Phone Comparison - Amazon Kindle Fire vs Samsung i927 Captivate Glide

Amazon Kindle Fire
amazon kindle fire
Samsung i927 Captivate Glide
samsung i927 captivate glide
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general General Info

Manufacturer Amazon Samsung
Announced September 2011 October 2011
Status Available - November 2011 Available - November 2011
Colors Black Black
Form Factor Candybar Candybar
Dimension 190 x 120 x 11.4 mm
(7.48 x 4.72 x 0.45 in)
124 x 64 x 13 mm
(4.88 x 2.52 x 0.51 in )
Weight 413 g (14.57 oz) 147 g (5.19 oz)
2G Network N/A GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900
3G Network N/A HSDPA 850 / 1900 / 2100
Messaging , Push Mail, EMail, IM SMS, MMS, EMail, IM

hardware Hardware and OS

OS Android OS, v2.3 (customized) Android OS, v2.3 (Gingerbread)
Processor Dual-core 1 GHz Cortex-A9, TI OMAP 4430 [Similar] Dual-core 1 GHz Cortex-A9, Nvidia Tegra 2 AP20H [Similar]
GPU PowerVR SGX540 [Similar] ULP GeForce [Similar]
RAM 512 MB [Browse Similar] 1 GB [Browse Similar]
Internal Memory 8 GB storage 8 GB storage
External Memory No microSD, up to 32GB

display Display

Type IPS LCD capacitive touchscreen Super AMOLED capacitive touchscreen
Colors 16M colors 16M colors
Size 7.0 inches [Similar] 4.0 inches [Similar]
Resolution 1024 x 600 pixels (170 ppi) 480 x 800 pixels (233 ppi) [Similar]
Screen-to-Body Ratio 60.16% 57.50%
Multi-Touch yes yes

multimedia Multimedia

3.5mm Jack yes yes
Radio Stereo FM radio No
Games Yes + Downloadable Yes + downloadable
Loud Speaker no yes

camera Camera

Rear Camera N/A [Similar] 8 MP, 3264x2448 pixels [Similar]
Flash N/A LED flash
Features N/A Auto focus, Geo-tagging, Touch Focus, Face&smile Detection
Video N/A Yes, 720p@30fps
Front Camera N/A [Similar] Yes, 1.3 MP [Similar]

connectivity Connectivity and Data Rate

GPRS No Yes
Edge No Yes
3G No HSDPA, 21 Mbps; HSUPA, 5.76 Mbps
Bluetooth No Yes, v3.0 with A2DP
Wi-Fi Wi-Fi 802.11 b/g/n Wi-Fi 802.11 b/g/n, DLNA, Wi-Fi hotspot
USB Yes Yes, v2.0 microUSB
GPS No Yes, with A-GPS support
Browser HTML (Amazon Silk) HTML, Adobe Flash

memory User Memory

Internal 8GB storage, 512 MB RAM 8 GB storage, 1 GB RAM, 1 GB ROM
Expandable Storage No microSD, up to 32GB

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-Ion
Capacity 4400 mAh 1650 mAh
Stand by - Up to 396 h
Talk Time - Up to 8 h