Phone Comparison - Samsung I9103 Galaxy R vs Amazon Kindle Fire

Samsung I9103 Galaxy R
samsung i9103 galaxy r
Amazon Kindle Fire
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general General Info

Manufacturer Samsung Amazon
Announced June 2011 September 2011
Status Available - August 2011 Available - November 2011
Colors Black Black
Form Factor Candybar Candybar
Dimension 125 x 66 x 9.5 mm
(4.92 x 2.6 x 0.37 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 900 / 2100 N/A
Messaging SMS, MMS, EMail, IM , Push Mail, EMail, IM

hardware Hardware and OS

OS Android OS, v2.3.3 (Gingerbread) Android OS, v2.3 (customized)
Processor Dual-core 1 GHz Cortex-A9, Nvidia Tegra 2 AP20H [Similar] Dual-core 1 GHz Cortex-A9, TI OMAP 4430 [Similar]
GPU ULP GeForce [Similar] PowerVR SGX540 [Similar]
RAM 1 GB [Browse Similar] 512 MB [Browse Similar]
Internal Memory 8 GB storage 8 GB storage
External Memory microSD, up to 32GB No

display Display

Type SC-LCD capacitive touchscreen IPS LCD capacitive touchscreen
Colors 16M colors 16M colors
Size 4.2 inches [Similar] 7.0 inches [Similar]
Resolution 480 x 800 pixels (222 ppi) [Similar] 1024 x 600 pixels (170 ppi)
Screen-to-Body Ratio 60.93% 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 5 MP, 2592x1944 pixels [Similar] N/A [Similar]
Flash LED flash N/A
Features Auto focus, Video-calling, Geo-tagging, Smile Detection N/A
Video Yes, 720p N/A
Front Camera Yes [Similar] N/A [Similar]

connectivity Connectivity and Data Rate

GPRS Yes No
Edge Yes No
3G HSDPA, HSUPA No
Bluetooth Yes, v3.0 with A2DP, EDR No
Wi-Fi Wi-Fi 802.11 b/g/n, Wi-Fi hotspot, DLNA Wi-Fi 802.11 b/g/n
USB Yes, microUSB v2.0 Yes
GPS Yes, with A-GPS support No
Browser HTML, Adobe Flash HTML (Amazon Silk)

memory User Memory

Internal 8 GB storage, 1 GB RAM, 2 GB ROM 8GB storage, 512 MB 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 Standard battery, Li-Ion Non-removable Li-Ion Battery
Capacity 1650 mAh 4400 mAh
Stand by Up to 620 h -
Talk Time Up to 9 h -