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Motorola Photon Q 4G LTE vs Amazon Kindle Fire HD 8.9 LTE

General Info

Manufacturer
Motorola Amazon
Announced
July 2012 September 2012
Status
Available - August 2012 Available - October 2012
Colors
Black Black
Form Factor
Candybar Candybar
Dimension
126.5 x 66 x 13.7 mm
(4.98 x 2.6 x 0.54 in)
240 x 164 x 8.8 mm
(9.45 x 6.46 x 0.35 in)
Weight
170.1 g (6.0.04 oz) 575 g (20.28 oz)
2G Network
CDMA 800 / 1900
GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900
GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900
3G Network
CDMA2000 1xEV-DO
HSDPA 850 / 1900 / 2100
HSDPA
4G Network
LTE 1900 LTE
Messaging
SMS, MMS, Push Mail, EMail, IM , Push Mail, EMail, IM

Display

Type
TFT capacitive touchscreen IPS LCD capacitive touchscreen
Colors
16M colors 16M colors
Size
4.3 inches [Similar] 8.9 inches [Similar]
Resolution
540 x 960 pixels (256 ppi) [Similar] 1920 x 1200 pixels (254 ppi)
Screen-to-Body Ratio
61.12% 58.54%
Multi-Touch

Hardware and OS

OS
Android OS, v4.0.4 (Ice Cream Sandwich) Android OS, v4.0 (customized)
Processor
Dual-core 1.5 GHz [Similar] Dual-core 1.5 GHz Cortex-A9, TI OMAP 4470 [Similar]
GPU
- PowerVR SGX544 [Similar]
RAM
1 GB [Browse Similar] 1 GB [Browse Similar]
Internal Memory
8 GB storage 32/64 GB storage
External Memory
microSD, up to 32 GB No

Camera

Rear Camera
8 MP, 3264x2448 pixels [Similar] 1.3 MP, 1280 x 1024 pixels [Similar]
Flash
LED flash No
Features
Auto focus, Geo-tagging, Face Detection, Image Stabilization Geo-tagging
Video
Yes, 1080p@30fps No
Front Camera
Yes, HD [Similar] No [Similar]

Multimedia

3.5mm Jack
Radio
No No
Games
Yes + Downloadable Yes + Downloadable
Loud Speaker

Connectivity and Data Rate

GPRS
Class 12 (4+1/3+2/2+3/1+4 slots), 32 - 48 kbps Yes
Edge
No Yes
3G
Rev.A, up to 3.1 Mbps, HSDPA, 21 Mbps; HSUPA, 5.76 Mbps, LTE HSDPA, HSUPA, LTE
Bluetooth
Yes, v4.0 with A2DP, LE, EDR Yes, with A2DP
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 Yes, v2.0
GPS
Yes, with A-GPS support Yes, with A-GPS support
Browser
HTML HTML5 (Amazon Silk)

User Memory

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

Sensors

Fingerprint
Proximity Sensor
Accelerometer Sensor
NFC

Battery

Type
Standard battery, Li-Ion Non-removable Li-Ion battery
Capacity
1785 mAh 6000 mAh
Stand by
Up to 220 h -
Talk Time
Up to 7 h 30 min Up to 10 h
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