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Sony Tablet P 3G vs Amazon Kindle Fire HD 8.9

General Info

Manufacturer
Sony Amazon
Announced
August 2011 September 2012
Status
Available - November 2011 Available - October 2012
Colors
Silver/Black Black
Form Factor
Candybar Candybar
Dimension
180 x 158 x 14 mm, 180 x 79 x 28 mm
(7.09 x 6.22 x 0.55 in, 7.09 x 3.11 x 1.1 in)
240 x 164 x 8.8 mm
(9.45 x 6.46 x 0.35 in)
Weight
372 g (13.12 oz) 567 g (20 oz)
2G Network
GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900 N/A
3G Network
HSDPA 850 / 900 / 1900 / 2100 N/A
4G Network
LTE 700 MHz Class 17 - for AT&T only -
Messaging
, EMail, IM , Push Mail, EMail, IM

Display

Type
Dual TFT capacitive touchscreen IPS LCD capacitive touchscreen
Colors
16M colors 16M colors
Size
5.5 inches [Similar] 8.9 inches [Similar]
Resolution
1024 x 480 pixels (206 ppi) 1920 x 1200 pixels (254 ppi)
Screen-to-Body Ratio
26.28% 58.54%
Multi-Touch

Hardware and OS

OS
Android OS, v3.2 (Honeycomb), planned upgrade to v4.0 (Ice Cream Sandwich) Android OS, v4.0 (customized)
Processor
Dual-core 1 GHz Cortex-A9, Nvidia Tegra 2 T20 [Similar] Dual-core 1.5 GHz Cortex-A9, TI OMAP 4470 [Similar]
GPU
ULP GeForce [Similar] PowerVR SGX544 [Similar]
RAM
1 GB [Browse Similar] 1 GB [Browse Similar]
Internal Memory
4 GB storage 16/32 GB storage
External Memory
microSD, up to 32 GB, 2 GB included No

Camera

Rear Camera
5 MP, 2560х1920 pixels [Similar] 1.3 MP, 1280 x 1024 pixels [Similar]
Flash
No No
Features
Auto focus, Touch Focus, Image Stabilization, Geo-tagging, Face And Smile Detection -
Video
Yes, 720p@30fps No
Front Camera
Yes, VGA [Similar] No [Similar]

Multimedia

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

Connectivity and Data Rate

GPRS
No No
Edge
No No
3G
HSDPA, 14.4 Mbps; HSUPA, 5.76 Mbps No
Bluetooth
Yes, v2.1 with A2DP Yes, with A2DP
Wi-Fi
Wi-Fi 802.11 b/g/n, DLNA Wi-Fi 802.11 a/b/g/n, dual-band
USB
Yes, microUSB v2.0 Yes, v2.0
GPS
Yes No
Browser
HTML, Adobe Flash HTML5 (Amazon Silk)

User Memory

Internal
4 GB storage, 1 GB RAM 16/32 GB storage, 1 GB RAM
Expandable Storage
microSD, up to 32 GB, 2 GB included No

Sensors

Fingerprint
Proximity Sensor
Accelerometer Sensor
NFC

Battery

Type
Li-Ion Battery Non-removable Li-Ion battery (22.2 Wh)
Capacity
3080 mAh 6000 mAh
Stand by
Up to 120 h -
Talk Time
- Up to 10 h
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