Phone Comparison - Samsung Galaxy S3 Slim vs Amazon Fire Phone

Samsung Galaxy S3 Slim
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Amazon Fire Phone
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general General Info

Manufacturer Samsung Amazon
Announced March 2014 June 2014
Status Available - March 2014 Available - July 2014
Colors Black, White Black
Form Factor Candybar Candybar
Dimension 133 x 66 x 9.7 mm
(5.24 x 2.6 x 0.38 in)
139.2 x 66.5 x 8.9 mm
(5.48 x 2.62 x 0.35 in)
Weight 139 g (4.9 oz) 160 g (5.64 oz)
2G Network GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900 GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900
3G Network HSDPA 850 / 900 / 1900 / 2100 HSDPA 850 / 900 / 1700 / 1900 / 2100
4G Network - LTE 700 / 800 / 850 / 900 / 1700 / 1800 / 1900 / 2100 / 2600
Messaging SMS, MMS, EMail, IM SMS, MMS, EMail, IM
Build Features - - 3D Dynamic Perspective UI
- System Wide Tilt, Auto-scroll, Swivel and Peek Functions

hardware Hardware and OS

OS Android OS, v4.2 (Jelly Bean) Fire OS 3.5.0
Processor Quad-core 1.2 GHz [Similar] Quad-core 2.2 GHz Krait 400, Qualcomm Snapdragon 800 [Similar]
GPU - Adreno 330 [Similar]
RAM 1 GB [Browse Similar] 2 GB [Browse Similar]
Internal Memory 8 GB ROM 32/64 GB
External Memory microSD, up to 32 GB No

display Display

Type TFT Capacitive Touchscreen IPS LCD Capacitive Touchscreen, Corning Gorilla Glass 3 (front and back)
Colors 16M colors 16M colors
Size 4.52 inches [Similar] 4.7 inches [Similar]
Resolution 540 x 960 pixels (244 ppi) [Similar] 720 x 1280 pixels (312 ppi) [Similar]
Screen-to-Body Ratio 64.00% 65.98%
Multi-Touch yes yes

multimedia Multimedia

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

camera Camera

Rear Camera 5 MP, 2592х1944 pixels [Similar] 13 MP, 4128 x 3096 pixels [Similar]
Flash LED flash LED Flash
Features Auto focus, Geo-tagging, Touch Focus, Face And Smile Detection, Image Stabilization Auto-focus, Geo-tagging, HDR, OIS
Video Yes Yes, 1080p@30fps
Front Camera Yes, VGA [Similar] Yes, 2.1 MP, 1080p@30fps [Similar]

connectivity Connectivity and Data Rate

GPRS Yes Yes
Edge Yes Yes
3G HSDPA, 21 Mbps; HSUPA, 5.76 Mbps HSPA+, LTE
Bluetooth Yes, v4.0 with A2DP, EDR Yes, v3.0
Wi-Fi Wi-Fi 802.11 a/b/g/n, DLNA, Wi-Fi Direct, Wi-Fi hotspot Wi-Fi 802.11 a/b/g/n/ac, dual-band
USB Yes, microUSB v2.0 (MHL), USB On-the-go Yes, microUSB v2.0
GPS Yes, with A-GPS support and GLONASS Yes, with A-GPS support and GLONASS
Browser HTML5 HTML5

memory User Memory

Internal 8 GB ROM, 1 GB RAM 32/64 GB, 2 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 present proximity sensor present
Accelerometer Sensor accelerometer sensor present accelerometer sensor present
NFC NFC not supported NFC supported

battery Battery

Type Standard Li-Ion Battery Non-removable Li-Ion Battery
Capacity 2100 mAh 2400 mAh
Stand by - Up to 285 h
Talk Time Up to 8 h Up to 22 h