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Samsung Galaxy Express vs Amazon Kindle Fire HD 8.9 LTE

General Info

Manufacturer
Samsung Amazon
Announced
January 2013 September 2012
Status
Available - March 2013 Available - October 2012
Colors
White Black
Form Factor
Candybar Candybar
Dimension
132.2 x 69.1 x 9.3 mm
(5.2 x 2.72 x 0.37 in)
240 x 164 x 8.8 mm
(9.45 x 6.46 x 0.35 in)
Weight
139.1 g (4.9.0.04 oz) 575 g (20.28 oz)
2G Network
GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900 GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900
3G Network
HSDPA 850 / 900 / 2100 HSDPA
4G Network
LTE 800 / 900 / 1800 / 2600 LTE
Messaging
SMS, MMS, EMail, IM , Push Mail, EMail, IM

Display

Type
Super AMOLED Plus capacitive touchscreen IPS LCD capacitive touchscreen
Colors
16M colors 16M colors
Size
4.5 inches [Similar] 8.9 inches [Similar]
Resolution
480 x 800 pixels (207 ppi) [Similar] 1920 x 1200 pixels (254 ppi)
Screen-to-Body Ratio
63.29% 58.54%
Multi-Touch

Hardware and OS

OS
Android OS, v4.1 (Jelly Bean) Android OS, v4.0 (customized)
Processor
Dual-core 1.2 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
5 MP, 2592х1944 pixels [Similar] 1.3 MP, 1280 x 1024 pixels [Similar]
Flash
LED flash No
Features
Auto focus, Geo-tagging, Touch Focus, Face Detection Geo-tagging
Video
Yes, 720p@30fps No
Front Camera
Yes, 1.3 MP, 720p@30fps [Similar] No [Similar]

Multimedia

3.5mm Jack
Radio
Stereo FM radio with RDS, FM r No
Games
Yes + Downloadable Yes + Downloadable
Loud Speaker

Connectivity and Data Rate

GPRS
Yes Yes
Edge
Yes Yes
3G
HSPA, LTE HSDPA, HSUPA, LTE
Bluetooth
Yes, v4.0 with A2DP, EDR Yes, with A2DP
Wi-Fi
Wi-Fi 802.11 a/b/g/n, dual-band, Wi-Fi Direct, Wi-Fi hotspot Wi-Fi 802.11 a/b/g/n, dual-band
USB
Yes, microUSB v2.0 (MHL) Yes, v2.0
GPS
Yes, with A-GPS support and GLONASS Yes, with A-GPS support
Browser
HTML5 HTML5 (Amazon Silk)

User Memory

Internal
8 GB storage, 1 GB 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
2000 mAh 6000 mAh
Stand by
Up to 830 h (2G)
Up to 770 h (3G)
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Talk Time
Up to 22 h 30 min (2G)
Up to 11 h 30 min (3G)
Up to 10 h
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