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Alcatel One Touch Idol Ultra vs Amazon Kindle Fire HD 8.9 LTE

General Info

Manufacturer
Alcatel Amazon
Announced
January 2013 September 2012
Status
Available - April 2013 Available - October 2012
Colors
Red, Black Black
Form Factor
Candybar Candybar
Dimension
134.4 x 68.5 x 6.5 mm
(5.29 x 2.7 x 0.26 in)
240 x 164 x 8.8 mm
(9.45 x 6.46 x 0.35 in)
Weight
115 g (4.06 oz) 575 g (20.28 oz)
2G Network
GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900 GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900
3G Network
HSDPA 900 / 2100
HSDPA 850 / 2100
HSDPA
4G Network
- LTE
Messaging
SMS, MMS, EMail, IM , Push Mail, EMail, IM
Build Features
Dragon Trail Glass -

Display

Type
AMOLED capacitive touchscreen IPS LCD capacitive touchscreen
Colors
16M colors 16M colors
Size
4.7 inches [Similar] 8.9 inches [Similar]
Resolution
720 x 1280 pixels (312 ppi) [Similar] 1920 x 1200 pixels (254 ppi)
Screen-to-Body Ratio
66.35% 58.54%
Multi-Touch

Hardware and OS

OS
Android OS, v4.1 (Jelly Bean) Android OS, v4.0 (customized)
Processor
Dual-core 1.2 GHz, MTK 6577 [Similar] Dual-core 1.5 GHz Cortex-A9, TI OMAP 4470 [Similar]
GPU
PowerVR SXG531T [Similar] PowerVR SGX544 [Similar]
RAM
N/A 1 GB [Browse Similar]
Internal Memory
16 GB storage, 1 GB 32/64 GB storage
External Memory
No No

Camera

Rear Camera
8 MP, 3264 x 2448 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, 1080p No
Front Camera
Yes, 1.3 MP [Similar] No [Similar]

Multimedia

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

Connectivity and Data Rate

GPRS
Yes Yes
Edge
Yes Yes
3G
HSDPA 7.2Mbps HSDPA, HSUPA, LTE
Bluetooth
Yes Yes, with A2DP
Wi-Fi
Wi-Fi 802.11 b/g/n, 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 support Yes, with A-GPS support
Browser
HTML HTML5 (Amazon Silk)

User Memory

Internal
16 GB storage, 1 GB 32/64 GB storage, 1 GB RAM
Expandable Storage
No No

Sensors

Fingerprint
Proximity Sensor
Accelerometer Sensor
NFC

Battery

Type
Li-Ion Battery Non-removable Li-Ion battery
Capacity
1800 mAh 6000 mAh
Stand by
Up to 400 h (2G)
Up to 400 h (3G)
-
Talk Time
Up to 12 h (2G)
Up to 7 h (3G)
Up to 10 h
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