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Samsung Galaxy Nexus vs Amazon Kindle Fire HD 8.9

General Info

Manufacturer
Samsung Amazon
Announced
October 2011 September 2012
Status
Available - November 2011 Available - October 2012
Colors
Black Black
Form Factor
Candybar Candybar
Dimension
135.5 x 67.9 x 8.9 mm
(5.33 x 2.67 x 0.35 in)
240 x 164 x 8.8 mm
(9.45 x 6.46 x 0.35 in)
Weight
135 g (4.76 oz) 567 g (20 oz)
2G Network
GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900 N/A
3G Network
HSDPA 850 / 900 / 1700 / 1900 / 2100 N/A
4G Network
LTE 700 (region specific) -
Messaging
SMS, MMS, IM , Push Mail, EMail, IM

Display

Type
Super AMOLED capacitive touchscreen IPS LCD capacitive touchscreen
Colors
16M colors 16M colors
Size
4.65 inches [Similar] 8.9 inches [Similar]
Resolution
720 x 1280 pixels (316 ppi) [Similar] 1920 x 1200 pixels (254 ppi)
Screen-to-Body Ratio
64.72% 58.54%
Multi-Touch

Hardware and OS

OS
Android OS, v4.0 (Ice Cream Sandwich) Android OS, v4.0 (customized)
Processor
Dual-core 1.2GHz Cortex-A9 CPU, TI OMAP 4460 chipset [Similar] Dual-core 1.5 GHz Cortex-A9, TI OMAP 4470 [Similar]
GPU
No [Similar] PowerVR SGX544 [Similar]
RAM
1 GB [Browse Similar] 1 GB [Browse Similar]
Internal Memory
16/32 GB storage 16/32 GB storage
External Memory
No No

Camera

Rear Camera
5 MP, 2592x1936 pixels [Similar] 1.3 MP, 1280 x 1024 pixels [Similar]
Flash
LED flash No
Features
Auto focus, Touch Focus, Geo-tagging, Face Detection -
Video
Yes, 1080p@30fps No
Front Camera
Yes, 1.3 MP [Similar] No [Similar]

Multimedia

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

Connectivity and Data Rate

GPRS
Yes No
Edge
Yes No
3G
HSDPA, 21 Mbps; HSUPA, 5.76 Mbps; LTE No
Bluetooth
Yes, v3.0 with A2DP Yes, with A2DP
Wi-Fi
Wi-Fi 802.11 a/b/g/n, dual-band, DLNA, Wi-Fi hotspot Wi-Fi 802.11 a/b/g/n, dual-band
USB
Yes, v2.0 microUSB Yes, v2.0
GPS
Yes, with A-GPS support, barometer sensor No
Browser
HTML HTML5 (Amazon Silk)

User Memory

Internal
16/32GB storage, 1 GB RAM 16/32 GB storage, 1 GB RAM
Expandable Storage
No No

Sensors

Fingerprint
Proximity Sensor
Accelerometer Sensor
NFC

Battery

Type
Standard battery, Li-Ion Non-removable Li-Ion battery (22.2 Wh)
Capacity
1750 mAh 6000 mAh
Stand by
Up to 290 h (2G)
Up to 270 h (3G)
-
Talk Time
Up to 17 h 40 min (2G)
Up to 8 h 20 min (3G)
Up to 10 h
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