Phone Comparison - HTC Vivid vs Amazon Kindle Fire vs Amazon Fire Phone

general General Info

Manufacturer HTC Amazon Amazon
Announced October 2011 September 2011 June 2014
Status Available - November 2011 Available - November 2011 Available - July 2014
Colors Black, White Black Black
Form Factor Candybar Candybar Candybar
Dimension 128.8 x 67.1 x 11.2 mm
(5.07 x 2.64 x 0.44 in)
190 x 120 x 11.4 mm
(7.48 x 4.72 x 0.45 in)
139.2 x 66.5 x 8.9 mm
(5.48 x 2.62 x 0.35 in)
Weight 176.9 g (6.21.0.32 oz) 413 g (14.57 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 / 2100 N/A HSDPA 850 / 900 / 1700 / 1900 / 2100
4G Network LTE 700 - 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, v2.3.4 (Gingerbread) Android OS, v2.3 (customized) Fire OS 3.5.0
Processor Dual-core 1.2 GHz Scorpion, Qualcomm APQ8060 Snapdragon Dual-core 1 GHz Cortex-A9, TI OMAP 4430 Quad-core 2.2 GHz Krait 400, Qualcomm Snapdragon 800
GPU Adreno 220 PowerVR SGX540 Adreno 330
RAM 1 GB 512 MB 2 GB
Internal Memory 16 GB storage 8 GB storage 32/64 GB
External Memory microSD, up to 32GB No No

display Display

Type S-LCD capacitive touchscreen IPS LCD capacitive touchscreen IPS LCD Capacitive Touchscreen, Corning Gorilla Glass 3 (front and back)
Colors 256K colors 16M colors 16M colors
Size 4.5 inches 7.0 inches 4.7 inches
Resolution 540 x 960 pixels (245 ppi) 1024 x 600 pixels (170 ppi) 720 x 1280 pixels (312 ppi)
Screen-to-Body Ratio 64.47% 60.16% 65.98%
Multi-Touch yes yes yes

multimedia Multimedia

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

camera Camera

Rear Camera 8 MP, 3264x2448 pixels N/A 13 MP, 4128 x 3096 pixels
Flash dual-LED flash N/A LED Flash
Features Auto focus, Geo-tagging, Face Detection N/A Auto-focus, Geo-tagging, HDR, OIS
Video Yes, 1080p N/A Yes, 1080p@30fps
Front Camera Yes, 1.3 MP [Similar] N/A [Similar] Yes, 2.1 MP, 1080p@30fps [Similar]

connectivity Connectivity and Data Rate

GPRS Yes No Yes
Edge Yes No Yes
3G HSDPA, HSUPA, LTE No HSPA+, LTE
Bluetooth Yes, v3.0 with A2DP No Yes, v3.0
Wi-Fi Wi-Fi 802.11 b/g/n, DLNA, Wi-Fi hotspot Wi-Fi 802.11 b/g/n Wi-Fi 802.11 a/b/g/n/ac, dual-band
USB Yes, microUSB v2.0 Yes Yes, microUSB v2.0
GPS Yes, with A-GPS support No Yes, with A-GPS support and GLONASS
Browser WAP 2.0/xHTML, HTML, Adobe Flash HTML (Amazon Silk) HTML5

memory User Memory

Internal 16GB storage, 1 GB RAM 8GB storage, 512 MB RAM 32/64 GB, 2 GB RAM
Expandable Storage microSD, up to 32GB 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 not supported NFC not supported NFC supported

battery Battery

Type Standard battery, Li-Ion Non-removable Li-Ion Battery Non-removable Li-Ion Battery
Capacity 1620 mAh 4400 mAh 2400 mAh
Stand by Up to 288 h - Up to 285 h
Talk Time Up to 7 h 40 min - Up to 22 h