Phone Comparison - Amazon Fire HD 8 vs Samsung I9300 Galaxy S III (S3)

Amazon Fire HD 8
amazon fire hd 8
Samsung I9300 Galaxy S III (S3)
samsung i9300 galaxy s iii (s3)
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general General Info

Manufacturer Amazon Samsung
Announced September 2015 May 2012
Status Available - September 2015 Available - May 2012
Price Rs. 6,133 ($89.99) [Similarly Priced] -
Colors Black, Magenta, Blue, Tangerine Blue, White
Form Factor Candybar Candybar
Dimension 214 x 128 x 7.7 mm
(8.43 x 5.04 x 0.3 in)
136.6 x 70.6 x 8.6 mm
(5.38 x 2.78 x 0.34 in)
Weight 311 g (10.97 oz) 133 g (4.69 oz)
2G Network N/A GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900
3G Network N/A HSDPA 850 / 900 / 1900 / 2100
4G Network - LTE (regional)
Messaging , Push Mail, EMail, IM SMS, MMS, EMail, IM
Build Features Dolby Atmos Dual Stereo Speakers -

hardware Hardware and OS

OS Android OS, v5.0 (Lollipop), Fire OS 5 Android OS, v4.0.4 (Ice Cream Sandwich)
Processor Dual-core 1.5 GHz & dual-core 1.2 GHz, Mediatek MT8135 [Similar] Quad-core 1.4 GHz Cortex-A9, Exynos 4212 Quad [Similar]
GPU PowerVR G6200 [Similar] Mali-400MP [Similar]
RAM 1 GB [Browse Similar] 1 GB [Browse Similar]
Internal Memory 8/16 GB 16/32/64 GB storage
External Memory microSD, up to 128 GB microSD, up to 64 GB

display Display

Type IPS LCD capacitive touchscreen Super AMOLED capacitive touchscreen
Colors 16M colors 16M colors
Size 8.0 inches [Similar] 4.8 inches [Similar]
Resolution 800 x 1280 pixels (189 ppi) [Similar] 720 x 1280 pixels (306 ppi) [Similar]
Screen-to-Body Ratio 67.52% 65.84%
Multi-Touch yes yes

multimedia Multimedia

3.5mm Jack yes yes
Radio No Stereo FM radio with RDS
Games Yes + Downloadable Yes + Downloadable
Loud Speaker yes yes

camera Camera

Rear Camera 5 MP, 2592 х 1944 pixels [Similar] 8 MP, 3264x2448 pixels [Similar]
Flash No LED flash
Features Yes Auto focus, Simultaneous HD Video And Image Recording, Geo-tagging, Touch Focus, Face And Smile Detection, Image Stabilization
Video Yes Yes, 1080p@30fps
Front Camera VGA, 720p [Similar] Yes, 1.9 MP, 720p@30fps [Similar]

connectivity Connectivity and Data Rate

GPRS No Class 12 (4+1/3+2/2+3/1+4 slots), 32 - 48 kbps
Edge No Class 12
3G No HSDPA, 21 Mbps; HSUPA, 5.76 Mbps
Bluetooth v4.0 Yes, v4.0 with A2DP, EDR
Wi-Fi Wi-Fi 802.11 b/g/n Wi-Fi 802.11 a/b/g/n, DLNA, Wi-Fi Direct, Wi-Fi hotspot
USB microUSB v2.0 Yes, microUSB v2.0 (MHL), USB On-the-go
GPS Yes Yes, with A-GPS support and GLONASS
Browser HTML5 HTML, Adobe Flash

memory User Memory

Internal 8/16 GB, 1 GB RAM 16/32/64 GB storage, 1 GB RAM
Expandable Storage microSD, up to 128 GB microSD, up to 64 GB
USB OTG - Supported

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 supported

battery Battery

Type - Standard battery, Li-Ion
Capacity 4750 mAh 2100 mAh
Stand by - Up to 830Hr (2G)/up to 770Hr hours (3G)
Talk Time Up to 8 h (multimedia) Up to 1350Min (2G)/up to 700Min hours (3G)