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Sony Tablet S 3G vs Amazon Kindle Fire HD

General Info

Manufacturer
Sony Amazon
Announced
August 2011 September 2012
Status
Available - September 2011 Available - September 2012
Colors
Black Black
Form Factor
Candybar Candybar
Dimension
241.2 x 174.3 x 10.1-20.6 mm
(9.5 x 6.86 x 0.4-0.81 in)
193 x 137 x 10.3 mm
(7.6 x 5.39 x 0.41 in)
Weight
625 g (22.05 oz) 395 g (13.93 oz)
2G Network
GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900 N/A
3G Network
HSDPA 900 / 2100 N/A
4G Network
- -
Messaging
, EMail, IM , Push Mail, EMail, IM

Display

Type
TFT capacitive touchscreen IPS LCD capacitive touchscreen
Colors
16M colors 16M colors
Size
9.4 inches [Similar] 7.0 inches [Similar]
Resolution
800 x 1280 pixels (161 ppi) [Similar] 800 x 1280 pixels (216 ppi) [Similar]
Screen-to-Body Ratio
60.62% 53.55%
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 1.2 GHz Cortex-A9, TI OMAP 4460 [Similar]
GPU
ULP GeForce [Similar] PowerVR SGX540 [Similar]
RAM
1 GB [Browse Similar] 1 GB [Browse Similar]
Internal Memory
16/32 GB storage 16/32 GB storage
External Memory
SD, up to 32 GB 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, 0.3 MP [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 (MHL), USB On-the-go Yes, v2.0
GPS
Yes No
Browser
HTML, Adobe Flash HTML5 (Amazon Silk)

User Memory

Internal
16/32 GB storage, 1 GB RAM 16/32 GB storage, 1 GB RAM
Expandable Storage
SD, up to 32 GB No
USB OTG
Supported -

Sensors

Fingerprint
Proximity Sensor
Accelerometer Sensor
NFC

Battery

Type
Non-removable Li-Ion battery Non-removable Li-Ion battery (16.43 Wh)
Capacity
- 4400 mAh
Stand by
Up to 400 h -
Talk Time
- Up to 11 h
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