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Sony Xperia SX SO-05D vs Amazon Kindle Fire HD 8.9 LTE

General Info

Manufacturer
Sony Amazon
Announced
May 2012 September 2012
Status
Available - September 2012 Available - October 2012
Colors
Black, White, Pink, Orange Black
Form Factor
Candybar Candybar
Dimension
115 x 54 x 9.4 mm
(4.53 x 2.13 x 0.37 in)
240 x 164 x 8.8 mm
(9.45 x 6.46 x 0.35 in)
Weight
95 g (3.35 oz) 575 g (20.28 oz)
2G Network
GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900 GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900
3G Network
HSDPA HSDPA
4G Network
LTE 2100 LTE
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
3.7 inches [Similar] 8.9 inches [Similar]
Resolution
540 x 960 pixels (298 ppi) [Similar] 1920 x 1200 pixels (254 ppi)
Screen-to-Body Ratio
60.65% 58.54%
Multi-Touch

Hardware and OS

OS
Android OS, v4.0 (Ice Cream Sandwich) Android OS, v4.0 (customized)
Processor
Dual-core 1.5 GHz Krait, Qualcomm MSM8960 Snapdragon [Similar] Dual-core 1.5 GHz Cortex-A9, TI OMAP 4470 [Similar]
GPU
Adreno 225 [Similar] PowerVR SGX544 [Similar]
RAM
1 GB [Browse Similar] 1 GB [Browse Similar]
Internal Memory
8 GB storage 32/64 GB storage
External Memory
microSD, up to 32 GB No

Camera

Rear Camera
8 MP, 3264x2448 pixels [Similar] 1.3 MP, 1280 x 1024 pixels [Similar]
Flash
LED flash No
Features
Auto focus, Geo-tagging, Touch Focus, Face And Smile Detection, 3D Sweep Panorama, Image Stabilization Geo-tagging
Video
Yes, 1080p@30fps, continuous autofocus, video light, video stabilizer No
Front Camera
Yes, 1.3 MP, 720p@30fps [Similar] No [Similar]

Multimedia

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

Connectivity and Data Rate

GPRS
Up to 86 kbps Yes
Edge
Up to 237 kbps Yes
3G
HSDPA, 14.4 Mbps; HSUPA, 5.76 Mbps; LTE, 25 Mbps UL, 75 Mbps DL HSDPA, HSUPA, LTE
Bluetooth
Yes, v3.1 with A2DP Yes, with A2DP
Wi-Fi
Wi-Fi 802.11 a/b/g/n, Wi-Fi Direct, DLNA, Wi-Fi hotspot Wi-Fi 802.11 a/b/g/n, dual-band
USB
Yes, microUSB (MHL) v2.0 Yes, v2.0
GPS
Yes, with A-GPS support Yes, with A-GPS support
Browser
HTML5, Adobe Flash HTML5 (Amazon Silk)

User Memory

Internal
8 GB storage, 1GB RAM 32/64 GB storage, 1 GB RAM
Expandable Storage
microSD, up to 32 GB No

Sensors

Fingerprint
Proximity Sensor
Accelerometer Sensor
NFC

Battery

Type
Standard battery, Li-Ion Non-removable Li-Ion battery
Capacity
1500 mAh 6000 mAh
Stand by
Up to 240 h (2G)
Up to 280 h (3G)
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Talk Time
Up to 6 h (2G)
Up to 5 h 50 min (3G)
Up to 10 h
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