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Amazon Kindle Fire HD 8.9 vs Samsung Galaxy Mega 5.8 Duos I9152

General Info

Manufacturer
Amazon Samsung
Announced
September 2012 May 2013
Status
Available - October 2012 Available - June 2013
Colors
Black White, Black
Form Factor
Candybar Candybar
Dimension
240 x 164 x 8.8 mm
(9.45 x 6.46 x 0.35 in)
164.9 x 84.1 x 10.1 mm
(6.49 x 3.31 x 0.4 in)
Weight
567 g (20 oz) 182 g (6.42 oz)
2G Network
N/A GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900 - GT-I9152 (SIM 1 & SIM 2)
3G Network
N/A HSDPA 900 / 2100
Messaging
, Push Mail, EMail, IM SMS, MMS, EMail, IM

Display

Type
IPS LCD capacitive touchscreen TFT capacitive touchscreen
Colors
16M colors -
Size
8.9 inches [Similar] 5.8 inches [Similar]
Resolution
1920 x 1200 pixels (254 ppi) 540 x 960 pixels (190 ppi) [Similar]
Screen-to-Body Ratio
58.54% 66.80%
Multi-Touch

Hardware and OS

OS
Android OS, v4.0 (customized) Android OS, v4.2 (Jelly Bean)
Processor
Dual-core 1.5 GHz Cortex-A9, TI OMAP 4470 [Similar] Dual-core 1.4 GHz [Similar]
GPU
PowerVR SGX544 [Similar] -
RAM
1 GB [Browse Similar] 1 GB [Browse Similar]
Internal Memory
16/32 GB storage 8 GB
External Memory
No microSD, up to 64 GB

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, Face And Smile Detection
Video
No Yes
Front Camera
No [Similar] Yes, 1.9 MP [Similar]

Multimedia

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

Connectivity and Data Rate

GPRS
No Yes
Edge
No Yes
3G
No HSDPA, 7.2 Mbps; HSUPA, 5.76 Mbps
Bluetooth
Yes, with A2DP Yes, v4.0
Wi-Fi
Wi-Fi 802.11 a/b/g/n, dual-band Wi-Fi 802.11 a/b/g/n, dual-band, Wi-Fi hotspot
USB
Yes, v2.0 Yes, microUSB v2.0
GPS
No Yes, with A-GPS support
Browser
HTML5 (Amazon Silk) HTML5

User Memory

Internal
16/32 GB storage, 1 GB RAM 8 GB, 1 GB RAM
Expandable Storage
No microSD, up to 64 GB

Sensors

Fingerprint
Proximity Sensor
Accelerometer Sensor
NFC

Battery

Type
Non-removable Li-Ion battery (22.2 Wh) Li-Ion Battery
Capacity
6000 mAh 2600 mAh
Stand by
- -
Talk Time
Up to 10 h -
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