Phone Comparison - HTC Butterfly vs Amazon Kindle Fire HD 8.9 LTE

HTC Butterfly
htc butterfly
Amazon Kindle Fire HD 8.9 LTE
amazon kindle fire hd 8.9 lte
Add 3rd Phone

general General Info

Manufacturer HTC Amazon
Announced December 2012 September 2012
Status Available - January 2013 Available - October 2012
Colors Black Black
Form Factor Candybar Candybar
Dimension 143 x 70.5 x 9.08 mm
(5.63 x 2.78 x 0.36 in)
240 x 164 x 8.8 mm
(9.45 x 6.46 x 0.35 in)
Weight 140 g (4.94 oz) 575 g (20.28 oz)
2G Network GSM 850/900/1800/1900 MHz GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900
3G Network HSDPA 850/2100 MHz HSDPA
4G Network - LTE
Messaging SMS, MMS, Push Mail, EMail , Push Mail, EMail, IM

hardware Hardware and OS

OS Android OS, v4.1 (Jelly Bean) Android OS, v4.0 (customized)
Processor Dual-core 1.5 GHz Krait, Qualcomm Snapdragon S4 Pro APQ8064 [Similar] Dual-core 1.5 GHz Cortex-A9, TI OMAP 4470 [Similar]
GPU Adreno 320 [Similar] PowerVR SGX544 [Similar]
RAM 2 GB [Browse Similar] 1 GB [Browse Similar]
Internal Memory 16 GB 32/64 GB storage
External Memory microSD, up to 32 GB No

display Display

Type Super LCD 3 with Corning® Gorilla® Glass 2 IPS LCD capacitive touchscreen
Colors 16M colors 16M colors
Size 5 inches [Similar] 8.9 inches [Similar]
Resolution 1920 x 1080 pixels (440 ppi) [Similar] 1920 x 1200 pixels (254 ppi)
Screen-to-Body Ratio 68.54% 58.54%
Multi-Touch yes yes

multimedia Multimedia

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

camera Camera

Rear Camera 8 MP, 3264x2448 pixels [Similar] 1.3 MP, 1280 x 1024 pixels [Similar]
Flash 5 Level LED flash No
Features Simultaneous HD video and image recording, Auto focus, Touch Focus, Geo-tagging, Image Stabilization, Face Detection, Slow motion video capture, Continuous shooting Geo-tagging
Video Yes, 1080p@30fps HD recording, video stabilization No
Front Camera Yes, 2.1 MP, 1080p [Similar] No [Similar]

connectivity Connectivity and Data Rate

GPRS Yes Yes
Edge Yes Yes
3G HSPA+; LTE, Cat3, 50 Mbps UL, 100 Mbps DL HSDPA, HSUPA, LTE
Bluetooth Yes, v4.0 with aptX™ enabled Yes, with A2DP
Wi-Fi Wi-Fi 802.11 a/b/g/n, dual-band, DLNA, Wi-Fi hotspot; WiMAX 802.16 e Wi-Fi 802.11 a/b/g/n, dual-band
USB Yes, microUSB v2.0 Yes, v2.0
GPS Yes, with A-GPS support Yes, with A-GPS support
Browser HTML5 HTML5 (Amazon Silk)

memory User Memory

Internal 16 GB, 2 GB RAM 32/64 GB storage, 1 GB RAM
Expandable Storage microSD, up to 32 GB No

Apps Sensors

Fingerprint fingerprint not supported fingerprint not supported
Proximity Sensor proximity sensor 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-Po Battery Non-removable Li-Ion battery
Capacity 2020 mAh 6000 mAh
Stand by - -
Talk Time - Up to 10 h