Phone Comparison - Amazon Kindle Fire vs HTC Vivid

Amazon Kindle Fire
amazon kindle fire
HTC Vivid
htc vivid
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general General Info

Manufacturer Amazon HTC
Announced September 2011 October 2011
Status Available - November 2011 Available - November 2011
Colors Black Black, White
Form Factor Candybar Candybar
Dimension 190 x 120 x 11.4 mm
(7.48 x 4.72 x 0.45 in)
128.8 x 67.1 x 11.2 mm
(5.07 x 2.64 x 0.44 in)
Weight 413 g (14.57 oz) 176.9 g (6.21.0.32 oz)
2G Network N/A GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900
3G Network N/A HSDPA 850 / 1900 / 2100
4G Network - LTE 700
Messaging , Push Mail, EMail, IM SMS, MMS, Push Mail, EMail

hardware Hardware and OS

OS Android OS, v2.3 (customized) Android OS, v2.3.4 (Gingerbread)
Processor Dual-core 1 GHz Cortex-A9, TI OMAP 4430 [Similar] Dual-core 1.2 GHz Scorpion, Qualcomm APQ8060 Snapdragon [Similar]
GPU PowerVR SGX540 [Similar] Adreno 220 [Similar]
RAM 512 MB [Browse Similar] 1 GB [Browse Similar]
Internal Memory 8 GB storage 16 GB storage
External Memory No microSD, up to 32GB

display Display

Type IPS LCD capacitive touchscreen S-LCD capacitive touchscreen
Colors 16M colors 256K colors
Size 7.0 inches [Similar] 4.5 inches [Similar]
Resolution 1024 x 600 pixels (170 ppi) 540 x 960 pixels (245 ppi) [Similar]
Screen-to-Body Ratio 60.16% 64.47%
Multi-Touch yes yes

multimedia Multimedia

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

camera Camera

Rear Camera N/A [Similar] 8 MP, 3264x2448 pixels [Similar]
Flash N/A dual-LED flash
Features N/A Auto focus, Geo-tagging, Face Detection
Video N/A Yes, 1080p
Front Camera N/A [Similar] Yes, 1.3 MP [Similar]

connectivity Connectivity and Data Rate

GPRS No Yes
Edge No Yes
3G No HSDPA, HSUPA, LTE
Bluetooth No Yes, v3.0 with A2DP
Wi-Fi Wi-Fi 802.11 b/g/n Wi-Fi 802.11 b/g/n, DLNA, Wi-Fi hotspot
USB Yes Yes, microUSB v2.0
GPS No Yes, with A-GPS support
Browser HTML (Amazon Silk) WAP 2.0/xHTML, HTML, Adobe Flash

memory User Memory

Internal 8GB storage, 512 MB RAM 16GB storage, 1 GB RAM
Expandable Storage No microSD, up to 32GB

Apps Sensors

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

battery Battery

Type Non-removable Li-Ion Battery Standard battery, Li-Ion
Capacity 4400 mAh 1620 mAh
Stand by - Up to 288 h
Talk Time - Up to 7 h 40 min