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Compare Alcatel OT-255 and Amazon Kindle Fire HD 8.9

Alcatel OT-255 vs Amazon Kindle Fire HD 8.9

Alcatel OT-255

Amazon Kindle Fire HD 8.9

Amazon Kindle Fire HD 8.9

Alcatel OT-255

Amazon Kindle Fire HD 8.9

Network
2G network

GSM 900, 1800
GPRS

Yes
EDGE

Availability
Oficially announced

2010-2

2012-9
Status

2010-6

2012-10

Design
SIM

Mini-SIM

No
Height

100.5 mm

240 mm
Width

58 mm

164 mm
Thickness

12 mm

8.8 mm
Weight

76 g

567 g
Keyboard

QWERTY

-
Colors

Apple Green, Black, Orange

Black

Display
Display type

TFT

IPS LCD capacitive touchscreen
Physical size

1.8 inches

8.9 inches
Resolution

128 x 160 pixels

1920 x 1200 pixels
Pixel density

114 ppi

254 ppi
Display colors

66560

16777216

Hardware
CPU

Dual-core 1.5 GHz ARM Cortex-A9
Chipset

-

TI OMAP 4470
GPU

-

PowerVR SGX544
Internal storage

1.8 MB

16, 32 GB
Memory RAM

-

1 GB
Memory card

Sound
3.5mm jack

No

Yes
Loudspeaker

Yes

Yes, with stereo speakers
Notifications

Vibration; MP3 ringtones

N/A

Multimedia
Radio

-

No
Radio FM

FM radio with RDS

-

Connectivity
WLAN

Wi-Fi 802.11a, 802.11b, 802.11g, 802.11n
WLAN WiFi Dual Band

-

Yes
USB

Yes

2.0
Bluetooth

Yes
GPS

No

No

Features
Messaging SMS

SMS

-
Messaging MMS

MMS

-
Messaging Email

Email

Email
Messaging IM

-

IM
Messaging Push Email

-

Push Email
WAP

WAP 2.0/xHTML

-
Java

No

No

Browser
HTML

Yes

HTML5 (Amazon Silk)

Battery
Battery type

Li-Ion

Li-Ion
Battery capacity

650 mAh

-
Battery removable

-

Non-removable
Talk time

9 h

-
Standby time

380 h

-

OS
OS

-

Android OS, v4.0 (customized)

Main camera
Main camera

1.3 MP
Primary camera resolution

-

1280 x 1024 pixels
Primary camera video

-

no

Selfie camera
Secondary camera

-

No

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