Sony Tablet S vs Amazon Kindle Fire HD 8.9 LTE
General Info
| Manufacturer | |
| Sony | Amazon |
| Announced | |
| August 2011 | September 2012 |
| Status | |
| Available - September 2011 | Available - October 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) |
240 x 164 x 8.8 mm (9.45 x 6.46 x 0.35 in) |
| Weight | |
| 598 g (21.09 oz) | 575 g (20.28 oz) |
| 2G Network | |
| - | GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900 |
| 3G Network | |
| - | HSDPA |
| 4G Network | |
| - | LTE |
| Messaging | |
| , EMail, IM | , Push Mail, EMail, IM |
Display
Hardware and OS
| OS | |
| Android OS, v3.1 (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 | |
| 16/32 GB storage | 32/64 GB storage |
| External Memory | |
| SD, up to 32 GB | No |
Camera
Multimedia
| 3.5mm Jack | |
| Radio | |
| No | No |
| Games | |
| Yes + Downloadable | Yes + Downloadable |
| Loud Speaker | |
Connectivity and Data Rate
| GPRS | |
| No | Yes |
| Edge | |
| No | Yes |
| 3G | |
| - | HSDPA, HSUPA, LTE |
| 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, USB Host | Yes, v2.0 |
| GPS | |
| Yes | Yes, with A-GPS support |
| Browser | |
| HTML, Adobe Flash | HTML5 (Amazon Silk) |
User Memory
| Internal | |
| 16/32 GB storage, 1 GB RAM | 32/64 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 |
| Capacity | |
| - | 6000 mAh |
| Stand by | |
| Up to 430 h | - |
| Talk Time | |
| - | Up to 10 h |