Phone Comparison - Samsung I9300 Galaxy S III (S3) vs Amazon Fire vs Amazon Fire HD 8

general General Info

Manufacturer Samsung Amazon Amazon
Announced May 2012 September 2015 September 2015
Status Available - May 2012 Available - September 2015 Available - September 2015
Price - Rs. 3,407 ($999.99) [Similarly Priced] Rs. 6,133 ($89.99) [Similarly Priced]
Colors Blue, White White, Black Black, Magenta, Blue, Tangerine
Form Factor Candybar Candybar Candybar
Dimension 136.6 x 70.6 x 8.6 mm
(5.38 x 2.78 x 0.34 in)
191 x 115 x 10.6 mm
(7.52 x 4.53 x 0.42 in)
214 x 128 x 7.7 mm
(8.43 x 5.04 x 0.3 in)
Weight 133 g (4.69 oz) 313 g (11.04 oz) 311 g (10.97 oz)
2G Network GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900 N/A N/A
3G Network HSDPA 850 / 900 / 1900 / 2100 N/A N/A
4G Network LTE (regional) - -
Messaging SMS, MMS, EMail, IM SMS, MMS, EMail, IM , Push Mail, EMail, IM
Build Features - - Dolby Atmos Dual Stereo Speakers

hardware Hardware and OS

OS Android OS, v4.0.4 (Ice Cream Sandwich) Android OS, v5.0 (Lollipop), Fire OS 5 Android OS, v5.0 (Lollipop), Fire OS 5
Processor Quad-core 1.4 GHz Cortex-A9, Exynos 4212 Quad Quad-core 1.3 GHz Dual-core 1.5 GHz & dual-core 1.2 GHz, Mediatek MT8135
GPU Mali-400MP - PowerVR G6200
RAM 1 GB 1 GB 1 GB
Internal Memory 16/32/64 GB storage 8 GB 8/16 GB
External Memory microSD, up to 64 GB microSD, up to 32 GB microSD, up to 128 GB

display Display

Type Super AMOLED capacitive touchscreen IPS LCD Capacitive Touchscreen IPS LCD capacitive touchscreen
Colors 16M colors 16M colors 16M colors
Size 4.8 inches 7.0 inches 8.0 inches
Resolution 720 x 1280 pixels (306 ppi) 600 x 1024 pixels (170 ppi) 800 x 1280 pixels (189 ppi)
Screen-to-Body Ratio 65.84% 62.44% 67.52%
Multi-Touch yes yes yes

multimedia Multimedia

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

camera Camera

Rear Camera 8 MP, 3264x2448 pixels 2 MP, 1600 x 1200 pixels 5 MP, 2592 х 1944 pixels
Flash LED flash No No
Features Auto focus, Simultaneous HD Video And Image Recording, Geo-tagging, Touch Focus, Face And Smile Detection, Image Stabilization Geo-tagging Yes
Video Yes, 1080p@30fps 480p@24fps Yes
Front Camera Yes, 1.9 MP, 720p@30fps [Similar] VGA [Similar] VGA, 720p [Similar]

connectivity Connectivity and Data Rate

GPRS Class 12 (4+1/3+2/2+3/1+4 slots), 32 - 48 kbps Yes No
Edge Class 12 Yes No
3G HSDPA, 21 Mbps; HSUPA, 5.76 Mbps N/A No
Bluetooth Yes, v4.0 with A2DP, EDR v4.0, A2DP v4.0
Wi-Fi Wi-Fi 802.11 a/b/g/n, DLNA, Wi-Fi Direct, Wi-Fi hotspot Wi-Fi 802.11 b/g/n, Wi-Fi Direct, hotspot Wi-Fi 802.11 b/g/n
USB Yes, microUSB v2.0 (MHL), USB On-the-go microUSB v2.0 microUSB v2.0
GPS Yes, with A-GPS support and GLONASS Yes Yes
Browser HTML, Adobe Flash HTML5 HTML5

memory User Memory

Internal 16/32/64 GB storage, 1 GB RAM 8 GB, 1 GB RAM 8/16 GB, 1 GB RAM
Expandable Storage microSD, up to 64 GB microSD, up to 32 GB microSD, up to 128 GB
USB OTG Supported - -

Apps Sensors

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

battery Battery

Type Standard battery, Li-Ion Non-removable Li-Ion Battery -
Capacity 2100 mAh 4400 mAh 4750 mAh
Stand by Up to 830Hr (2G)/up to 770Hr hours (3G) - -
Talk Time Up to 1350Min (2G)/up to 700Min hours (3G) Up to 7 h (multimedia) Up to 8 h (multimedia)