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Samsung Galaxy Axiom R830 vs Amazon Kindle Fire HD 8.9 LTE

General Info

Manufacturer
Samsung Amazon
Announced
November 2012 September 2012
Status
Released - November 2012 Available - October 2012
Colors
Blue Black
Form Factor
Candybar Candybar
Dimension
121.7 x 63.8 x 11.9 mm
(4.79 x 2.51 x 0.47 in)
240 x 164 x 8.8 mm
(9.45 x 6.46 x 0.35 in)
Weight
136.1 g (4.8.0.04 oz) 575 g (20.28 oz)
2G Network
CDMA 800 / 1700 / 1900 / 2100 GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900
3G Network
CDMA2000 1xEV-DO HSDPA
4G Network
LTE 700 MHz Class 17 / 850 / 1700 / 1900 / 2100 LTE
Messaging
SMS, MMS, Push Mail, EMail, IM , Push Mail, EMail, IM

Display

Type
TFT capacitive touchscreen IPS LCD capacitive touchscreen
Colors
16M colors 16M colors
Size
4.0 inches [Similar] 8.9 inches [Similar]
Resolution
480 x 800 pixels (233 ppi) [Similar] 1920 x 1200 pixels (254 ppi)
Screen-to-Body Ratio
58.77% 58.54%
Multi-Touch

Hardware and OS

OS
Android OS, v4.0.4 (Ice Cream Sandwich) Android OS, v4.0 (customized)
Processor
Dual-core 1.2 GHz Krait, Qualcomm [Similar] Dual-core 1.5 GHz Cortex-A9, TI OMAP 4470 [Similar]
GPU
- PowerVR SGX544 [Similar]
RAM
1 GB [Browse Similar] 1 GB [Browse Similar]
Internal Memory
4 GB ROM (1.85 GB user available) 32/64 GB storage
External Memory
microSD, up to 32 GB No

Camera

Rear Camera
5 MP, 2592x1944 pixels [Similar] 1.3 MP, 1280 x 1024 pixels [Similar]
Flash
LED flash No
Features
Auto focus, Geo-tagging, Touch Focus, Face Detection Geo-tagging
Video
Yes, 720p No
Front Camera
Yes, 1.3 MP [Similar] No [Similar]

Multimedia

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

Connectivity and Data Rate

GPRS
No Yes
Edge
No Yes
3G
EV-DO Rev. A, up to 3.1 Mbps; LTE HSDPA, HSUPA, LTE
Bluetooth
Yes, v4.0 with A2DP Yes, with A2DP
Wi-Fi
Wi-Fi 802.11 b/g/n, DLNA, Wi-Fi hotspot Wi-Fi 802.11 a/b/g/n, dual-band
USB
Yes, microUSB v2.0 Yes, v2.0
GPS
Yes, with A-GPS support Yes, with A-GPS support
Browser
HTML5 HTML5 (Amazon Silk)

User Memory

Internal
4 GB ROM (1.85 GB user available), 1 GB RAM 32/64 GB storage, 1 GB RAM
Expandable Storage
microSD, up to 32 GB No

Sensors

Fingerprint
Proximity Sensor
Accelerometer Sensor
NFC

Battery

Type
Standard battery, Li-Ion Non-removable Li-Ion battery
Capacity
2100 mAh 6000 mAh
Stand by
Up to 252 h -
Talk Time
Up to 8 h Up to 10 h
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