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Amazon Kindle Fire HD 8.9 LTE vs Samsung Galaxy Note 10.1 (2014 Edition)

General Info

Manufacturer
Amazon Samsung
Announced
September 2012 September 2013
Status
Available - October 2012 Available - October 2013
Colors
Black Black, White
Form Factor
Candybar Candybar
Dimension
240 x 164 x 8.8 mm
(9.45 x 6.46 x 0.35 in)
243.1 x 171.4 x 7.9 mm
(9.57 x 6.75 x 0.31 in)
Weight
575 g (20.28 oz) 540 g (WiFi)/ 535 g (3G)/ 547 g (LTE) (19.05 oz (WiFi)/ 18.87 oz (0.11G)/ 19.29 oz (LTE))
2G Network
GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900 GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900
3G Network
HSDPA HSDPA 850 / 900 / 1900 / 2100
4G Network
LTE LTE 800 / 850 / 900 / 1800 / 2100 / 2600 - LTE version
Messaging
, Push Mail, EMail, IM SMS, MMS, EMail, IM

Display

Type
IPS LCD capacitive touchscreen Super clear LCD capacitive touchscreen
Colors
16M colors 16M colors
Size
8.9 inches [Similar] 10.1 inches [Similar]
Resolution
1920 x 1200 pixels (254 ppi) 2560 x 1600 pixels (299 ppi)
Screen-to-Body Ratio
58.54% 70.94%
Multi-Touch

Hardware and OS

OS
Android OS, v4.0 (customized) Android OS, v4.3 (Jelly Bean)
Processor
Dual-core 1.5 GHz Cortex-A9, TI OMAP 4470 [Similar] Quad-core 2.3 GHz Krait 400 (LTE model) / Quad-core 1.9 GHz Cortex-A15 & quad-core 1.3 GHz Cortex-A7, Qualcomm Snapdragon 800 [Similar]
GPU
PowerVR SGX544 [Similar] Adreno 330 (LTE model) [Similar]
RAM
1 GB [Browse Similar] 3 GB [Browse Similar]
Internal Memory
32/64 GB storage 16/32/64 GB storage
External Memory
No microSD, up to 64 GB

Camera

Rear Camera
1.3 MP, 1280 x 1024 pixels [Similar] 8 MP, 3264x2448 pixels [Similar]
Flash
No LED flash
Features
Geo-tagging Auto focus, Geo-tagging, Face And Smile Detection
Video
No Yes, 1080p@60fps (LTE model)
Front Camera
No [Similar] Yes, 2 MP, 1080p@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, 42 Mbps (LTE model), 21 Mbps (3G model); 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 a/b/g/n/ac, dual-band, Wi-Fi Direct, Wi-Fi hotspot
USB
Yes, v2.0 Yes, microUSB v2.0, USB Host
GPS
Yes, with A-GPS support Yes, with A-GPS support and GLONASS
Browser
HTML5 (Amazon Silk) HTML5

User Memory

Internal
32/64 GB storage, 1 GB RAM 16/32/64 GB storage, 3 GB RAM
Expandable Storage
No microSD, up to 64 GB
USB OTG
- Supported

Sensors

Fingerprint
Proximity Sensor
Accelerometer Sensor
NFC

Battery

Type
Non-removable Li-Ion battery Li-Po Battery
Capacity
6000 mAh 8220 mAh
Stand by
- Up to 2230 h
Talk Time
Up to 10 h Up to 10 h (Multimedia & 2G)
Up to 49 h (3G)
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