Phone Comparison - Motorola DROID RAZR MAXX HD vs Amazon Fire Phone

Motorola DROID RAZR MAXX HD
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general General Info

Manufacturer Motorola Amazon
Announced September 2012 June 2014
Status Available - November 2012 Available - July 2014
Colors Black, White Black
Form Factor Candybar Candybar
Dimension 131.9 x 67.9 x 9.3 mm
(5.19 x 2.67 x 0.37 in)
139.2 x 66.5 x 8.9 mm
(5.48 x 2.62 x 0.35 in)
Weight 157 g (5.54 oz) 160 g (5.64 oz)
2G Network CDMA 800 / 1900
GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900
GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900
3G Network CDMA2000 1xEV-DO
HSDPA 850 / 900 / 1900 / 2100
HSDPA 850 / 900 / 1700 / 1900 / 2100
4G Network LTE 700 MHz Class 13 LTE 700 / 800 / 850 / 900 / 1700 / 1800 / 1900 / 2100 / 2600
Messaging SMS, MMS, Push Mail, EMail, IM SMS, MMS, EMail, IM
Build Features - - 3D Dynamic Perspective UI
- System Wide Tilt, Auto-scroll, Swivel and Peek Functions

hardware Hardware and OS

OS Android OS, v4.0.4 (Ice Cream Sandwich), upgradable to v4.1 Fire OS 3.5.0
Processor Dual-core 1.5 GHz [Similar] Quad-core 2.2 GHz Krait 400, Qualcomm Snapdragon 800 [Similar]
GPU - Adreno 330 [Similar]
RAM 1 GB [Browse Similar] 2 GB [Browse Similar]
Internal Memory 32 GB storage 32/64 GB
External Memory microSD, up to 32GB No

display Display

Type Super AMOLED capacitive touchscreen IPS LCD Capacitive Touchscreen, Corning Gorilla Glass 3 (front and back)
Colors 16M colors 16M colors
Size 4.7 inches [Similar] 4.7 inches [Similar]
Resolution 720 x 1280 pixels (312 ppi) [Similar] 720 x 1280 pixels (312 ppi) [Similar]
Screen-to-Body Ratio 68.20% 65.98%
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] 13 MP, 4128 x 3096 pixels [Similar]
Flash LED flash LED Flash
Features Auto focus, Touch-focus, Geo-tagging, Face Detection, Image Stabilization Auto-focus, Geo-tagging, HDR, OIS
Video Yes, 1080p@30fps Yes, 1080p@30fps
Front Camera Yes, 1.3 MP [Similar] Yes, 2.1 MP, 1080p@30fps [Similar]

connectivity Connectivity and Data Rate

GPRS Class 12 (4+1/3+2/2+3/1+4 slots), 32 - 48 kbps Yes
Edge Class 12 Yes
3G Rev. A, up to 3.1 Mbps, LTE, HSPA+ HSPA+, LTE
Bluetooth Yes, v4.0 with LE+EDR Yes, v3.0
Wi-Fi Wi-Fi 802.11 a/b/g/n, Wi-Fi hotspot Wi-Fi 802.11 a/b/g/n/ac, dual-band
USB Yes, microUSB v2.0 Yes, microUSB v2.0
GPS Yes, with A-GPS support and GLONASS Yes, with A-GPS support and GLONASS
Browser HTML, Adobe Flash HTML5

memory User Memory

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

Apps Sensors

Fingerprint fingerprint not supported fingerprint not supported
Proximity Sensor proximity sensor present proximity sensor present
Accelerometer Sensor accelerometer sensor present accelerometer sensor present
NFC NFC not supported NFC supported

battery Battery

Type Standard battery, Li-Ion Non-removable Li-Ion Battery
Capacity 3300 mAh 2400 mAh
Stand by Up to 372 h Up to 285 h
Talk Time Up to 32 h Up to 22 h