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Amazon Fire HD 8 vs Samsung I9300 Galaxy S III (S3)

General Info

Manufacturer
Amazon Samsung
Announced
September 2015 May 2012
Status
Available - September 2015 Available - May 2012
Price
Rs. 6,133 ($89.99) [Similarly Priced] -
Colors
Black, Magenta, Blue, Tangerine Blue, White
Form Factor
Candybar Candybar
Dimension
214 x 128 x 7.7 mm
(8.43 x 5.04 x 0.3 in)
136.6 x 70.6 x 8.6 mm
(5.38 x 2.78 x 0.34 in)
Weight
311 g (10.97 oz) 133 g (4.69 oz)
2G Network
N/A GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900
3G Network
N/A HSDPA 850 / 900 / 1900 / 2100
4G Network
- LTE (regional)
Messaging
, Push Mail, EMail, IM SMS, MMS, EMail, IM
Build Features
Dolby Atmos Dual Stereo Speakers -

Display

Type
IPS LCD capacitive touchscreen Super AMOLED capacitive touchscreen
Colors
16M colors 16M colors
Size
8.0 inches [Similar] 4.8 inches [Similar]
Resolution
800 x 1280 pixels (189 ppi) [Similar] 720 x 1280 pixels (306 ppi) [Similar]
Screen-to-Body Ratio
67.52% 65.84%
Multi-Touch

Hardware and OS

OS
Android OS, v5.0 (Lollipop), Fire OS 5 Android OS, v4.0.4 (Ice Cream Sandwich)
Processor
Dual-core 1.5 GHz & dual-core 1.2 GHz, Mediatek MT8135 [Similar] Quad-core 1.4 GHz Cortex-A9, Exynos 4212 Quad [Similar]
GPU
PowerVR G6200 [Similar] Mali-400MP [Similar]
RAM
1 GB [Browse Similar] 1 GB [Browse Similar]
Internal Memory
8/16 GB 16/32/64 GB storage
External Memory
microSD, up to 128 GB microSD, up to 64 GB

Camera

Rear Camera
5 MP, 2592 х 1944 pixels [Similar] 8 MP, 3264x2448 pixels [Similar]
Flash
No LED flash
Features
Yes Auto focus, Simultaneous HD Video And Image Recording, Geo-tagging, Touch Focus, Face And Smile Detection, Image Stabilization
Video
Yes Yes, 1080p@30fps
Front Camera
VGA, 720p [Similar] Yes, 1.9 MP, 720p@30fps [Similar]

Multimedia

3.5mm Jack
Radio
No Stereo FM radio with RDS
Games
Yes + Downloadable Yes + Downloadable
Loud Speaker

Connectivity and Data Rate

GPRS
No Class 12 (4+1/3+2/2+3/1+4 slots), 32 - 48 kbps
Edge
No Class 12
3G
No HSDPA, 21 Mbps; HSUPA, 5.76 Mbps
Bluetooth
v4.0 Yes, v4.0 with A2DP, EDR
Wi-Fi
Wi-Fi 802.11 b/g/n Wi-Fi 802.11 a/b/g/n, DLNA, Wi-Fi Direct, Wi-Fi hotspot
USB
microUSB v2.0 Yes, microUSB v2.0 (MHL), USB On-the-go
GPS
Yes Yes, with A-GPS support and GLONASS
Browser
HTML5 HTML, Adobe Flash

User Memory

Internal
8/16 GB, 1 GB RAM 16/32/64 GB storage, 1 GB RAM
Expandable Storage
microSD, up to 128 GB microSD, up to 64 GB
USB OTG
- Supported

Sensors

Fingerprint
Proximity Sensor
Accelerometer Sensor
NFC

Battery

Type
- Standard battery, Li-Ion
Capacity
4750 mAh 2100 mAh
Stand by
- Up to 830Hr (2G)/up to 770Hr hours (3G)
Talk Time
Up to 8 h (multimedia) Up to 1350Min (2G)/up to 700Min hours (3G)
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