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Samsung Galaxy Express I437 vs Amazon Kindle Fire HD 8.9 LTE

General Info

Manufacturer
Samsung Amazon
Announced
October 2012 September 2012
Status
Available - November 2012 Available - October 2012
Colors
Black Black
Form Factor
Candybar Candybar
Dimension
132.6 x 69.3 x 9.1 mm
(5.22 x 2.73 x 0.36 in)
240 x 164 x 8.8 mm
(9.45 x 6.46 x 0.35 in)
Weight
136 g (4.8 oz) 575 g (20.28 oz)
2G Network
GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900 GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900
3G Network
HSDPA 850 / 1900 / 2100 HSDPA
4G Network
LTE 700 MHz Class 17 / 1700 / 2100 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
62.92% 58.54%
Multi-Touch

Hardware and OS

OS
Android OS, v4.x (Ice Cream Sandwich) Android OS, v4.0 (customized)
Processor
Dual-core 1.5 GHz, Qualcomm MSM8960 Snapdragon [Similar] Dual-core 1.5 GHz Cortex-A9, TI OMAP 4470 [Similar]
GPU
Adreno 225 [Similar] PowerVR SGX544 [Similar]
RAM
1 GB [Browse Similar] 1 GB [Browse Similar]
Internal Memory
8 GB (5 GB user available) storage 32/64 GB storage
External Memory
microSD, up to 32 GB No

Camera

Rear Camera
5 MP, 2592 х 1944 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
- No
Games
Yes + Downloadable Yes + Downloadable
Loud Speaker

Connectivity and Data Rate

GPRS
Yes Yes
Edge
Yes Yes
3G
HSDPA, HSUPA, LTE HSDPA, HSUPA, LTE
Bluetooth
Yes Yes, with A2DP
Wi-Fi
Yes 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
HTML5 HTML5 (Amazon Silk)

User Memory

Internal
8 GB (5 GB user available) 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 312 h -
Talk Time
Up to 14 h Up to 10 h
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