Phone Comparison - Sony Xperia V vs Amazon Kindle Fire HD

Sony Xperia V
sony xperia v
Amazon Kindle Fire HD
amazon kindle fire hd
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general General Info

Manufacturer Sony Amazon
Announced August 2012 September 2012
Status Released - December 2012 Available - September 2012
Colors Black, White, Pink Black
Form Factor Candybar Candybar
Dimension 129 x 65 x 10.7 mm
(5.08 x 2.56 x 0.42 in)
193 x 137 x 10.3 mm
(7.6 x 5.39 x 0.41 in)
Weight 120 g (4.23 oz) 395 g (13.93 oz)
2G Network GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900 N/A
3G Network HSDPA 850 / 900 / 1900 / 2100 N/A
4G Network LTE 800 / 2600 -
Messaging SMS, MMS, Push Mail, EMail, IM , Push Mail, EMail, IM

hardware Hardware and OS

OS Android OS, v4.0.4 (Ice Cream Sandwich), upgradable to v4.1 Android OS, v4.0 (customized)
Processor Dual-core 1.5 GHz, Qualcomm MSM8960 [Similar] Dual-core 1.2 GHz Cortex-A9, TI OMAP 4460 [Similar]
GPU Adreno 225 [Similar] PowerVR SGX540 [Similar]
RAM 1 GB [Browse Similar] 1 GB [Browse Similar]
Internal Memory 8 GB 16/32 GB storage
External Memory microSD, up to 32 GB No

display Display

Type TFT capacitive touchscreen IPS LCD capacitive touchscreen
Colors 16M colors 16M colors
Size 4.3 inches [Similar] 7.0 inches [Similar]
Resolution 720 x 1280 pixels (342 ppi) [Similar] 800 x 1280 pixels (216 ppi) [Similar]
Screen-to-Body Ratio 60.63% 53.55%
Multi-Touch yes yes

multimedia Multimedia

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

camera Camera

Rear Camera 13 MP, 4128x3096 pixels [Similar] 1.3 MP, 1280 x 1024 pixels [Similar]
Flash LED flash No
Features Auto focus, Geo-tagging, Touch Focus, Face And Smile Detection, 3D Sweep Panorama, Image Stabilization -
Video Yes, 1080p@30fps, continuous autofocus, video light, video stabilizer No
Front Camera Yes, VGA [Similar] No [Similar]

connectivity Connectivity and Data Rate

GPRS Yes No
Edge Yes No
3G HSDPA, HSUPA No
Bluetooth Yes, v4.0 with A2DP Yes, with A2DP
Wi-Fi Wi-Fi 802.11 b/g/n, Wi-Fi Direct, DLNA, Wi-Fi hotspot Wi-Fi 802.11 a/b/g/n, dual-band
USB Yes, microUSB v2.0 Yes, v2.0
GPS Yes, with A-GPS support No
Browser HTML5, Adobe Flash HTML5 (Amazon Silk)

memory User Memory

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

Apps Sensors

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

battery Battery

Type Standard battery, Li-Ion Non-removable Li-Ion battery (16.43 Wh)
Capacity 1750 mAh 4400 mAh
Stand by Up to 300 h (2G)
Up to 400 h (3G)
-
Talk Time Up to 7 h (2G)
Up to 7 h (3G)
Up to 11 h