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Samsung Galaxy Tab 2 (7.0) vs Amazon Kindle Fire

General Info

Manufacturer
Samsung Amazon
Announced
February 2012 September 2011
Status
Available - April 2012 Available - November 2011
Colors
Black, White Black
Form Factor
Candybar Candybar
Dimension
193.7 x 122.4 x 10.5 mm
(7.63 x 4.82 x 0.41 in)
190 x 120 x 11.4 mm
(7.48 x 4.72 x 0.45 in)
Weight
344 g (12.13 oz) 413 g (14.57 oz)
2G Network
GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900 N/A
3G Network
HSDPA 900 / 1900 / 2100 N/A
Messaging
SMS, MMS, Push Mail, EMail, IM , Push Mail, EMail, IM

Display

Type
PLS LCD capacitive touchscreen IPS LCD capacitive touchscreen
Colors
16M colors 16M colors
Size
7.0 inches [Similar] 7.0 inches [Similar]
Resolution
600 x 1024 pixels (170 ppi) 1024 x 600 pixels (170 ppi)
Screen-to-Body Ratio
57.85% 60.16%
Multi-Touch

Hardware and OS

OS
Android OS, v4.0 (Ice Cream Sandwich) Android OS, v2.3 (customized)
Processor
Dual-core 1 GHz, TI OMAP 4430 [Similar] Dual-core 1 GHz Cortex-A9, TI OMAP 4430 [Similar]
GPU
PowerVR SGX540 [Similar] PowerVR SGX540 [Similar]
RAM
1 GB [Browse Similar] 512 MB [Browse Similar]
Internal Memory
8/16/32 GB storage 8 GB storage
External Memory
microSD, up to 64 GB No

Camera

Rear Camera
3.15 MP, 2048x1536 pixels [Similar] N/A [Similar]
Flash
No N/A
Features
Geo-tagging, Smile Detection N/A
Video
Yes, 1080p@30fps N/A
Front Camera
Yes, VGA [Similar] N/A [Similar]

Multimedia

3.5mm Jack
Radio
No Stereo FM radio
Games
Yes Yes + Downloadable
Loud Speaker

Connectivity and Data Rate

GPRS
Yes No
Edge
Yes No
3G
HSDPA, 21 Mbps; HSUPA, 5.76 Mbps No
Bluetooth
Yes, v3.0 with A2DP, HS No
Wi-Fi
Wi-Fi 802.11 a/b/g/n, DLNA, Wi-Fi Direct, dual-band, Wi-Fi hotspot Wi-Fi 802.11 b/g/n
USB
Yes, v2.0, USB Host support Yes
GPS
Yes, with A-GPS support and GLONASS No
Browser
HTML, Adobe Flash HTML (Amazon Silk)

User Memory

Internal
8/16/32 GB storage, 1GB RAM 8GB storage, 512 MB RAM
Expandable Storage
microSD, up to 64 GB No
USB OTG
Supported -

Sensors

Fingerprint
Proximity Sensor
Accelerometer Sensor
NFC

Battery

Type
Standard battery, Li-Ion Non-removable Li-Ion Battery
Capacity
4000 mAh 4400 mAh
Stand by
Up to 1190 h (2G)
Up to 1080 h (3G)
-
Talk Time
Up to 40 h (2G)
Up to 20 h (3G)
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