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Sony Xperia T LTE vs Amazon Kindle Fire HD 8.9

General Info

Manufacturer
Sony Amazon
Announced
October 2012 September 2012
Status
Available - November 2012 Available - October 2012
Colors
Black, White, Silver Black
Form Factor
Candybar Candybar
Dimension
129.4 x 67.3 x 9.4 mm
(5.09 x 2.65 x 0.37 in)
240 x 164 x 8.8 mm
(9.45 x 6.46 x 0.35 in)
Weight
148 g (5.22 oz) 567 g (20 oz)
2G Network
GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900 N/A
3G Network
HSDPA 850 / 1900 / 2100 - LT30at
HSDPA 850 / 1700 / 1900 / 2100 - LT30a
N/A
4G Network
LTE 700 MHz Class 17 / 1700 / 2100 - LT30at -
Messaging
SMS, MMS, Push Mail, EMail, IM , Push Mail, EMail, IM

Display

Type
TFT capacitive touchscreen IPS LCD capacitive touchscreen
Colors
16M colors 16M colors
Size
4.55 inches [Similar] 8.9 inches [Similar]
Resolution
720 x 1280 pixels (323 ppi) [Similar] 1920 x 1200 pixels (254 ppi)
Screen-to-Body Ratio
65.44% 58.54%
Multi-Touch

Hardware and OS

OS
Android OS, v4.0.4 (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
16 GB 16/32 GB storage
External Memory
microSD, up to 32 GB No

Camera

Rear Camera
13 MP, 4128x3096 pixels [Similar] 1.3 MP, 1280 x 1024 pixels [Similar]
Flash
LED flash No
Features
Auto focus, Geo-tagging, Touch Focus, Face Detection, Image Stabilization -
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
Stereo FM radio with RDS No
Games
Yes + Downloadable Yes + Downloadable
Loud Speaker

Connectivity and Data Rate

GPRS
Up to 70.4 kbps No
Edge
Up to 236.8 kbps No
3G
HSDPA, 42.2 Mbps, HSUPA, 5.76 Mbps; LTE, Cat3, 50 Mbps UL, 100 Mbps DL No
Bluetooth
Yes, v3.1 with A2DP Yes, with A2DP
Wi-Fi
Wi-Fi 802.11 a/b/g/n, dual-band, Wi-Fi Direct, DLNA, Wi-Fi hotspot Wi-Fi 802.11 a/b/g/n, dual-band
USB
Yes, microUSB v2.0 (MHL) Yes, v2.0
GPS
Yes, with A-GPS support and GLONASS No
Browser
HTML5 HTML5 (Amazon Silk)

User Memory

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

Sensors

Fingerprint
Proximity Sensor
Accelerometer Sensor
NFC

Battery

Type
Non-removable Li-Ion Battery Non-removable Li-Ion battery (22.2 Wh)
Capacity
1850 mAh 6000 mAh
Stand by
Up to 450 h -
Talk Time
Up to 7 h Up to 10 h
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