Phone Comparison - ZTE Flash vs Amazon Kindle Fire HD

ZTE Flash
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general General Info

Manufacturer ZTE Amazon
Announced August 2012 September 2012
Status Available - October 2012 Available - September 2012
Colors Black Black
Form Factor Candybar Candybar
Dimension 134 x 66 x 10 mm
(5.28 x 2.6 x 0.39 in)
193 x 137 x 10.3 mm
(7.6 x 5.39 x 0.41 in)
Weight 142 g (5.01 oz) 395 g (13.93 oz)
2G Network CDMA 800 / 1900 N/A
3G Network CDMA2000 1xEV-DO N/A
4G Network LTE 1900 -
Messaging SMS, MMS, Push Mail, EMail , Push Mail, EMail, IM

hardware Hardware and OS

OS Android OS, v4.0.4 (Ice Cream Sandwich) Android OS, v4.0 (customized)
Processor Dual-core 1.5 GHz Krait, Qualcomm MSM8960 Snapdragon [Similar] Dual-core 1.2 GHz Cortex-A9, TI OMAP 4460 [Similar]
GPU Adreno 225 [Similar] PowerVR SGX540 [Similar]
RAM 1 GB [Browse Similar] 1 GB [Browse Similar]
Internal Memory 8 GB storage 16/32 GB storage
External Memory microSD, up to 32 GB No

display Display

Type IPS LCD capacitive touchscreen IPS LCD capacitive touchscreen
Colors 16M colors 16M colors
Size 4.5 inches [Similar] 7.0 inches [Similar]
Resolution 720 x 1280 pixels (326 ppi) [Similar] 800 x 1280 pixels (216 ppi) [Similar]
Screen-to-Body Ratio 63.26% 53.55%
Multi-Touch yes yes

multimedia Multimedia

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

camera Camera

Rear Camera 12.6 MP, autofocus [Similar] 1.3 MP, 1280 x 1024 pixels [Similar]
Flash LED flash No
Features Geo-tagging, Face Detection -
Video Yes, 1080p@30fps No
Front Camera Yes, 1 MP [Similar] No [Similar]

connectivity Connectivity and Data Rate

GPRS No No
Edge No No
3G Rev. A, up to 3.1 Mbps; LTE, Cat3, 50 Mbps UL, 100 Mbps DL No
Bluetooth Yes, v4.0 with A2DP Yes, with A2DP
Wi-Fi Wi-Fi 802.11 a/b/g/n, Wi-Fi Direct, DLNA, Wi-Fi hotspot Wi-Fi 802.11 a/b/g/n, dual-band
USB Yes, microUSB v2.0 Yes, v2.0
GPS Yes, with A-GPS support No
Browser HTML, Adobe Flash HTML5 (Amazon Silk)

memory User Memory

Internal 8 GB storage, 1 GB RAM 16/32 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 supported NFC not supported

battery Battery

Type Standard battery, Li-Ion Non-removable Li-Ion battery (16.43 Wh)
Capacity 1780 mAh 4400 mAh
Stand by Up to 216 h -
Talk Time Up to 8 h Up to 11 h