Phone Comparison - HTC One VX vs Amazon Kindle Fire HD vs Amazon Fire Phone

general General Info

Manufacturer HTC Amazon Amazon
Announced October 2012 September 2012 June 2014
Status Available - November 2012 Available - September 2012 Available - July 2014
Colors White, Black, Gray Black Black
Form Factor Candybar Candybar Candybar
Dimension 133.6 x 67.6 x 9.1 mm
(5.26 x 2.66 x 0.36 in)
193 x 137 x 10.3 mm
(7.6 x 5.39 x 0.41 in)
139.2 x 66.5 x 8.9 mm
(5.48 x 2.62 x 0.35 in)
Weight 124.7 g (4.37.0.25 oz) 395 g (13.93 oz) 160 g (5.64 oz)
2G Network GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900 N/A GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900
3G Network HSDPA 850 / 1900 N/A HSDPA 850 / 900 / 1700 / 1900 / 2100
4G Network LTE 700 MHz Class 17 / 1700 / 2100 - LTE 700 / 800 / 850 / 900 / 1700 / 1800 / 1900 / 2100 / 2600
Messaging SMS, MMS, Push Mail, EMail , Push Mail, EMail, IM SMS, MMS, EMail, IM
Build Features - - - 3D Dynamic Perspective UI
- System Wide Tilt, Auto-scroll, Swivel and Peek Functions

hardware Hardware and OS

OS Android OS, v4.0 (Ice Cream Sandwich) Android OS, v4.0 (customized) Fire OS 3.5.0
Processor Dual-core 1.5 GHz Krait, Qualcomm MSM8930 Snapdragon Dual-core 1.2 GHz Cortex-A9, TI OMAP 4460 Quad-core 2.2 GHz Krait 400, Qualcomm Snapdragon 800
GPU Adreno 305 PowerVR SGX540 Adreno 330
RAM 1 GB 1 GB 2 GB
Internal Memory 8 GB 16/32 GB storage 32/64 GB
External Memory microSD, up to 32 GB No No

display Display

Type Super LCD2 capacitive touchscreen IPS LCD capacitive touchscreen IPS LCD Capacitive Touchscreen, Corning Gorilla Glass 3 (front and back)
Colors 16M colors 16M colors 16M colors
Size 4.5 inches 7.0 inches 4.7 inches
Resolution 540 x 960 pixels (245 ppi) 800 x 1280 pixels (216 ppi) 720 x 1280 pixels (312 ppi)
Screen-to-Body Ratio 61.69% 53.55% 65.98%
Multi-Touch yes yes yes

multimedia Multimedia

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

camera Camera

Rear Camera 5 MP, 2592 x 1944 pixels 1.3 MP, 1280 x 1024 pixels 13 MP, 4128 x 3096 pixels
Flash LED flash No LED Flash
Features Auto focus, Geo-tagging, Face And Smile Detection - Auto-focus, Geo-tagging, HDR, OIS
Video Yes No Yes, 1080p@30fps
Front Camera Yes, VGA [Similar] No [Similar] Yes, 2.1 MP, 1080p@30fps [Similar]

connectivity Connectivity and Data Rate

GPRS Yes No Yes
Edge Yes No Yes
3G HSDPA, 42.2 Mbps; HSUPA, 5.76 Mbps; LTE, Cat3, 50 Mbps UL, 100 Mbps DL No HSPA+, LTE
Bluetooth Yes, v4.0 with A2DP Yes, with A2DP Yes, v3.0
Wi-Fi Wi-Fi 802.11 a/b/g/n, dual-band, DLNA, Wi-Fi hotspot Wi-Fi 802.11 a/b/g/n, dual-band Wi-Fi 802.11 a/b/g/n/ac, dual-band
USB Yes, microUSB v2.0 Yes, v2.0 Yes, microUSB v2.0
GPS Yes, with A-GPS support No Yes, with A-GPS support and GLONASS
Browser HTML5 HTML5 (Amazon Silk) HTML5

memory User Memory

Internal 8 GB, 1 GB RAM 16/32 GB storage, 1 GB RAM 32/64 GB, 2 GB RAM
Expandable Storage microSD, up to 32 GB No No

Apps Sensors

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

battery Battery

Type Standard battery, Li-Ion Non-removable Li-Ion battery (16.43 Wh) Non-removable Li-Ion Battery
Capacity 1810 mAh 4400 mAh 2400 mAh
Stand by - - Up to 285 h
Talk Time - Up to 11 h Up to 22 h