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Philips W8355 vs Amazon Kindle Fire HD 8.9

General Info

Manufacturer
Philips Amazon
Announced
January 2013 September 2012
Status
Available - March 2013 Available - October 2012
Colors
Black Black
Form Factor
Candybar Candybar
Dimension
147.6 x 79 x 10.9 mm
(5.81 x 3.11 x 0.43 in)
240 x 164 x 8.8 mm
(9.45 x 6.46 x 0.35 in)
Weight
224.5 g (7.9.0.18 oz) 567 g (20 oz)
2G Network
GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900 - SIM 1 & SIM 2 N/A
3G Network
HSDPA 850 / 2100 N/A
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
5.3 inches [Similar] 8.9 inches [Similar]
Resolution
540 x 960 pixels (208 ppi) [Similar] 1920 x 1200 pixels (254 ppi)
Screen-to-Body Ratio
66.30% 58.54%
Multi-Touch

Hardware and OS

OS
Android OS, v4.0.4 (Ice Cream Sandwich) Android OS, v4.0 (customized)
Processor
Dual-core 1.2 GHz Cortex-A5, Qualcomm MSM8225 Snapdragon [Similar] Dual-core 1.5 GHz Cortex-A9, TI OMAP 4470 [Similar]
GPU
Adreno 203 [Similar] PowerVR SGX544 [Similar]
RAM
512 MB [Browse Similar] 1 GB [Browse Similar]
Internal Memory
4 GB ROM 16/32 GB storage
External Memory
microSD, up to 32 GB No

Camera

Rear Camera
5 MP, 2592x1944 pixels [Similar] 1.3 MP, 1280 x 1024 pixels [Similar]
Flash
LED flash No
Features
Auto focus, Geo-tagging -
Video
Yes No
Front Camera
No [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 No
Edge
Yes No
3G
HSDPA, 7.2 Mbps; HSUPA, 5.76 Mbps No
Bluetooth
Yes, with A2DP Yes, with A2DP
Wi-Fi
Yes, 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 No
Browser
HTML HTML5 (Amazon Silk)

User Memory

Internal
4 GB ROM, 512 MB RAM 16/32 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 (22.2 Wh)
Capacity
3000 mAh 6000 mAh
Stand by
Up to 742 h -
Talk Time
Up to 13 h Up to 10 h
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