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Amazon Kindle Fire HD 8.9
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Amazon Kindle Fire HD 8.9 vs Samsung Galaxy S5 (USA)

Amazon Kindle Fire HD 8.9
Amazon Kindle Fire HD 8.9
Samsung Galaxy S5 (USA)
Samsung Galaxy S5 (USA)
Amazon Kindle Fire HD 8.9
Samsung Galaxy S5 (USA)
  • Network
  • 2G network
    CDMA 800, 1900; GSM 850, 900, 1800, 1900
  • 3G network
    -
    CDMA2000 1xEV-DO; HSDPA 850, 900, 1900, 2100
  • 4G network
    -
    LTE frequency band 2(1900), 4(1700/2100), 5(850), 12(700), 13(700), 17(700), 25(1900), 26(850), 41(2500)
  • HSPA speed
    -
    HSPA
  • EV-DO speed
    -
    3.1 Mbps
  • LTE speed
    -
    LTE, Cat4, 150 Mbps download, 50 Mbps upload
  • GPRS
    Yes
  • EDGE
    Yes
  • Availability
  • Oficially announced
    2012-9
    2014-2
  • Status
    2012-10
    2014-4
  • Design
  • SIM
    No
    Micro-SIM
  • Height
    240 mm
    142 mm
  • Width
    164 mm
    72.4 mm
  • Thickness
    8.8 mm
    7.9 mm
  • Weight
    567 g
    144.9 g
  • Colors
    Black
    Charcoal Black, Shimmery White
  • Display
  • Display type
    IPS LCD capacitive touchscreen
    Super AMOLED capacitive touchscreen
  • Physical size
    8.9 inches
    5.1 inches
  • Resolution
    1920 x 1200 pixels
    1080 x 1920 pixels
  • Pixel density
    254 ppi
    432 ppi
  • Display colors
    16777216
    16777216
  • Protection
    -
    Corning Gorilla Glass 3
  • Multitouch
    -
    Yes
  • Hardware
  • CPU
    Dual-core 1.5 GHz ARM Cortex-A9
    Quad-core 2.5 GHz Krait 400
  • Chipset
    TI OMAP 4470
    Qualcomm MSM8974AC Snapdragon 801
  • GPU
    PowerVR SGX544
    Adreno 330
  • Memory RAM
    1 GB
    2 GB
  • Internal storage
    16, 32 GB
    16 GB
  • Memory card
    microSD
  • Memory card max
    -
    128 GB
  • OS
  • OS
    Android OS, v4.0 (customized)
    Android OS, v4.4.2 (KitKat)
  • Main camera
  • Main camera
    1.3 MP
    16 MP
  • Primary camera resolution
    1280 x 1024 pixels
    -
  • Primary camera video
    no
    2160p@30fps, 1080p@60fps
  • Primary camera Autofocus
    -
    phase detection autofocus
  • Primary camera flash
    -
    LED flash
  • Primary camera video dual video
    -
    dual-video record
  • Primary camera video hdr
    -
    HDR
  • Camera features
    -
    1.12 µm pixel size, 1/2.6" sensor size, HDR, face/smile detection, geo-tagging, panorama, touch focus
  • Selfie camera
  • Secondary camera
    No
    -
  • Selfie camera
    2 MP
  • Secondary camera dual video call
    -
    dual video call
  • Selfie camera video
    -
    1080p@30fps
  • Sound
  • 3.5mm jack
    Yes
    Yes
  • Loudspeaker
    Yes, with stereo speakers
    Yes
  • Notifications
    N/A
    Vibration; MP3, WAV ringtones
  • Multimedia
  • Radio
    No
    No
  • 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
    2.0
    microUSB 3.0
  • USB host
    -
    Yes
  • Bluetooth
    Yes
    v4.0
  • Bluetooth A2DP
    -
    Yes
  • bluetooth LE
    -
    Yes
  • Bluetooth EDR
    -
    Yes
  • Bluetooth AptX
    -
    Yes
  • Infrared
    -
    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
    -
  • Messaging Push Mail
    -
    Push Mail
  • Java
    No
    No
  • Sensors
    -
    Fingerprint, accelerometer, barometer, compass, gesture, gyro, heart rate, proximity
  • Browser
  • HTML
    HTML5 (Amazon Silk)
    HTML5
  • Battery
  • Battery type
    Li-Ion
    Li-Ion
  • Battery capacity
    -
    2800 mAh
  • Battery removable
    Non-removable
    Removable
  • Talk time
    -
    27 h
  • Standby time
    -
    480 h

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