Phone Comparison - Amazon Kindle Fire vs LG Spectrum

Amazon Kindle Fire
amazon kindle fire
LG Spectrum
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general General Info

Manufacturer Amazon LG
Announced September 2011 January 2012
Status Available - November 2011 Available - January 2012
Colors Black Black
Form Factor Candybar Candybar
Dimension 190 x 120 x 11.4 mm
(7.48 x 4.72 x 0.45 in)
135.4 x 68.8 x 10.4 mm
(5.33 x 2.71 x 0.41 in)
Weight 413 g (14.57 oz) 141.5 g (4.97.0.18 oz)
2G Network N/A CDMA 800 / 1900
3G Network N/A CDMA2000 1xEV-DO
4G Network - LTE 700
Messaging , Push Mail, EMail, IM SMS, MMS, EMail, IM

hardware Hardware and OS

OS Android OS, v2.3 (customized) Android OS, v2.3 (Gingerbread)
Processor Dual-core 1 GHz Cortex-A9, TI OMAP 4430 [Similar] Dual-core 1.5 GHz Scorpion, Qualcomm MSM8660 Snapdragon [Similar]
GPU PowerVR SGX540 [Similar] Adreno 220 [Similar]
RAM 512 MB [Browse Similar] 1 GB [Browse Similar]
Internal Memory 8 GB storage 4 GB storage
External Memory No microSD, up to 32GB, 16GB included

display Display

Type IPS LCD capacitive touchscreen HD-IPS LCD capacitive touchscreen
Colors 16M colors 16M colors
Size 7.0 inches [Similar] 4.5 inches [Similar]
Resolution 1024 x 600 pixels (170 ppi) 720 x 1280 pixels (326 ppi) [Similar]
Screen-to-Body Ratio 60.16% 60.06%
Multi-Touch yes yes

multimedia Multimedia

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

camera Camera

Rear Camera N/A [Similar] 8 MP, 3264x2448 pixels [Similar]
Flash N/A LED flash
Features N/A Auto focus, Geo-tagging, Face Detection, Image Stabilization
Video N/A Yes, 1080p@30fps, LED video light
Front Camera N/A [Similar] Yes, 1.3 MP [Similar]

connectivity Connectivity and Data Rate

GPRS No No
Edge No No
3G No Rev. A, up to 3.1 Mbps, LTE
Bluetooth No Yes, v3.0 with A2DP, EDR
Wi-Fi Wi-Fi 802.11 b/g/n Wi-Fi 802.11 a/b/g/n, Wi-Fi Direct, DLNA, Wi-Fi hotspot
USB Yes Yes, microUSB (MHL) 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 4 GB storage, 1 GB RAM
Expandable Storage No microSD, up to 32GB, 16GB included

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 1830 mAh
Stand by - Up to 348 h
Talk Time - Up to 8 h 20 min