Phone Comparison - Sony Tablet P 3G vs Amazon Kindle Fire HD 8.9

Sony Tablet P 3G
sony tablet p 3g
Amazon Kindle Fire HD 8.9
amazon kindle fire hd 8.9
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general General Info

Manufacturer Sony Amazon
Announced August 2011 September 2012
Status Available - November 2011 Available - October 2012
Colors Silver/Black Black
Form Factor Candybar Candybar
Dimension 180 x 158 x 14 mm, 180 x 79 x 28 mm
(7.09 x 6.22 x 0.55 in, 7.09 x 3.11 x 1.1 in)
240 x 164 x 8.8 mm
(9.45 x 6.46 x 0.35 in)
Weight 372 g (13.12 oz) 567 g (20 oz)
2G Network GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900 N/A
3G Network HSDPA 850 / 900 / 1900 / 2100 N/A
4G Network LTE 700 MHz Class 17 - for AT&T only -
Messaging , EMail, IM , Push Mail, EMail, IM

hardware Hardware and OS

OS Android OS, v3.2 (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 4 GB storage 16/32 GB storage
External Memory microSD, up to 32 GB, 2 GB included No

display Display

Type Dual TFT capacitive touchscreen IPS LCD capacitive touchscreen
Colors 16M colors 16M colors
Size 5.5 inches [Similar] 8.9 inches [Similar]
Resolution 1024 x 480 pixels (206 ppi) 1920 x 1200 pixels (254 ppi)
Screen-to-Body Ratio 26.28% 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 -
Video Yes, 720p@30fps No
Front Camera Yes, VGA [Similar] No [Similar]

connectivity Connectivity and Data Rate

GPRS No No
Edge No No
3G HSDPA, 14.4 Mbps; HSUPA, 5.76 Mbps No
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 Yes, v2.0
GPS Yes No
Browser HTML, Adobe Flash HTML5 (Amazon Silk)

memory User Memory

Internal 4 GB storage, 1 GB RAM 16/32 GB storage, 1 GB RAM
Expandable Storage microSD, up to 32 GB, 2 GB included No

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 Li-Ion Battery Non-removable Li-Ion battery (22.2 Wh)
Capacity 3080 mAh 6000 mAh
Stand by Up to 120 h -
Talk Time - Up to 10 h