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HTC Sensation 4G vs Amazon Kindle Fire HD (2013)

General Info

Manufacturer
HTC Amazon
Announced
April 2011 September 2013
Status
Available - June 2011 Available - September 2013
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)
191 x 128 x 10.6 mm
(7.52 x 5.04 x 0.42 in)
Weight
148 g (5.22 oz) 345 g (12.17 oz)
2G Network
GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900 No
3G Network
HSDPA 900 / 1700 / 2100
HSDPA 850 / 1900 - For Bell (Canada)
No
Messaging
SMS, MMS, Push Mail, EMail, IM , Push Mail, EMail, IM
Build Features
- Dolby Audio, Dual Stereo Speakers

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] 800 x 1280 pixels (216 ppi) [Similar]
Screen-to-Body Ratio
61.88% 57.92%
Multi-Touch

Hardware and OS

OS
Android OS, v2.3 (Gingerbread), upgradable to v4.0 (Ice Cream Sandwich) Android OS, v4.x (Jelly Bean - customized)
Processor
Dual-core 1.2 GHz Scorpion, Qualcomm MSM8260 Snapdragon [Similar] Dual-core 1.5 GHz [Similar]
GPU
Adreno 220 [Similar] -
RAM
768 MB [Browse Similar] 1 GB [Browse Similar]
Internal Memory
1 GB storage 8/16 GB
External Memory
microSD, up to 32 GB, 8 GB included No

Camera

Rear Camera
8 MP, 3264x2448 pixels [Similar] No [Similar]
Flash
dual-LED flash No
Features
Auto focus, Geo-tagging, Touch-focus, Image Stabilization, Face Detection, Instant Capture -
Video
Yes, 1080p@30fps, stereo sound recording No
Front Camera
Yes, VGA [Similar] No [Similar]

Multimedia

3.5mm Jack
Radio
Stereo FM radio with RDS No
Games
Yes + Downloadable 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 Yes
Wi-Fi
Wi-Fi 802.11 b/g/n, DLNA, Wi-Fi hotspot Wi-Fi 802.11 a/b/g/n, dual-band
USB
Yes, microUSB v2.0 (MHL) Yes, microUSB v2.0
GPS
Yes, with A-GPS support No
Browser
HTML, Adobe Flash HTML5 (Amazon Silk)

User Memory

Internal
1 GB storage, 768 MB RAM 8/16 GB, 1 GB RAM
Expandable Storage
microSD, up to 32 GB, 8 GB included No

Sensors

Fingerprint
Proximity Sensor
Accelerometer Sensor
NFC

Battery

Type
Li-Ion Battery Non-removable Li-Ion battery
Capacity
1520 mAh -
Stand by
Up to 400 h (2G)
Up to 350 h (3G)
-
Talk Time
Up to 6 h 40 min (2G)
Up to 8 h 20 min (3G)
Up to 10 h
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