Phone Comparison - Acer Liquid Gallant Duo vs Amazon Kindle Fire HD 8.9

Acer Liquid Gallant Duo
acer liquid gallant duo
Amazon Kindle Fire HD 8.9
amazon kindle fire hd 8.9
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general General Info

Manufacturer Acer Amazon
Announced July 2012 September 2012
Status Available - September 2012 Available - October 2012
Colors Black, White Black
Form Factor Candybar Candybar
Dimension 129 x 65.9 x 9.9 mm
(5.08 x 2.59 x 0.39 in)
240 x 164 x 8.8 mm
(9.45 x 6.46 x 0.35 in)
Weight 145 g (5.11 oz) 567 g (20 oz)
2G Network GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900 N/A
3G Network HSDPA 900 / 2100 N/A
Messaging SMS, MMS, Push Mail, EMail , Push Mail, EMail, IM

hardware Hardware and OS

OS Android OS, v4.0 (Ice Cream Sandwich) Android OS, v4.0 (customized)
Processor Dual-core, MTK 6575 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 storage 16/32 GB storage
External Memory microSD, up to 32 GB No

display Display

Type Capacitive touchscreen IPS LCD capacitive touchscreen
Colors 16M colors 16M colors
Size 4.3 inches [Similar] 8.9 inches [Similar]
Resolution 540 x 960 pixels (256 ppi) [Similar] 1920 x 1200 pixels (254 ppi)
Screen-to-Body Ratio 60.03% 58.54%
Multi-Touch yes yes

multimedia Multimedia

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

camera Camera

Rear Camera 5 MP, 2592 x 1944 pixels [Similar] 1.3 MP, 1280 x 1024 pixels [Similar]
Flash LED flash No
Features Auto focus, Geo-tagging -
Video Yes No
Front Camera  N/A [Similar] No [Similar]

connectivity Connectivity and Data Rate

GPRS Yes No
Edge Yes No
3G HSDPA, HSUPA No
Bluetooth Yes, with A2DP, EDR 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 No
Browser HTML HTML5 (Amazon Silk)

memory User Memory

Internal 4 GB storage, 1 GB RAM 16/32 GB storage, 1 GB RAM
Expandable Storage microSD, up to 32 GB No

Apps Sensors

Fingerprint fingerprint not supported fingerprint not supported
Proximity Sensor proximity sensor present proximity sensor not present
Accelerometer Sensor accelerometer sensor present accelerometer sensor present
NFC NFC not supported NFC not supported

battery Battery

Type Standard battery, Li-Ion Non-removable Li-Ion battery (22.2 Wh)
Capacity 1500 mAh 6000 mAh
Stand by - -
Talk Time - Up to 10 h