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Asus Padfone vs Amazon Kindle Fire HD

General Info

Manufacturer
Asus Amazon
Announced
February 2012 September 2012
Status
Available - July 2012 Available - September 2012
Colors
Black Black
Form Factor
Candybar Candybar
Dimension
128 x 65.4 x 9.2 mm
(5.04 x 2.57 x 0.36 in)
193 x 137 x 10.3 mm
(7.6 x 5.39 x 0.41 in)
Weight
129 g (4.55 oz) 395 g (13.93 oz)
2G Network
GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900 N/A
3G Network
HSDPA 900 / 2100 N/A
Messaging
SMS, MMS, Push Mail, EMail, IM , Push Mail, EMail, IM

Display

Type
Capacitive touchscreen IPS LCD capacitive touchscreen
Colors
16M colors 16M colors
Size
4.3 inches [Similar] 7.0 inches [Similar]
Resolution
540 x 960 pixels (256 ppi) [Similar] 800 x 1280 pixels (216 ppi) [Similar]
Screen-to-Body Ratio
60.96% 53.55%
Multi-Touch

Hardware and OS

OS
Android OS, v4.0 (Ice Cream Sandwich), upgradeable to 4.1 (Jelly Bean) Android OS, v4.0 (customized)
Processor
Dual-core 1.5 GHz Krait, Qualcomm MSM8260A Snapdragon [Similar] Dual-core 1.2 GHz Cortex-A9, TI OMAP 4460 [Similar]
GPU
Adreno 225 [Similar] PowerVR SGX540 [Similar]
RAM
1 GB [Browse Similar] 1 GB [Browse Similar]
Internal Memory
16/32/64 GB storage 16/32 GB storage
External Memory
microSD, up to 32GB No

Camera

Rear Camera
5 MP, 2592x1944 pixels [Similar] 1.3 MP, 1280 x 1024 pixels [Similar]
Flash
No No
Features
Auto focus, Geo-tagging -
Video
Yes No
Front Camera
Yes [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, HSUPA No
Bluetooth
Yes, v2.1 with A2DP 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, v2.0 Yes, v2.0
GPS
Yes, with A-GPS support No
Browser
HTML, Adobe Flash HTML5 (Amazon Silk)

User Memory

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

Sensors

Fingerprint
Proximity Sensor
Accelerometer Sensor
NFC

Battery

Type
Standard battery, Li-Ion Non-removable Li-Ion battery (16.43 Wh)
Capacity
1520 mAh 4400 mAh
Stand by
Up to 360 h (2G)
Up to 370 h (3G)
-
Talk Time
Up to 15 h 40 min (2G)
Up to 8 h (3G)
Up to 11 h
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