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Apple iPhone 3G vs Amazon Kindle Fire HD

General Info

Manufacturer
Apple Amazon
Announced
June 2008 September 2012
Status
Discontinued Available - September 2012
Colors
Black(8/16 GB), White (16 GB) Black
Form Factor
Candybar Candybar
Dimension
115.5 x 62.1 x 12.3 mm
(4.55 x 2.44 x 0.48 in)
193 x 137 x 10.3 mm
(7.6 x 5.39 x 0.41 in)
Weight
133 g (4.69 oz) 395 g (13.93 oz)
2G Network
GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900 N/A
3G Network
HSDPA 850 / 1900 / 2100 N/A
Messaging
SMS, MMS , Push Mail, EMail, IM

Display

Type
TFT capacitive touchscreen IPS LCD capacitive touchscreen
Colors
16M colors 16M colors
Size
3.5 inches [Similar] 7.0 inches [Similar]
Resolution
320 x 480 pixels (165 ppi) 800 x 1280 pixels (216 ppi) [Similar]
Screen-to-Body Ratio
50.75% 53.55%
Multi-Touch

Hardware and OS

OS
iPhone OS, upgradable to iOS 4 Android OS, v4.0 (customized)
Processor
412 MHz ARM 11 [Similar] Dual-core 1.2 GHz Cortex-A9, TI OMAP 4460 [Similar]
GPU
PowerVR MBX [Similar] PowerVR SGX540 [Similar]
RAM
128 MB [Browse Similar] 1 GB [Browse Similar]
Internal Memory
8 GB/ 16 GB storage 16/32 GB storage
External Memory
No No

Camera

Rear Camera
2 MP, 1600x1200 pixels [Similar] 1.3 MP, 1280 x 1024 pixels [Similar]
Flash
No No
Features
-
Video
No No
Front Camera
No [Similar] No [Similar]

Multimedia

3.5mm Jack
Radio
No No
Games
Yes Yes + Downloadable
Loud Speaker

Connectivity and Data Rate

GPRS
Yes No
Edge
Yes No
3G
HSDPA No
Bluetooth
Yes, v2.0 with A2DP, headset support only Yes, with A2DP
Wi-Fi
Wi-Fi 802.11b/g Wi-Fi 802.11 a/b/g/n, dual-band
USB
Yes, v2.0 Yes, v2.0
GPS
Yes, with A-GPS support No
Browser
HTML (Safari) HTML5 (Amazon Silk)

User Memory

Internal
8 GB/ 16 GB storage, 128 MB RAM 16/32 GB storage, 1 GB RAM
Expandable Storage
No No

Sensors

Fingerprint
Proximity Sensor
Accelerometer Sensor
NFC

Battery

Type
Standard battery, Li-Ion Non-removable Li-Ion battery (16.43 Wh)
Capacity
4400 mAh
Stand by
Up to 300 h -
Talk Time
Up to 10 h Up to 11 h
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