Phone Comparison - Amazon Kindle Fire HD 8.9 vs Karbonn A30

Amazon Kindle Fire HD 8.9
amazon kindle fire hd 8.9
Karbonn A30
karbonn a30
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general General Info

Manufacturer Amazon Karbonn
Announced September 2012 2012
Status Available - October 2012 Available
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)
166 x 91 x 10.7 mm
(6.54 x 3.58 x 0.42 in)
Weight 567 g (20 oz) 280 g (9.88 oz)
2G Network N/A GSM 900 / 1800 / 1900 - SIM 1 & SIM 2
3G Network N/A HSDPA 2100
Messaging , Push Mail, EMail, IM SMS, MMS, Push Mail, EMail, IM

hardware Hardware and OS

OS Android OS, v4.0 (customized) Android OS, v4.0.4 (Ice Cream Sandwich)
Processor Dual-core 1.5 GHz Cortex-A9, TI OMAP 4470 [Similar] Dual-core 1 GHz [Similar]
GPU PowerVR SGX544 [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 256K colors
Size 8.9 inches [Similar] 5.9 inches [Similar]
Resolution 1920 x 1200 pixels (254 ppi) 480 x 800 pixels (158 ppi) [Similar]
Screen-to-Body Ratio 58.54% 65.70%
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] 8 MP, 3264x2448 pixels [Similar]
Flash No LED flash
Features - Auto focus, Geo-tagging, Face Detection
Video No Yes
Front Camera No [Similar] Yes, 1.3 MP [Similar]

connectivity Connectivity and Data Rate

GPRS No Yes
Edge No Yes
3G No HSDPA, 7.2 Mbps
Bluetooth Yes, with A2DP Yes, with A2DP
Wi-Fi Wi-Fi 802.11 a/b/g/n, dual-band Wi-Fi 802.11 b/g/n, Wi-Fi hotspot
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 not 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 2500 mAh
Stand by - Up to 600 h
Talk Time Up to 10 h Up to 10 h