Sony Xperia U vs Amazon Kindle Fire

General Info

Manufacturer
Sony	Amazon
Announced
February 2012	September 2011
Status
Available - May 2012	Available - November 2011
Colors
Black, White/ exchangeable bottom caps in white, black, pink, ye	Black
Form Factor
Candybar	Candybar
Dimension
112 x 54 x 12 mm (4.41 x 2.13 x 0.47 in)	190 x 120 x 11.4 mm (7.48 x 4.72 x 0.45 in)
Weight
110 g (3.88 oz)	413 g (14.57 oz)
2G Network
GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900	N/A
3G Network
HSDPA 900 / 2100 - ST25iHSDPA 850 / 1900 / 2100 - ST25a	N/A
Messaging
SMS, MMS, Push Mail, EMail, IM	, Push Mail, EMail, IM

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
480 x 854 pixels (280 ppi) [Similar]	1024 x 600 pixels (170 ppi)
Screen-to-Body Ratio
55.77%	60.16%
Multi-Touch

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

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, Image Stabilization	N/A
Video
Yes, 720p@30fps, video light	N/A
Front Camera
Yes, VGA [Similar]	N/A [Similar]

GPRS
Up to 107 kbps	No
Edge
Up to 296 kbps	No
3G
HSDPA 14.4 Mbps, HSUPA 5.76 Mbps	No
Bluetooth
Yes, v2.1 with A2DP, EDR	No
Wi-Fi
Wi-Fi 802.11 b/g/n, Wi-Fi hotspot, DLNA	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)