Amazon Fire HD 8 vs Samsung Galaxy S8

Amazon Fire HD 8

Samsung Galaxy S8

Network
2G network

GSM 850, 900, 1800, 1900
3G network

-

HSDPA 850, 900, 1700(AWS), 1900, 2100
4G network

-

LTE frequency band 1(2100), 2(1900), 3(1800), 4(1700/2100), 5(850), 7(2600), 8(900), 17(700), 20(800), 28(700)
HSDPA speed

-

42.2 Mbps
HSUPA speed

-

5.76 Mbps
LTE-A speed

-

LTE-A, (4CA) Cat16, 1024 Mbps download, 150 Mbps upload
GPRS

Yes
EDGE

Yes

Design
Build

-

Corning Gorilla Glass 5 back panel
SIM

No

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

214 mm

148.9 mm
Width

128 mm

68.1 mm
Thickness

7.7 mm

8 mm
Weight

311 g

155 g
Payment

-

Samsung Pay(Visa, Mastercard)
Waterproof

-

IP68 - 1.5 m and 30 minutes
Dust proof

-

IP68
Colors

Black, Blue, Magenta, Tangerine

Arctic Silver, Coral Blue, Maple Gold, Midnight Black, Orchid Gray

Display
Display type

IPS LCD capacitive touchscreen

Super AMOLED capacitive touchscreen
Physical size

8.0 inches

5.8 inches
Resolution

800 x 1280 pixels

1440 x 2960 pixels
Pixel density

189 ppi

570 ppi
Display colors

16777216

16777216
Protection

-

Corning Gorilla Glass 5
Multitouch

-

Yes

Main camera
Main camera

5 MP

12 MP, f/1.7 , 26 mm
Primary camera resolution

2592 x 1944 pixels

-
Primary camera video

1080p

2160p@30fps, 1080p@60fps
Primary camera flash

-

LED flash
Primary camera optical image stabilization

-

optical image stabilization
Primary camera phase detection autofocus

-

phase detection autofocus
Primary camera video dual video

-

dual-video record
Primary camera video hdr

-

HDR
Camera features

Yes

1.4 µm pixel size, 1/2.5" sensor size, Auto HDR, face/smile detection, geo-tagging, panorama, simultaneous 4K video and 9MP image recording, touch focus

Connectivity
WLAN

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

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
Bluetooth

Yes

v5.0
Bluetooth A2DP

Yes

Yes
bluetooth LE

Yes

Yes
Bluetooth AptX

-

Yes
NFC

-

Yes
GPS

No

Yes, with A-GPS
GLONASS

-

Yes
GALILEO

-

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, gyro

Iris scanner, SpO2, accelerometer, barometer, compass, fingerprint (rear-mounted), gyro, heart rate, proximity