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Amazon Kindle Fire HD 8.9 vs Alcatel One Touch Idol Ultra

General Info

Manufacturer
Amazon Alcatel
Announced
September 2012 January 2013
Status
Available - October 2012 Available - April 2013
Colors
Black Red, Black
Form Factor
Candybar Candybar
Dimension
240 x 164 x 8.8 mm
(9.45 x 6.46 x 0.35 in)
134.4 x 68.5 x 6.5 mm
(5.29 x 2.7 x 0.26 in)
Weight
567 g (20 oz) 115 g (4.06 oz)
2G Network
N/A GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900
3G Network
N/A HSDPA 900 / 2100
HSDPA 850 / 2100
Messaging
, Push Mail, EMail, IM SMS, MMS, EMail, IM
Build Features
- Dragon Trail Glass

Display

Type
IPS LCD capacitive touchscreen AMOLED capacitive touchscreen
Colors
16M colors 16M colors
Size
8.9 inches [Similar] 4.7 inches [Similar]
Resolution
1920 x 1200 pixels (254 ppi) 720 x 1280 pixels (312 ppi) [Similar]
Screen-to-Body Ratio
58.54% 66.35%
Multi-Touch

Hardware and OS

OS
Android OS, v4.0 (customized) Android OS, v4.1 (Jelly Bean)
Processor
Dual-core 1.5 GHz Cortex-A9, TI OMAP 4470 [Similar] Dual-core 1.2 GHz, MTK 6577 [Similar]
GPU
PowerVR SGX544 [Similar] PowerVR SXG531T [Similar]
RAM
1 GB [Browse Similar] N/A
Internal Memory
16/32 GB storage 16 GB storage, 1 GB
External Memory
No No

Camera

Rear Camera
1.3 MP, 1280 x 1024 pixels [Similar] 8 MP, 3264 x 2448 pixels [Similar]
Flash
No LED flash
Features
- Auto focus, Geo-tagging, Touch Focus
Video
No Yes, 1080p
Front Camera
No [Similar] Yes, 1.3 MP [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 Yes
Edge
No Yes
3G
No HSDPA 7.2Mbps
Bluetooth
Yes, with A2DP Yes
Wi-Fi
Wi-Fi 802.11 a/b/g/n, dual-band Wi-Fi 802.11 b/g/n, Wi-Fi hotspot
USB
Yes, v2.0 Yes, microUSB v2.0
GPS
No Yes, with A-GPS support
Browser
HTML5 (Amazon Silk) HTML

User Memory

Internal
16/32 GB storage, 1 GB RAM 16 GB storage, 1 GB
Expandable Storage
No No

Sensors

Fingerprint
Proximity Sensor
Accelerometer Sensor
NFC

Battery

Type
Non-removable Li-Ion battery (22.2 Wh) Li-Ion Battery
Capacity
6000 mAh 1800 mAh
Stand by
- Up to 400 h (2G)
Up to 400 h (3G)
Talk Time
Up to 10 h Up to 12 h (2G)
Up to 7 h (3G)
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