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Amazon Fire HD 8 (2017)

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Amazon Fire HD 8 (2017)

Amazon Fire HD 8 (2017)

Sonim XP8

Amazon Fire HD 8 (2017)

Sonim XP8

Network
2G network

N/A

GSM 850, 900, 1800, 1900; CDMA 800, 1900
3G network

-

HSDPA 850, 900, 1700(AWS), 1900, 2100; CDMA2000 1xEV-DO
4G network

-

LTE frequency band 1(2100), 2(1900), 3(1800), 4(1700/2100), 5(850), 7(2600), 8(900), 12(700), 13(700), 14(700), 20(800), 25(1900), 26(850), 28(700), 29(700), 30(2300), 38(2600), 40(2300), 41(2500), 66(1700/2100)
HSDPA speed

-

42.2 Mbps
HSUPA speed

-

5.76 Mbps
LTE-A speed

-

LTE-A, (3CA) Cat12, 600 Mbps download, 150 Mbps upload
GPRS

Yes
EDGE

Yes

Availability
Oficially announced

2017-5

2018-4
Status

2017-6

2018-5

Design
SIM

No

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

214 mm

152 mm
Width

128 mm

79.5 mm
Thickness

9.7 mm

18 mm
Weight

369 g

335 g
Waterproof

-

IP69, 1m and 30 minutes
Dust proof

-

IP69
MIL-STD-810G

-

Yes
Colors

Black, Canary Yellow, Marine Blue, Punch Red

Black

Display
Display type

IPS LCD capacitive touchscreen

IPS LCD capacitive touchscreen
Physical size

8.0 inches

5.0 inches
Resolution

800 x 1280 pixels

1080 x 1920 pixels
Pixel density

189 ppi

441 ppi
Display colors

16777216

16777216
Protection

-

Corning Gorilla Glass 3
Multitouch

Yes

Yes

Hardware
CPU

Quad-core 1.3 GHz ARM Cortex-A53

Octa-core 2.2 GHz ARM Cortex-A53
Chipset

Mediatek MT8163

Qualcomm SDM630 Snapdragon 630
GPU

Mali-T730MP3

Adreno 508
Memory RAM

1.5 GB

4 GB
Internal storage

16, 32 GB

64 GB
Memory card

microSD

microSD
Memory card max

256 GB

128 GB

OS
OS

Customized Android 5.1 (Lollipop)

Android 7.0 (Nougat)

Main camera
Main camera

2 MP

12 MP
Primary camera resolution

-

4032 x 3024 pixels
Primary camera video

720p

1080p@30fps
Primary camera Autofocus

-

phase detection autofocus
Primary camera flash

-

LED flash
Camera features

-

Geo-tagging, HDR, face detection, panorama, touch focus

Selfie camera
Secondary camera

VGA camera

-
Selfie camera

8 MP
Selfie camera resolution

-

3264 x 2448 pixels

Sound
3.5mm jack

Yes

Yes
Loudspeaker

Yes, with stereo speakers

Yes
Notifications

Vibration; MP3, WAV ringtones

Vibration; MP3, WAV ringtones

Multimedia
Radio

No

-
Radio FM

-

FM radio

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 1.0 reversible connector
USB connector

-

magnetic connector
Bluetooth

Yes

v5.0
Bluetooth A2DP

Yes

Yes
bluetooth LE

Yes

Yes
Bluetooth EDR

-

Yes
NFC

-

Yes
GPS

No

Yes, with A-GPS
GLONASS

-

Yes

Features
Messaging SMS

-

SMS(threaded view)
Messaging MMS

-

MMS
Messaging Email

Email

Email
Messaging IM

IM

IM
Messaging Push Email

Push Email

Push Email
Java

No

-
Sensors

Accelerometer

Accelerometer, barometer, compass, gyro, proximity

Browser
HTML

HTML5

HTML5

Battery
Battery type

Li-Ion

Li-Ion
Battery capacity

-

4900 mAh
Battery removable

Non-removable

Removable
Fast battery charging

-

Qualcomm Quick Charge 4.0
Talk time

12 h

30 h
Standby time

-

720 h

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