Phone Comparison - Amazon Kindle Fire HD 8.9 vs Huawei Ascend Y300

Amazon Kindle Fire HD 8.9
amazon kindle fire hd 8.9
Huawei Ascend Y300
huawei ascend y300
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general General Info

Manufacturer Amazon Huawei
Announced September 2012 March 2013
Status Available - October 2012 Available - March 2013
Colors Black Black, White
Form Factor Candybar Candybar
Dimension 240 x 164 x 8.8 mm
(9.45 x 6.46 x 0.35 in)
124 x 63.8 x 11.2 mm
(4.88 x 2.51 x 0.44 in)
Weight 567 g (20 oz) 130 g (4.59 oz)
2G Network N/A GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900
3G Network N/A HSDPA 900 / 2100
Messaging , Push Mail, EMail, IM SMS, MMS, Push Mail, EMail, IM

hardware Hardware and OS

OS Android OS, v4.0 (customized) Android OS, v4.1 (Jelly Bean)
Processor Dual-core 1.5 GHz Cortex-A9, TI OMAP 4470 [Similar] 1 GHz Dual-core Cortex-A5, Qualcomm MSM8225 Snapdragon [Similar]
GPU PowerVR SGX544 [Similar] Adreno 203 [Similar]
RAM 1 GB [Browse Similar] 512 MB [Browse Similar]
Internal Memory 16/32 GB storage 4 GB
External Memory No microSD, up to 32 GB

display Display

Type IPS LCD capacitive touchscreen TFT capacitive touchscreen
Colors 16M colors 16M colors
Size 8.9 inches [Similar] 4.0 inches [Similar]
Resolution 1920 x 1200 pixels (254 ppi) 480 x 800 pixels (233 ppi) [Similar]
Screen-to-Body Ratio 58.54% 57.68%
Multi-Touch yes yes

multimedia Multimedia

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

camera Camera

Rear Camera 1.3 MP, 1280 x 1024 pixels [Similar] 5 MP, 2592x1944 pixels [Similar]
Flash No LED flash
Features - Auto focus, Geo-tagging
Video No Yes, 480p@30fps
Front Camera No [Similar] Yes, VGA [Similar]

connectivity Connectivity and Data Rate

GPRS No Yes
Edge No Yes
3G No HSDPA, 7.2 Mbps; HSUPA, 5.76 Mbps
Bluetooth Yes, with A2DP Yes, 2.1 with A2DP
Wi-Fi Wi-Fi 802.11 a/b/g/n, dual-band Wi-Fi 802.11 b/g/n, Wi-Fi hotspot, DLNA
USB Yes, v2.0 Yes, microUSB v2.0
GPS No Yes, with A-GPS support
Browser HTML5 (Amazon Silk) HTML

memory User Memory

Internal 16/32 GB storage, 1 GB RAM 4 GB, 512 MB RAM
Expandable Storage No microSD, up to 32 GB

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 (22.2 Wh) Li-Ion Battery
Capacity 6000 mAh 1730 mAh
Stand by - Up to 320 h (2G)
Up to 320 h (3G)
Talk Time Up to 10 h Up to 5 h (2G)
Up to 5 h (3G)