Phone Comparison - Samsung Galaxy S Relay 4G vs Amazon Kindle Fire HD 8.9 LTE

Samsung Galaxy S Relay 4G
samsung galaxy s relay 4g
Amazon Kindle Fire HD 8.9 LTE
amazon kindle fire hd 8.9 lte
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general General Info

Manufacturer Samsung Amazon
Announced September 2012 September 2012
Status Available - September 2012 Available - October 2012
Colors Black Black
Form Factor Slider, QWERTY, Candybar Candybar
Dimension 125.9 x 64.8 x 13.5 mm
(4.96 x 2.55 x 0.53 in)
240 x 164 x 8.8 mm
(9.45 x 6.46 x 0.35 in)
Weight 147 g (5.19 oz) 575 g (20.28 oz)
2G Network GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900 GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900
3G Network HSDPA 850 / 1700 / 1900 / 2100 HSDPA
4G Network LTE 700 / 1700 LTE
Messaging SMS, MMS, EMail, IM , Push Mail, EMail, IM

hardware Hardware and OS

OS Android OS, v4.0 (Ice Cream Sandwich) Android OS, v4.0 (customized)
Processor Dual-core 1.5 GHz Scortpion, 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 8 GB storage 32/64 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 4.0 inches [Similar] 8.9 inches [Similar]
Resolution 480 x 800 pixels (233 ppi) [Similar] 1920 x 1200 pixels (254 ppi)
Screen-to-Body Ratio 55.94% 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 LED flash No
Features Auto focus, Geo-tagging, Touch Focus Geo-tagging
Video Yes, 720p@30fps No
Front Camera Yes, 1.3 MP [Similar] No [Similar]

connectivity Connectivity and Data Rate

GPRS Yes Yes
Edge Yes Yes
3G HSDPA, 42 Mbps; HSUPA HSDPA, HSUPA, LTE
Bluetooth Yes, v3.0 with A2DP Yes, with A2DP
Wi-Fi Wi-Fi 802.11 b/g/n, DLNA, Wi-Fi Direct, 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 Yes, with A-GPS support
Browser HTML, Adobe Flash HTML5 (Amazon Silk)

memory User Memory

Internal 8 GB storage, 1 GB RAM 32/64 GB storage, 1 GB 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 1800 mAh 6000 mAh
Stand by Up to 312 h -
Talk Time Up to 10 h Up to 10 h