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HTC Sensation XE vs Amazon Kindle Fire

General Info

Manufacturer
HTC Amazon
Announced
September 2011 September 2011
Status
Available - October 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
151 g (5.33 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 , 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, v2.3.4 (Gingerbread) Android OS, v2.3 (customized)
Processor
Dual-core 1.5 GHz Scorpion, Qualcomm MSM8260 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
4 GB (1 GB user available) 8 GB storage
External Memory
microSD, up to 32GB 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 + downloadable Yes + Downloadable
Loud Speaker

Connectivity and Data Rate

GPRS
Up to 80 kbps No
Edge
Up to 236.8 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
WAP 2.0/xHTML, HTML, Adobe Flash HTML (Amazon Silk)

User Memory

Internal
4 GB (1 GB user available), 768 MB RAM 8GB storage, 512 MB 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
Capacity
1730 mAh 4400 mAh
Stand by
Up to 310 h (2G)
Up to 540 h (3G)
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Talk Time
Up to 9 h 16 min (2G)
Up to 7 h 20 min (3G)
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