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Samsung Galaxy Tab 3 3G vs Amazon Kindle Fire HDX 8.9

General Info

Manufacturer
Samsung Amazon
Announced
April 2013 September 2013
Status
Coming Soon - Q2 2013 Available - November 2013
Colors
White Black
Form Factor
Candybar Candybar
Dimension
111.1 x 188.0 x 9.9 mm
(4.37 x 7.4 x 0.39 in)
231 x 158 x 7.8 mm
(9.09 x 6.22 x 0.31 in)
Weight
306 g (10.79 oz) 374 g/ 384 g (13.19 oz/ 13.55 oz)
2G Network
GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900 GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900
CDMA2000 1xEV-DO
3G Network
HSDPA 900 / 2100 HSDPA
4G Network
- LTE
Messaging
SMS, MMS, Push Mail, EMail, IM , Push Mail, EMail, IM

Display

Type
PLS LCD capacitive touchscreen IPS LCD capacitive touchscreen
Colors
16M colors 16M colors
Size
7.0 inches [Similar] 8.9 inches [Similar]
Resolution
600 x 1024 pixels (170 ppi) 2560 x 1600 pixels (339 ppi)
Screen-to-Body Ratio
65.67% 63.00%
Multi-Touch

Hardware and OS

OS
Android OS, v4.1 (Jelly Bean) Android OS, v4.x (Jelly Bean - customized)
Processor
Dual-core 1.2 GHz [Similar] Quad-core 2.2 GHz Krait 400, Qualcomm Snapdragon 800 [Similar]
GPU
- Adreno 330 [Similar]
RAM
1 GB [Browse Similar] 2 GB [Browse Similar]
Internal Memory
8/16 GB storage 16/32/64 GB
External Memory
microSD, up to 64 GB No

Camera

Rear Camera
3.0 MP, 2048x1536 pixels [Similar] 8 MP, 3264 x 2448 pixels [Similar]
Flash
No LED flash
Features
Geo-tagging, Smile Detection Auto focus, Geo-tagging, Touch Focus, Image Stabilization
Video
Yes, 720p@30fps Yes
Front Camera
Yes, 1.3 MP [Similar] Yes, 720p [Similar]

Multimedia

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

Connectivity and Data Rate

GPRS
Yes Yes
Edge
Yes Yes
3G
HSDPA, 21 Mbps; HSUPA, 5.76 Mbps HSPA+, LTE
Bluetooth
Yes, v3.0 Yes
Wi-Fi
Wi-Fi 802.11 a/b/g/n, Wi-Fi hotspot, WiFi Channel Bonding, WiFi Direct Wi-Fi 802.11 a/b/g/n, dual-band
USB
Yes, v2.0, USB On-the-go Yes, microUSB v2.0
GPS
Yes, with A-GPS support and GLONASS Yes, with A-GPS support (4G model)
Browser
HTML5, Adobe Flash HTML5 (Amazon Silk)

User Memory

Internal
8/16 GB storage, 1 GB RAM 16/32/64 GB, 2 GB RAM
Expandable Storage
microSD, up to 64 GB No
USB OTG
Supported -

Sensors

Fingerprint
Proximity Sensor
Accelerometer Sensor
NFC

Battery

Type
Non-removable Li-Ion Battery Non-removable Li-Ion battery
Capacity
4000 mAh -
Stand by
- -
Talk Time
- Up to 12 h
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