Phone Comparison - ZTE Blade III vs Amazon Kindle Fire HD

ZTE Blade III
zte blade iii
Amazon Kindle Fire HD
amazon kindle fire hd
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general General Info

Manufacturer ZTE Amazon
Announced September 2012 September 2012
Status Available - September 2012 Available - September 2012
Colors Black Black
Form Factor Candybar Candybar
Dimension 123 x 63.5 x 10 mm
(4.84 x 2.5 x 0.39 in)
193 x 137 x 10.3 mm
(7.6 x 5.39 x 0.41 in)
Weight 130 g (4.59 oz) 395 g (13.93 oz)
2G Network GSM 900 / 1800 / 1900 N/A
3G Network HSDPA 900 / 2100 N/A
Messaging SMS, MMS, Push Mail, EMail, IM , Push Mail, EMail, IM

hardware Hardware and OS

OS Android OS, v4.0 (Ice Cream Sandwich) Android OS, v4.0 (customized)
Processor 1 GHz, Qualcomm MSM7227A Snapdragon [Similar] Dual-core 1.2 GHz Cortex-A9, TI OMAP 4460 [Similar]
GPU Adreno 200 [Similar] PowerVR SGX540 [Similar]
RAM 512 MB [Browse Similar] 1 GB [Browse Similar]
Internal Memory 4 GB storage (2.5 GB user available) 16/32 GB storage
External Memory microSD, up to 32 GB No

display Display

Type TFT capacitive touchscreen IPS LCD capacitive touchscreen
Colors 256K colors 16M colors
Size 4.0 inches [Similar] 7.0 inches [Similar]
Resolution 480 x 800 pixels (233 ppi) [Similar] 800 x 1280 pixels (216 ppi) [Similar]
Screen-to-Body Ratio 58.43% 53.55%
Multi-Touch yes yes

multimedia Multimedia

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

camera Camera

Rear Camera 5 MP, 2592х1944 pixels [Similar] 1.3 MP, 1280 x 1024 pixels [Similar]
Flash No No
Features Auto focus, Geo-tagging -
Video Yes No
Front Camera Yes [Similar] No [Similar]

connectivity Connectivity and Data Rate

GPRS Yes No
Edge Yes No
3G HSDPA, 7.2 Mbps; HSUPA, 5.76 Mbps No
Bluetooth Yes, v2.1 with A2DP Yes, with A2DP
Wi-Fi Wi-Fi 802.11 b/g/n, Wi-Fi Direct, Wi-Fi hotspot, DLNA Wi-Fi 802.11 a/b/g/n, dual-band
USB Yes, microUSB v2.0 Yes, v2.0
GPS Yes, with A-GPS support No
Browser HTML5 HTML5 (Amazon Silk)

memory User Memory

Internal 4 GB storage (2.5 GB user available), 512 MB RAM 16/32 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 not supported NFC not supported

battery Battery

Type Standard battery, Li-Ion Non-removable Li-Ion battery (16.43 Wh)
Capacity 1600 mAh 4400 mAh
Stand by - -
Talk Time - Up to 11 h