Phone Comparison - Amazon Kindle Fire HD vs Sony Xperia SP vs Sony Xperia C

general General Info

Manufacturer Amazon Sony Sony
Announced September 2012 Available - April 2013 June 2013
Status Available - September 2012 Available - April 2013 Available - July 2013
Colors Black Black, White, Red Black, White, Purple
Form Factor Candybar Candybar Candybar
Dimension 193 x 137 x 10.3 mm
(7.6 x 5.39 x 0.41 in)
130.6 x 67.1 x 9.98 mm
(5.14 x 2.64 x 0.39 in)
141.5 x 74.15 x 8.88 mm
(5.57 x 2.92 x 0.35 in)
Weight 395 g (13.93 oz) 155 g (5.47 oz) 153 g (5.4 oz)
2G Network N/A GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900 GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900 - SIM 1 & SIM 2
3G Network N/A HSDPA 850 / 900 / 2100 HSDPA 900 / 2100
4G Network - LTE -
Messaging , Push Mail, EMail, IM SMS, MMS, Push Mail, EMail, IM SMS, MMS, Push Mail, EMail, IM

hardware Hardware and OS

OS Android OS, v4.0 (customized) Android OS, v4.1 (Jelly Bean) Android OS, v4.2.2 (Jelly Bean)
Processor Dual-core 1.2 GHz Cortex-A9, TI OMAP 4460 Dual-core 1.7 GHz, Qualcomm MSM8960Pro Snapdragon Quad-core 1.2 GHz, MTK MT6589
GPU PowerVR SGX540 Adreno 320 PowerVR SGX544
RAM 1 GB N/A 1 GB
Internal Memory 16/32 GB storage 8 GB (5.8 GB user available) 4 GB
External Memory No microSD, up to 32 GB microSD, up to 32 GB

display Display

Type IPS LCD capacitive touchscreen TFT capacitive touchscreen Capacitive touchscreen
Colors 16M colors 16M colors 16M colors
Size 7.0 inches 4.6 inches 5.0 inches
Resolution 800 x 1280 pixels (216 ppi) 720 x 1280 pixels (319 ppi) 540 x 960 pixels (220 ppi)
Screen-to-Body Ratio 53.55% 66.67% 65.86%
Multi-Touch yes yes yes

multimedia Multimedia

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

camera Camera

Rear Camera 1.3 MP, 1280 x 1024 pixels 8 MP, 3264 x 2448 pixels 8 MP, 3264 x 2448 pixels
Flash No LED flash LED flash
Features - Auto focus, Geo-tagging, Touch Focus, Face And Smile Detection, Image Stabilization, HDR, Sweep Panorama Auto focus, Geo-tagging, Touch Focus, Face Detection, Image Stabilization, HDR, Sweep Panorama, Sony Exmor RS for mobile image sensor
Video No Yes, 1080p@30fps, video stabilization Yes, 1080p
Front Camera No [Similar] Yes, VGA [Similar] Yes, VGA [Similar]

connectivity Connectivity and Data Rate

GPRS No Yes Yes
Edge No Yes Yes
3G No HSPA+, LTE HSDPA 42 Mbps, HSUPA 11.5 Mbps
Bluetooth Yes, with A2DP Yes, v4.0 with A2DP Yes, v4.0 with A2DP
Wi-Fi Wi-Fi 802.11 a/b/g/n, dual-band Wi-Fi 802.11 b/g/n, DLNA, Wi-Fi hotspot Wi-Fi 802.11 b/g/n, Wi-Fi hotspot
USB Yes, v2.0 Yes, microUSB v2.0 (MHL) Yes, microUSB v2.0
GPS No Yes, with A-GPS support and GLONASS Yes, with A-GPS support
Browser HTML5 (Amazon Silk) HTML HTML5

memory User Memory

Internal 16/32 GB storage, 1 GB RAM 8 GB (5.8 GB user available) 4 GB, 1 GB RAM
Expandable Storage No microSD, up to 32 GB microSD, up to 32 GB

Apps Sensors

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

battery Battery

Type Non-removable Li-Ion battery (16.43 Wh) Li-Ion Battery Li-Ion Battery
Capacity 4400 mAh 2370 mAh 2390 mAh
Stand by - Up to 635 h (2G)
Up to 734 h (3G)
Up to 605 h (2G)
Up to 588 h (3G)
Talk Time Up to 11 h Up to 10 h 25 min (2G)
Up to 19 h (3G)
Up to 14 h 4 min (2G)
Up to 12 h 25 min (3G)