Phone Comparison - Amazon Fire vs Apple iPhone 5

Amazon Fire
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general General Info

Manufacturer Amazon Apple
Announced September 2015 September 2012
Status Available - September 2015 Available - September 2012
Price Rs. 3,407 ($999.99) [Similarly Priced] -
Colors White, Black Black, White
Form Factor Candybar Candybar
Dimension 191 x 115 x 10.6 mm
(7.52 x 4.53 x 0.42 in)
123.8 x 58.6 x 7.6 mm
(4.87 x 2.31 x 0.3 in)
Weight 313 g (11.04 oz) 112 g (3.95 oz)
2G Network N/A GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900
CDMA2000 1xEV-DO - for Verizon
3G Network N/A HSDPA 850 / 900 / 1900 / 2100
4G Network - LTE 700 MHz Class 17 / 2100 - for AT&T
Messaging SMS, MMS, EMail, IM SMS, MMS, Push Mail, EMail, IM

hardware Hardware and OS

OS Android OS, v5.0 (Lollipop), Fire OS 5 iOS 6
Processor Quad-core 1.3 GHz [Similar] Dual-core 1.2 GHz, Apple A6 [Similar]
GPU - PowerVR SGX 543MP3 [Similar]
RAM 1 GB [Browse Similar] 1 GB [Browse Similar]
Internal Memory 8 GB 16/32/64 GB storage
External Memory microSD, up to 32 GB No

display Display

Type IPS LCD Capacitive Touchscreen LED-backlit IPS TFT, capacitive touchscreen
Colors 16M colors 16M colors
Size 7.0 inches [Similar] 4.0 inches [Similar]
Resolution 600 x 1024 pixels (170 ppi) 640 x 1136 pixels (326 ppi)
Screen-to-Body Ratio 62.44% 60.84%
Multi-Touch yes yes

multimedia Multimedia

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

camera Camera

Rear Camera 2 MP, 1600 x 1200 pixels [Similar] 8 MP, 3264x2448 pixels, Backside Illumin [Similar]
Flash No LED flash
Features Geo-tagging Touch Focus, Geo-tagging, Face Detection, HDR
Video 480p@24fps Yes, 1080p@30fps, LED video light, video stabilization, geo-tagging, face detection
Front Camera VGA [Similar] Yes, 1.2 MP, 720p@30fps, face detection, [Similar]

connectivity Connectivity and Data Rate

GPRS Yes Yes
Edge Yes Yes
3G N/A DC-HSDPA, 42 Mbps; HSDPA, 21 Mbps; HSUPA, 5.76 Mbps, LTE, 73 Mbps; Rev. A, up to 3.1 Mbps
Bluetooth v4.0, A2DP Yes, v4.0 with A2DP
Wi-Fi Wi-Fi 802.11 b/g/n, Wi-Fi Direct, hotspot Wi-Fi 802.11 a/b/g/n, dual-band, Wi-Fi Plus Cellular
USB microUSB v2.0 Yes, Lightning Port
GPS Yes Yes, with A-GPS support and GLONASS
Browser HTML5 HTML (Safari)

memory User Memory

Internal 8 GB, 1 GB RAM 16/32/64 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 not present proximity sensor present
Accelerometer Sensor accelerometer sensor present accelerometer sensor present
NFC NFC not supported NFC not supported

battery Battery

Type Non-removable Li-Ion Battery Standard battery, Li-Po
Capacity 4400 mAh 1440 mAh
Stand by - Up to 225 h
Talk Time Up to 7 h (multimedia) Up to 8 h