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Amazon Kindle Fire HD 8.9 LTE vs HTC First

General Info

Manufacturer
Amazon HTC
Announced
September 2012 April 2013
Status
Available - October 2012 Available - April 2013
Colors
Black White, Black, Pale Blue, Red
Form Factor
Candybar Candybar
Dimension
240 x 164 x 8.8 mm
(9.45 x 6.46 x 0.35 in)
126 x 65 x 8.9 mm
(4.96 x 2.56 x 0.35 in)
Weight
575 g (20.28 oz) 124 g (4.37 oz)
2G Network
GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900 GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900
3G Network
HSDPA HSDPA 900 / 2100
HSDPA 850 / 2100
4G Network
LTE LTE 850/1900 MHz
Messaging
, Push Mail, EMail, IM SMS, MMS, Push Mail, EMail

Display

Type
IPS LCD capacitive touchscreen Super LCD capacitive touchscreen
Colors
16M colors 16M colors
Size
8.9 inches [Similar] 4.3 inches [Similar]
Resolution
1920 x 1200 pixels (254 ppi) 1280 x 720 pixels (341 ppi) [Similar]
Screen-to-Body Ratio
58.54% 62.43%
Multi-Touch

Hardware and OS

OS
Android OS, v4.0 (customized) Android OS, v4.1 (Jelly Bean)
Processor
Dual-core 1.5 GHz Cortex-A9, TI OMAP 4470 [Similar] Dual-core 1.4 GHz, Qualcomm MSM8930AA Snapdragon 400 [Similar]
GPU
PowerVR SGX544 [Similar] Adreno 305 [Similar]
RAM
1 GB [Browse Similar] 1 GB [Browse Similar]
Internal Memory
32/64 GB storage 16 GB
External Memory
No N/A

Camera

Rear Camera
1.3 MP, 1280 x 1024 pixels [Similar] 5 MP, 2592х1944 pixels [Similar]
Flash
No LED flash
Features
Geo-tagging Auto focus, Geo-tagging, 720p HD playback on device
Video
No Up to 1080p HD video capture
Front Camera
No [Similar] Yes, 1.6 MP, 720p@30fps [Similar]

Multimedia

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

Connectivity and Data Rate

GPRS
Yes Yes
Edge
Yes Yes
3G
HSDPA, HSUPA, LTE HSDPA, 21 Mbps; HSUPA, 5.76 Mbps
Bluetooth
Yes, with A2DP Yes, v4.0 with A2DP
Wi-Fi
Wi-Fi 802.11 a/b/g/n, dual-band Wi-Fi 802.11 b/g/n, DLNA, Wi-Fi hotspot
USB
Yes, v2.0 Yes, microUSB v2.0
GPS
Yes, with A-GPS support Yes, with A-GPS support
Browser
HTML5 (Amazon Silk) HTML5

User Memory

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

Sensors

Fingerprint
Proximity Sensor
Accelerometer Sensor
NFC

Battery

Type
Non-removable Li-Ion battery Li-Po Battery
Capacity
6000 mAh 2000 mAh (not remova
Stand by
- Up to 436 h 48 min
Talk Time
Up to 10 h Up to 14 h 18 min
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