Sony Xperia Go vs Amazon Kindle Fire

Amazon Kindle Fire

General Info

Manufacturer
Sony	Amazon
Announced
May 2012	September 2011
Status
Available - July 2012	Available - November 2011
Colors
White, Black, Yellow	Black
Form Factor
Candybar	Candybar
Dimension
111 x 60.3 x 9.8 mm (4.37 x 2.37 x 0.39 in)	190 x 120 x 11.4 mm (7.48 x 4.72 x 0.45 in)
Weight
110g (3.88oz)	413 g (14.57 oz)
2G Network
GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900	N/A
3G Network
HSDPA 850 / 900 / 1900 / 2100	N/A
Messaging
SMS, MMS, Push Mail, EMail, IM	, Push Mail, EMail, IM

Display

Type
LED-backlit LCD, capacitive touchscreen	IPS LCD capacitive touchscreen
Colors
16M colors	16M colors
Size
3.5 inches [Similar]	7.0 inches [Similar]
Resolution
320 x 480 pixels (165 ppi)	1024 x 600 pixels (170 ppi)
Screen-to-Body Ratio
54.38%	60.16%
Multi-Touch

Hardware and OS

OS
Android OS, v2.3 (Gingerbread), planned upgrade to v4.0	Android OS, v2.3 (customized)
Processor
Dual-core 1 GHz, NovaThor U8500 [Similar]	Dual-core 1 GHz Cortex-A9, TI OMAP 4430 [Similar]
GPU
Mali-400 [Similar]	PowerVR SGX540 [Similar]
RAM
512 MB [Browse Similar]	512 MB [Browse Similar]
Internal Memory
8 GB storage (4 GB user available)	8 GB storage
External Memory
microSD, up to 32 GB	No

Camera

Rear Camera
5 MP, 2592 x 1944 pixels [Similar]	N/A [Similar]
Flash
LED flash	N/A
Features
Auto focus, Geo-tagging, Touch Focus, Face And Smile Detection, 3D Sweep Panorama	N/A
Video
Yes, 720p@30fps, continuous autofocus, video light, video stabilizer	N/A
Front Camera
Yes [Similar]	N/A [Similar]

Multimedia

3.5mm Jack

Radio
Stereo FM radio with RDS	Stereo FM radio
Games
Yes + Downloadable	Yes + Downloadable
Loud Speaker

Connectivity and Data Rate

GPRS
Up to 86 kbps	No
Edge
Up to 237 kbps	No
3G
HSDPA, 14.4 Mbps; HSUPA, 5.8 Mbps	No
Bluetooth
Yes, v2.1 with A2DP, EDR	No
Wi-Fi
Wi-Fi 802.11 b/g/n, Wi-Fi Direct, DLNA, Wi-Fi hotspot	Wi-Fi 802.11 b/g/n
USB
Yes, microUSB v2.0, USB On-the-go support	Yes
GPS
Yes, with A-GPS support	No
Browser
HTML5, Adobe Flash	HTML (Amazon Silk)

User Memory

Internal
8 GB storage (4 GB user available), 512 MB RAM	8GB storage, 512 MB RAM
Expandable Storage
microSD, up to 32 GB	No
USB OTG
Supported	-

Sensors

Fingerprint

Proximity Sensor

Accelerometer Sensor

NFC

Battery

Type
Standard battery, Li-Ion	Non-removable Li-Ion Battery
Capacity
1305 mAh	4400 mAh
Stand by
Up to 520 h (2G) Up to 460 h (3G)	-
Talk Time
Up to 6 h 30 min (2G) Up to 5 h 30 min (3G)	-

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