Phone Comparison - Amazon Kindle Fire HD 8.9 vs LG Lucid2 VS870

Amazon Kindle Fire HD 8.9
amazon kindle fire hd 8.9
LG Lucid2 VS870
lg lucid2 vs870
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general General Info

Manufacturer Amazon LG
Announced September 2012 April 2013
Status Available - October 2012 Coming Soon - April 2013
Colors Black Black
Form Factor Candybar Candybar
Dimension 240 x 164 x 8.8 mm
(9.45 x 6.46 x 0.35 in)
-
Weight 567 g (20 oz) -
2G Network N/A CDMA 800 / 1900
3G Network N/A CDMA2000 1xEV-DO
4G Network - LTE 700 MHz Class 13
Messaging , Push Mail, EMail, IM SMS, MMS, Push Mail, EMail, IM

hardware Hardware and OS

OS Android OS, v4.0 (customized) Android OS, v4.1.2 (Jelly Bean)
Processor Dual-core 1.5 GHz Cortex-A9, TI OMAP 4470 [Similar] Dual-core 1.2 GHz Krait, Qualcomm Snapdragon S4 [Similar]
GPU PowerVR SGX544 [Similar] -
RAM 1 GB [Browse Similar] 1 GB [Browse Similar]
Internal Memory 16/32 GB storage 8 GB storage
External Memory No microSD, up to 64 GB

display Display

Type IPS LCD capacitive touchscreen AH IPS LCD capacitive touchscreen
Colors 16M colors 16M colors
Size 8.9 inches [Similar] 4.3 inches [Similar]
Resolution 1920 x 1200 pixels (254 ppi) 540 x 960 pixels (256 ppi) [Similar]
Screen-to-Body Ratio 58.54% -
Multi-Touch yes yes

multimedia Multimedia

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

camera Camera

Rear Camera 1.3 MP, 1280 x 1024 pixels [Similar] 5 MP, 2592х1944 pixels [Similar]
Flash No LED flash
Features - Auto focus, Geo-tagging, Face And Smile Detection, Panorama
Video No Yes, 1080p@30fps
Front Camera No [Similar] Yes [Similar]

connectivity Connectivity and Data Rate

GPRS No No
Edge No No
3G No EV-DO Rev. A, up to 3.1 Mbps, LTE
Bluetooth Yes, with A2DP Yes, v4.0 with A2DP, EDR
Wi-Fi Wi-Fi 802.11 a/b/g/n, dual-band Wi-Fi 802.11 b/g/n, Wi-Fi Direct, 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 8 GB storage, 1 GB RAM
Expandable Storage No microSD, up to 64 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 2460 mAh
Stand by - Up to 480 h
Talk Time Up to 10 h Up to 7 h 30 min