Phone Comparison - Sony Tablet S vs Amazon Kindle Fire HD 8.9 LTE

Sony Tablet S
sony tablet s
Amazon Kindle Fire HD 8.9 LTE
amazon kindle fire hd 8.9 lte
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general General Info

Manufacturer Sony Amazon
Announced August 2011 September 2012
Status Available - September 2011 Available - October 2012
Colors Black Black
Form Factor Candybar Candybar
Dimension 241.2 x 174.3 x 10.1-20.6 mm
(9.5 x 6.86 x 0.4-0.81 in)
240 x 164 x 8.8 mm
(9.45 x 6.46 x 0.35 in)
Weight 598 g (21.09 oz) 575 g (20.28 oz)
2G Network - GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900
3G Network - HSDPA
4G Network - LTE
Messaging , EMail, IM , Push Mail, EMail, IM

hardware Hardware and OS

OS Android OS, v3.1 (Honeycomb), planned upgrade to v4.0 (Ice Cream Sandwich) Android OS, v4.0 (customized)
Processor Dual-core 1 GHz Cortex-A9, Nvidia Tegra 2 T20 [Similar] Dual-core 1.5 GHz Cortex-A9, TI OMAP 4470 [Similar]
GPU ULP GeForce [Similar] PowerVR SGX544 [Similar]
RAM 1 GB [Browse Similar] 1 GB [Browse Similar]
Internal Memory 16/32 GB storage 32/64 GB storage
External Memory SD, up to 32 GB No

display Display

Type TFT capacitive touchscreen IPS LCD capacitive touchscreen
Colors 16M colors 16M colors
Size 9.4 inches [Similar] 8.9 inches [Similar]
Resolution 800 x 1280 pixels (161 ppi) [Similar] 1920 x 1200 pixels (254 ppi)
Screen-to-Body Ratio 60.62% 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 5 MP, 2560х1920 pixels [Similar] 1.3 MP, 1280 x 1024 pixels [Similar]
Flash No No
Features Auto focus, Touch Focus, Image Stabilization, Geo-tagging, Face And Smile Detection Geo-tagging
Video Yes, 720p@30fps No
Front Camera Yes, 0.3 MP [Similar] No [Similar]

connectivity Connectivity and Data Rate

GPRS No Yes
Edge No Yes
3G - HSDPA, HSUPA, LTE
Bluetooth Yes, v2.1 with A2DP Yes, with A2DP
Wi-Fi Wi-Fi 802.11 b/g/n, DLNA Wi-Fi 802.11 a/b/g/n, dual-band
USB Yes, microUSB v2.0, USB Host Yes, v2.0
GPS Yes Yes, with A-GPS support
Browser HTML, Adobe Flash HTML5 (Amazon Silk)

memory User Memory

Internal 16/32 GB storage, 1 GB RAM 32/64 GB storage, 1 GB RAM
Expandable Storage SD, up to 32 GB No
USB OTG Supported -

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 Non-removable Li-Ion battery
Capacity - 6000 mAh
Stand by Up to 430 h -
Talk Time - Up to 10 h