Asus Memo Pad ME172V vs Amazon Kindle Fire
General Info
| Manufacturer | |
| Asus | Amazon |
| Announced | |
| January 2013 | September 2011 |
| Status | |
| Available - January 2013 | Available - November 2011 |
| Colors | |
| Sugar White, Titanium Gray, Cherry Pink | Black |
| Form Factor | |
| Candybar | Candybar |
| Dimension | |
|
196.2 x 119.2 x 11.2 mm (7.72 x 4.69 x 0.44 in) |
190 x 120 x 11.4 mm (7.48 x 4.72 x 0.45 in) |
| Weight | |
| 370 g (13.05 oz) | 413 g (14.57 oz) |
| 2G Network | |
| N/A | N/A |
| 3G Network | |
| - | N/A |
| Messaging | |
| , Push Mail, EMail, IM | , Push Mail, EMail, IM |
Display
Hardware and OS
| OS | |
| Android OS, v4.1 (Jelly Bean) | Android OS, v2.3 (customized) |
| Processor | |
| 1 GHz, VIA WM8950 [Similar] | Dual-core 1 GHz Cortex-A9, TI OMAP 4430 [Similar] |
| GPU | |
| Mali-400 [Similar] | PowerVR SGX540 [Similar] |
| RAM | |
| 1 GB [Browse Similar] | 512 MB [Browse Similar] |
| Internal Memory | |
| 8/16 GB storage | 8 GB storage |
| External Memory | |
| microSD, up to 32 GB | No |
Camera
Multimedia
| 3.5mm Jack | |
| Radio | |
| No | Stereo FM radio |
| Games | |
| Yes + Downloadable | Yes + Downloadable |
| Loud Speaker | |
Connectivity and Data Rate
| GPRS | |
| No | No |
| Edge | |
| No | No |
| 3G | |
| - | No |
| Bluetooth | |
| Yes | No |
| Wi-Fi | |
| Wi-Fi 802.11 b/g/n | Wi-Fi 802.11 b/g/n |
| USB | |
| Yes, microUSB v2.0 | Yes |
| GPS | |
| No | No |
| Browser | |
| HTML | HTML (Amazon Silk) |
User Memory
| Internal | |
| 8/16 GB storage, 1 GB RAM | 8GB storage, 512 MB RAM |
| Expandable Storage | |
| microSD, up to 32 GB | No |
Sensors
| Fingerprint | |
| Proximity Sensor | |
| Accelerometer Sensor | |
| NFC | |
Battery
| Type | |
| Non-removable, Li-Po Battery | Non-removable Li-Ion Battery |
| Capacity | |
| 4270 mAh | 4400 mAh |
| Stand by | |
| - | - |
| Talk Time | |
| Up to 7 h (multimedia) | - |