Phone Comparison - Samsung Galaxy Tab 8.9 P7310 vs Amazon Kindle Fire HDX 8.9 vs Sony Xperia Z3 Tablet Compact

general General Info

Manufacturer Samsung Amazon Sony
Announced March 2011 September 2013 September 2014
Status Available - May 2011 Available - November 2013 Available - November 2014
Colors Metallic Gray Black Black, White
Form Factor Candybar Candybar Candybar
Dimension 230.9 x 157.8 x 8.6 mm
(9.09 x 6.21 x 0.34 in)
231 x 158 x 7.8 mm
(9.09 x 6.22 x 0.31 in)
213.4 x 123.6 x 6.4 mm
(8.4 x 4.87 x 0.25 in)
Weight 447.9 g (15.77.0.32 oz) 374 g/ 384 g (13.19 oz/ 13.55 oz) 270 g (9.52 oz)
2G Network N/A GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900
CDMA2000 1xEV-DO
GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900 - D6502, D6503, D6543
3G Network HSDPA HSDPA 850 / 900 / 1700 / 1900 / 2100 - D6502, D6503, D6543
4G Network - LTE LTE 700/800/850/900/1700/1800/1900/2100/2600 - D6503
Messaging , EMail, IM , Push Mail, EMail, IM SMS, MMS, Push Mail, EMail, IM
Build Features - - IP68 Certified - Dust Tight and Water Resistant over 1 Meter and 30 Minutes

hardware Hardware and OS

OS Android OS, v3.0 (Honeycomb), upgradable to v3.1 Android OS, v4.x (Jelly Bean - customized) Android OS, v4.4.2 (KitKat)
Processor Dual-core 1 GHz Cortex-A9, Nvidia Tegra 2 T20 Quad-core 2.2 GHz Krait 400, Qualcomm Snapdragon 800 Quad-core 2.5 GHz Krait 400, Qualcomm MSM8974AB Snapdragon 801
GPU ULP GeForce Adreno 330 Adreno 330
RAM 1 GB 2 GB 3 GB
Internal Memory 16/32/64 GB storage 16/32/64 GB 16 GB
External Memory No No microSD, up to 128 GB

display Display

Type PLS TFT capacitive touchscreen IPS LCD capacitive touchscreen TFT LCD Capacitive Touchscreen, Triluminos display, X-Reality Engine
Colors 16M colors 16M colors 16M colors
Size 8.9 inches 8.9 inches 8.0 inches
Resolution 800 x 1280 pixels (170 ppi) 2560 x 1600 pixels (339 ppi) 1200 x 1920 pixels (283 ppi)
Screen-to-Body Ratio 62.74% 63.00% 70.37%
Multi-Touch yes yes yes

multimedia Multimedia

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

camera Camera

Rear Camera 3.15 MP, 2048x1536 pixels 8 MP, 3264 x 2448 pixels 8.1 MP, 3264 x 2448 pixels
Flash LED flash LED flash No
Features Auto focus, Geo-tagging Auto focus, Geo-tagging, Touch Focus, Image Stabilization Auto focus, Geo-tagging, Touch Focus, Face Detection, Image Stabilization, HDR, Panorama
Video Yes, 720p Yes 1080p@30fps
Front Camera Yes, 2 MP [Similar] Yes, 720p [Similar] 2.2 MP, 1080p@30fps [Similar]

connectivity Connectivity and Data Rate

GPRS No Yes Up to 107 kbps
Edge No Yes Up to 296 kbps
3G No HSPA+, LTE HSDPA, 42 Mbps; HSUPA, 5.8 Mbps; LTE, Cat4, 50 Mbps UL, 150 Mbps DL
Bluetooth Yes, v3.0 with A2DP, EDR Yes v4.0, A2DP, LE, apt-X
Wi-Fi Wi-Fi 802.11 a/b/g/n, Wi-Fi hotspot, DLNA Wi-Fi 802.11 a/b/g/n, dual-band Wi-Fi 802.11 a/b/g/n/ac, dual-band, Wi-Fi Direct, DLNA, Wi-Fi hotspot
USB Yes, v2.0, HS Yes, microUSB v2.0 microUSB v2.0 (MHL 3), USB On-the-go, USB Host
GPS Yes Yes, with A-GPS support (4G model) Yes, with A-GPS, GLONASS
Browser HTML, Adobe Flash HTML5 (Amazon Silk) HTML5

memory User Memory

Internal 16/32/64 GB storage, 1GB RAM 16/32/64 GB, 2 GB RAM 16 GB, 3 GB RAM
Expandable Storage No No microSD, up to 128 GB
USB OTG - - Supported

Apps Sensors

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

battery Battery

Type Standard battery, Li-Po Non-removable Li-Ion battery Non-removable Li-Ion Battery
Capacity 6000 mAh - 4500 mAh
Stand by - Up to 1100 h (2G)
Up to 1300 h (3G)
Talk Time Up to 12 h Up to 19 h (2G)
Up to 23 h (3G)