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Sony Xperia TX vs Amazon Kindle Fire HD 8.9 LTE

General Info

Manufacturer
Sony Amazon
Announced
August 2012 September 2012
Status
Available - October 2012 Available - October 2012
Colors
Black, White, Pink Black
Form Factor
Candybar Candybar
Dimension
131 x 68.6 x 8.6 mm (5.16 x 2.70 x 0.34 in)
(5.16 x 2.7 x 0.34 in (0.2 x 0.11 x 0.01 in))
240 x 164 x 8.8 mm
(9.45 x 6.46 x 0.35 in)
Weight
127 g (4.48 oz) (4.48 oz (0.14.1.69 oz)) 575 g (20.28 oz)
2G Network
GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900 GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900
3G Network
HSDPA 850 / 900 / 1700 / 1900 / 2100 HSDPA
4G Network
- LTE
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
63.42% 58.54%
Multi-Touch

Hardware and OS

OS
Android OS, v4.0.4 (Ice Cream Sandwich), planned upgrade to v4.1 Android OS, v4.0 (customized)
Processor
Dual-core 1.5 GHz Krait, Qualcomm MSM8260A 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 32/64 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, 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
Stereo FM radio with RDS 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, 42 Mbps; HSUPA, 5.8 Mbps HSDPA, HSUPA, LTE
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 (MHL) v2.0 Yes, v2.0
GPS
Yes, with A-GPS support and GLONASS Yes, with A-GPS support
Browser
HTML5 HTML5 (Amazon Silk)

User Memory

Internal
16 GB, 1 GB 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
1750 mAh 6000 mAh
Stand by
Up to 300 h (2G)
Up to 400 h (3G)
-
Talk Time
Up to 6 h 40 min (2G)
Up to 6 h 40 min (3G)
Up to 10 h
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