Amazon Fire 7 (2017) vs Samsung Galaxy A3 (2017)

Amazon Fire 7 (2017)

Samsung Galaxy A3 (2017)

Network
2G network

N/A

GSM 850, 900, 1800, 1900 - EMEA; HSDPA 850, 900, 1700(AWS), 1900, 2100 - SEA, LATAM
3G network

-

HSDPA 850, 900, 1900, 2100 - EMEA; HSDPA 850, 900, 1700(AWS), 1900, 2100 - SEA, LATAM
4G network

-

LTE frequency band 1(2100), 2(1900), 3(1800), 5(850), 7(2600), 8(900), 20(800), 40(2300) - EMEA; LTE frequency band 1(2100), 2(1900), 3(1800), 4(1700/2100), 5(850), 7(2600), 8(900), 17(700), 20(800), 28(700), 38(2600), 40(2300), 41(2500) - SEA, LATAM
HSDPA speed

-

42.2 Mbps
HSUPA speed

-

5.76 Mbps
LTE-A speed

-

LTE-A, (2CA) Cat6, 300 Mbps download, 50 Mbps upload
GPRS

Yes
EDGE

Yes

Design
SIM

No

Single SIM (Nano-SIM) or Dual SIM (Nano-SIM, dual stand-by)
Height

192 mm

135.4 mm
Width

115 mm

66.2 mm
Thickness

9.6 mm

7.9 mm
Weight

295 g

135 g
Waterproof

-

1.5 m and 30 minutes
Dust proof

-

Yes
Colors

Black, Canary Yellow, Marine Blue, Punch Red

Black Sky, Blue Mist, Gold Sand, Peach Cloud

Display
Display type

IPS LCD capacitive touchscreen

Super AMOLED capacitive touchscreen
Physical size

7.0 inches

4.7 inches
Resolution

600 x 1024 pixels

720 x 1280 pixels
Pixel density

170 ppi

312 ppi
Display colors

16777216

16777216
Protection

-

Corning Gorilla Glass
Multitouch

Yes

Yes

Connectivity
WLAN

Wi-Fi 802.11a, 802.11b, 802.11g, 802.11n

Wi-Fi 802.11a, 802.11b, 802.11g, 802.11n, 802.11ac
WLAN WiFi Hotspot

-

Yes
WLAN WiFi Direct

-

Yes
WLAN WiFi Dual Band

Yes

Yes
USB

microUSB 2.0

Type-C reversible connector
USB On-The-Go

Yes

-
Bluetooth

Yes

v4.2
Bluetooth A2DP

Yes

Yes
bluetooth LE

Yes

Yes
NFC

-

Yes
GPS

No

Yes, with A-GPS
GLONASS

-

Yes
BDS

-

Yes

Features
Messaging SMS

-

SMS(threaded view)
Messaging MMS

-

MMS
Messaging Email

Email

Email
Messaging IM

IM

IM
Messaging Push Email

Push Email

-
Messaging Push Mail

-

Push Mail
Java

No

No
Sensors

Accelerometer

Fingerprint (front-mounted), accelerometer, barometer, compass, gyro, proximity