Yes, 1.9 MP [Similar] N/A [Similar]

connectivity Connectivity and Data Rate

GPRS Yes No
Edge Yes No
3G HSDPA, 42 Mbps; HSUPA, 5.76 Mbps No
Bluetooth Yes, v3.0 with A2DP No
Wi-Fi Wi-Fi 802.11 a/b/g/n, dual-band, Wi-Fi Direct, DLNA, Wi-Fi hotspot Wi-Fi 802.11 b/g/n
USB Yes, microUSB v2.0 Yes
GPS Yes, with A-GPS support and GLONASS No
Browser HTML5 HTML (Amazon Silk)

memory User Memory

Internal 16/32 GB storage, 1 GB RAM 8GB storage, 512 MB RAM
Expandable Storage microSD, up to 32 GB 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 supported NFC not supported

battery Battery

Type Standard battery, Li-Ion Non-removable Li-Ion Battery
Capacity 2300 mAh 4400 mAh
Stand by Up to 168 h (2G)
Up to 218 h (3G)
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Talk Time Up to 8 h (2G)
Up to 14 h 50 min (3G)
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