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Sharp SH530U vs Amazon Kindle Fire HD 8.9 LTE

General Info

Manufacturer
Sharp Amazon
Announced
October 2012 September 2012
Status
Available October 2012 Available - October 2012
Colors
Snowy White, Cherry Red Black
Form Factor
Candybar Candybar
Dimension
146.5 x 81 x 9.9 mm
(5.77 x 3.19 x 0.39 in)
240 x 164 x 8.8 mm
(9.45 x 6.46 x 0.35 in)
Weight
168.8 g (5.93.0.28 oz) 575 g (20.28 oz)
2G Network
GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900 - SIM 1 & SIM 2 GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900
3G Network
HSDPA 900 / 2100 - SIM 1 only HSDPA
4G Network
- 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
5.0 inches [Similar] 8.9 inches [Similar]
Resolution
480 x 800 pixels (187 ppi) [Similar] 1920 x 1200 pixels (254 ppi)
Screen-to-Body Ratio
59.70% 58.54%
Multi-Touch

Hardware and OS

OS
Android OS, v4.0.x (Ice Cream Sandwich) Android OS, v4.0 (customized)
Processor
Dual-core 1 GHz Cortex-A9, MediaTek MT6577 [Similar] Dual-core 1.5 GHz Cortex-A9, TI OMAP 4470 [Similar]
GPU
PowerVR SXG531T [Similar] PowerVR SGX544 [Similar]
RAM
512 MB [Browse Similar] 1 GB [Browse Similar]
Internal Memory
20 GB 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
No No
Features
Auto focus, Geo-tagging, Touch Focus, Face Detection Geo-tagging
Video
Yes No
Front Camera
Yes, VGA [Similar] No [Similar]

Multimedia

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

Connectivity and Data Rate

GPRS
Class 12 (4+1/3+2/2+3/1+4 slots), 32 - 48 kbps Yes
Edge
Class 12 Yes
3G
HSDPA, 7.2 Mbps; HSUPA, 5.76 Mbps HSDPA, HSUPA, LTE
Bluetooth
Yes, v4.0 with A2DP Yes, with A2DP
Wi-Fi
Wi-Fi 802.11 b/g/n, 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
20 GB, 512 MB 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
1950 mAh 6000 mAh
Stand by
Up to 560 h -
Talk Time
Up to 9 h Up to 10 h
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