Phone Comparison - Amazon Kindle Fire HD 8.9 LTE vs Huawei MediaPad X1

Amazon Kindle Fire HD 8.9 LTE
amazon kindle fire hd 8.9 lte
Huawei MediaPad X1
huawei mediapad x1
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general General Info

Manufacturer Amazon Huawei
Announced September 2012 February 2014
Status Available - October 2012 Coming Soon - March 2014
Colors Black Silver/White
Form Factor Candybar Candybar
Dimension 240 x 164 x 8.8 mm
(9.45 x 6.46 x 0.35 in)
7.18 mm thickness
(0.28 in thickness)
Weight 575 g (20.28 oz) 239 g (8.43 oz)
2G Network GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900 GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900
3G Network HSDPA HSDPA
4G Network LTE LTE
Messaging , Push Mail, EMail, IM SMS, MMS, EMail, IM

hardware Hardware and OS

OS Android OS, v4.0 (customized) Android OS, v4.2.2 (Jelly Bean)
Processor Dual-core 1.5 GHz Cortex-A9, TI OMAP 4470 [Similar] Quad-core 1.6 GHz Cortex-A9, Huawei V9R1 [Similar]
GPU PowerVR SGX544 [Similar] Mali-450 [Similar]
RAM 1 GB [Browse Similar] 2 GB [Browse Similar]
Internal Memory 32/64 GB storage 16 GB
External Memory No microSD, up to 32 GB

display Display

Type IPS LCD capacitive touchscreen IPS LCD capacitive touchscreen
Colors 16M colors 16M colors
Size 8.9 inches [Similar] 7.0 inches [Similar]
Resolution 1920 x 1200 pixels (254 ppi) 1200 x 1920 pixels (323 ppi)
Screen-to-Body Ratio 58.54% -
Multi-Touch yes yes

multimedia Multimedia

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

camera Camera

Rear Camera 1.3 MP, 1280 x 1024 pixels [Similar] 13 MP, 4160 x 3120 pixels [Similar]
Flash No LED flash
Features Geo-tagging Auto focus, Geo-tagging
Video No Yes, 1080p
Front Camera No [Similar] Yes, 5 MP [Similar]

connectivity Connectivity and Data Rate

GPRS Yes Yes
Edge Yes Yes
3G HSDPA, HSUPA, LTE HSDPA, HSUPA; LTE, Cat4, 50 Mbps UL, 150 Mbps DL
Bluetooth Yes, with A2DP Yes
Wi-Fi Wi-Fi 802.11 a/b/g/n, dual-band Yes
USB Yes, v2.0 Yes, microUSB v2.0
GPS Yes, with A-GPS support Yes, with A-GPS support
Browser HTML5 (Amazon Silk) HTML5

memory User Memory

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

Apps Sensors

Fingerprint fingerprint not supported fingerprint not supported
Proximity Sensor proximity sensor not present proximity sensor 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 5000 mAh
Stand by - -
Talk Time Up to 10 h -