Phone Comparison - Amazon Fire Phone vs Samsung I9300 Galaxy S III (S3)

Amazon Fire Phone
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general General Info

Manufacturer Amazon Samsung
Announced June 2014 May 2012
Status Available - July 2014 Available - May 2012
Colors Black Blue, White
Form Factor Candybar Candybar
Dimension 139.2 x 66.5 x 8.9 mm
(5.48 x 2.62 x 0.35 in)
136.6 x 70.6 x 8.6 mm
(5.38 x 2.78 x 0.34 in)
Weight 160 g (5.64 oz) 133 g (4.69 oz)
2G Network GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900 GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900
3G Network HSDPA 850 / 900 / 1700 / 1900 / 2100 HSDPA 850 / 900 / 1900 / 2100
4G Network LTE 700 / 800 / 850 / 900 / 1700 / 1800 / 1900 / 2100 / 2600 LTE (regional)
Messaging SMS, MMS, EMail, IM SMS, MMS, EMail, IM
Build Features - 3D Dynamic Perspective UI
- System Wide Tilt, Auto-scroll, Swivel and Peek Functions
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hardware Hardware and OS

OS Fire OS 3.5.0 Android OS, v4.0.4 (Ice Cream Sandwich)
Processor Quad-core 2.2 GHz Krait 400, Qualcomm Snapdragon 800 [Similar] Quad-core 1.4 GHz Cortex-A9, Exynos 4212 Quad [Similar]
GPU Adreno 330 [Similar] Mali-400MP [Similar]
RAM 2 GB [Browse Similar] 1 GB [Browse Similar]
Internal Memory 32/64 GB 16/32/64 GB storage
External Memory No microSD, up to 64 GB

display Display

Type IPS LCD Capacitive Touchscreen, Corning Gorilla Glass 3 (front and back) Super AMOLED capacitive touchscreen
Colors 16M colors 16M colors
Size 4.7 inches [Similar] 4.8 inches [Similar]
Resolution 720 x 1280 pixels (312 ppi) [Similar] 720 x 1280 pixels (306 ppi) [Similar]
Screen-to-Body Ratio 65.98% 65.84%
Multi-Touch yes yes

multimedia Multimedia

3.5mm Jack yes yes
Radio No Stereo FM radio with RDS
Games Yes + Downloadable Yes + Downloadable
Loud Speaker yes yes

camera Camera

Rear Camera 13 MP, 4128 x 3096 pixels [Similar] 8 MP, 3264x2448 pixels [Similar]
Flash LED Flash LED flash
Features Auto-focus, Geo-tagging, HDR, OIS Auto focus, Simultaneous HD Video And Image Recording, Geo-tagging, Touch Focus, Face And Smile Detection, Image Stabilization
Video Yes, 1080p@30fps Yes, 1080p@30fps
Front Camera Yes, 2.1 MP, 1080p@30fps [Similar] Yes, 1.9 MP, 720p@30fps [Similar]

connectivity Connectivity and Data Rate

GPRS Yes Class 12 (4+1/3+2/2+3/1+4 slots), 32 - 48 kbps
Edge Yes Class 12
3G HSPA+, LTE HSDPA, 21 Mbps; HSUPA, 5.76 Mbps
Bluetooth Yes, v3.0 Yes, v4.0 with A2DP, EDR
Wi-Fi Wi-Fi 802.11 a/b/g/n/ac, dual-band Wi-Fi 802.11 a/b/g/n, DLNA, Wi-Fi Direct, Wi-Fi hotspot
USB Yes, microUSB v2.0 Yes, microUSB v2.0 (MHL), USB On-the-go
GPS Yes, with A-GPS support and GLONASS Yes, with A-GPS support and GLONASS
Browser HTML5 HTML, Adobe Flash

memory User Memory

Internal 32/64 GB, 2 GB RAM 16/32/64 GB storage, 1 GB RAM
Expandable Storage No microSD, up to 64 GB
USB OTG - Supported

Apps Sensors

Fingerprint fingerprint not supported fingerprint not supported
Proximity Sensor proximity sensor present proximity sensor present
Accelerometer Sensor accelerometer sensor present accelerometer sensor present
NFC NFC supported NFC supported

battery Battery

Type Non-removable Li-Ion Battery Standard battery, Li-Ion
Capacity 2400 mAh 2100 mAh
Stand by Up to 285 h Up to 830Hr (2G)/up to 770Hr hours (3G)
Talk Time Up to 22 h Up to 1350Min (2G)/up to 700Min hours (3G)