Phone Comparison - Samsung Galaxy Tab 2 7.0 I705 vs Amazon Kindle Fire HD vs HP Slate 7

general General Info

Manufacturer Samsung Amazon HP
Announced August 2012 September 2012 February 2013
Status Available - August 2012 Available - September 2012 Available - April 2013
Colors Black Black Black/Silver, Red
Form Factor Candybar Candybar Candybar
Dimension 194 x 122 x 10 mm
(7.64 x 4.8 x 0.39 in)
193 x 137 x 10.3 mm
(7.6 x 5.39 x 0.41 in)
197.1 x 116.1 x 10.7 mm
(7.76 x 4.57 x 0.42 in)
Weight 346 g (12.2 oz) 395 g (13.93 oz) 372 g (13.12 oz)
2G Network CDMA 800 / 1900 N/A N/A
3G Network CDMA2000 1xEV-DO N/A N/A
4G Network LTE 700 MHz Class 13 - -
Messaging SMS, MMS, Push Mail, EMail, IM , Push Mail, EMail, IM , Push Mail, EMail, IM

hardware Hardware and OS

OS Android OS, v4.0.3 (Ice Cream Sandwich) Android OS, v4.0 (customized) Android OS, v4.1 (Jelly Bean)
Processor Dual-core 1.2 GHz, MSM8960 Qualcomm Dual-core 1.2 GHz Cortex-A9, TI OMAP 4460 Dual-core 1.6 GHz, Cortex-A9
GPU Adreno 225 PowerVR SGX540 -
RAM 1 GB 1 GB 1 GB
Internal Memory 8 GB storage 16/32 GB storage 8 GB
External Memory microSD, up to 32 GB No microSD, up to 32 GB

display Display

Type PLS LCD capacitive touchscreen IPS LCD capacitive touchscreen FFS+ LCD capacitive touchscreen
Colors 16M colors 16M colors 16M colors
Size 7.0 inches 7.0 inches 7.0 inches
Resolution 600 x 1024 pixels (170 ppi) 800 x 1280 pixels (216 ppi) 600 x 1024 pixels (170 ppi)
Screen-to-Body Ratio 57.95% 53.55% 59.94%
Multi-Touch yes yes yes

multimedia Multimedia

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

camera Camera

Rear Camera 3.15 MP, 2048x1536 pixels 1.3 MP, 1280 x 1024 pixels 3.15 MP, 2048x1536 pixels
Flash No No No
Features Geo-tagging, Smile Detection - -
Video Yes, 720p@30fps No Yes, 720p@30fps
Front Camera Yes, VGA [Similar] No [Similar] Yes, VGA [Similar]

connectivity Connectivity and Data Rate

GPRS No No No
Edge No No No
3G Rev. A, up to 3.1 Mbps, LTE No N/A
Bluetooth Yes, v4.0 with A2DP Yes, with A2DP Yes, v2.1 with A2DP, EDR
Wi-Fi Wi-Fi 802.11 b/g/n, DLNA, Wi-Fi Direct, dual-band, Wi-Fi hotspot Wi-Fi 802.11 a/b/g/n, dual-band Wi-Fi 802.11 b/g/n, DLNA
USB Yes, microUSB v2.0, USB On-the-go support Yes, v2.0 Yes, microUSB v2.0
GPS Yes, with A-GPS support No -
Browser HTML5, Adobe Flash HTML5 (Amazon Silk) HTML

memory User Memory

Internal 8 GB storage, 1 GB RAM 16/32 GB storage, 1 GB RAM 8 GB, 1 GB RAM
Expandable Storage microSD, up to 32 GB No microSD, up to 32 GB
USB OTG Supported - -

Apps Sensors

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

battery Battery

Type Standard battery, Li-Ion Non-removable Li-Ion battery (16.43 Wh) Non-removable battery
Capacity 4000 mAh 4400 mAh -
Stand by Up to 432 h (3G)
Up to 192 h (4G)
- -
Talk Time - Up to 11 h Up to 5 h (media)