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HTC Sensation vs Amazon Kindle Fire

General Info

Manufacturer
HTC Amazon
Announced
April 2011 September 2011
Status
Available - May 2011 Available - November 2011
Colors
Black Black
Form Factor
Candybar Candybar
Dimension
126.1 x 65.4 x 11.3 mm
(4.96 x 2.57 x 0.44 in)
190 x 120 x 11.4 mm
(7.48 x 4.72 x 0.45 in)
Weight
148 g (5.22 oz) 413 g (14.57 oz)
2G Network
GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900 N/A
3G Network
HSDPA 900 / 2100
HSDPA 900 / 1700 / 2100
N/A
Messaging
SMS, MMS, Push Mail, EMail, IM , Push Mail, EMail, IM

Display

Type
S-LCD 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] 1024 x 600 pixels (170 ppi)
Screen-to-Body Ratio
61.88% 60.16%
Multi-Touch

Hardware and OS

OS
Android OS, v2.3 (Gingerbread) Android OS, v2.3 (customized)
Processor
1.2 GHz dual-core processor, Qualcomm MSM 8260 Snapdragon [Similar] Dual-core 1 GHz Cortex-A9, TI OMAP 4430 [Similar]
GPU
Adreno 220 [Similar] PowerVR SGX540 [Similar]
RAM
768 MB [Browse Similar] 512 MB [Browse Similar]
Internal Memory
1 GB storage 8 GB storage
External Memory
microSD, up to 32GB, 8 GB included No

Camera

Rear Camera
8 MP, 3264x2448 pixels [Similar] N/A [Similar]
Flash
dual-LED flash N/A
Features
Auto focus, Geo-tagging, Touch-focus, Image Stabilization, Face Detection, Instant Capture N/A
Video
Yes, 1080p@30fps, stereo sound recording N/A
Front Camera
Yes, VGA [Similar] N/A [Similar]

Multimedia

3.5mm Jack
Radio
Stereo FM radio with RDS Stereo FM radio
Games
Yes Yes + Downloadable
Loud Speaker

Connectivity and Data Rate

GPRS
Up to 114 kbps No
Edge
Up to 560 kbps No
3G
HSDPA 14.4 Mbps, HSUPA 5.76 Mbps No
Bluetooth
Yes, v3.0 with A2DP No
Wi-Fi
Wi-Fi 802.11 b/g/n, DLNA, Wi-Fi hotspot Wi-Fi 802.11 b/g/n
USB
Yes, microUSB (MHL) v2.0 Yes
GPS
Yes, with A-GPS support No
Browser
HTML HTML (Amazon Silk)

User Memory

Internal
1 GB storage, 768 MB RAM 8GB storage, 512 MB RAM
Expandable Storage
microSD, up to 32GB, 8 GB included No

Sensors

Fingerprint
Proximity Sensor
Accelerometer Sensor
NFC

Battery

Type
Standard battery, Li-Ion Non-removable Li-Ion Battery
Capacity
1520 mAh 4400 mAh
Stand by
Up to 350 h (2G)
Up to 400 h (3G)
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Talk Time
Up to 8 h 20 min (2G)
Up to 6 h 40 min (3G)
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