Amazon Kindle Fire HDX 8.9 vs Samsung Galaxy S5 Plus

Amazon Kindle Fire HDX 8.9

Samsung Galaxy S5 Plus

Display
Display type

IPS LCD capacitive touchscreen

Super AMOLED capacitive touchscreen
Physical size

8.9 inches

5.1 inches
Resolution

2560 x 1600 pixels

1080 x 1920 pixels
Pixel density

339 ppi

432 ppi
Display colors

16777216

16777216

Main camera
Main camera

8 MP

16 MP
Primary camera resolution

3264 x 2448 pixels

5312 x 2988 pixels
Primary camera video

video

2160p@30fps, 1080p@60fps, 720p@120fps
Primary camera Autofocus

autofocus

-
Primary camera flash

LED flash

LED flash
Primary camera phase detection autofocus

-

phase detection autofocus
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, Dual Shot, HDR, Simultaneous HD video and image recording, face/smile detection, geo-tagging, touch focus

Sound
3.5mm jack

Yes

Yes
Loudspeaker

Yes, with stereo speakers

Yes
Notifications

Vibration, Polyphonic, MP3 ringtones

Vibration; MP3, WAV ringtones

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

microUSB 3.0
USB host

-

Yes
Bluetooth

Yes

v4.0
Bluetooth A2DP

-

Yes
bluetooth LE

-

Yes
Bluetooth EDR

-

Yes
Bluetooth AptX

-

Yes
Infrared

-

Yes
GPS

Yes, with A-GPS

Yes, with A-GPS
GLONASS

-

Yes
GPS Navigator

-

Beidou

Features
Messaging SMS

-

SMS(threaded view)
Messaging MMS

-

MMS
Messaging Email

Email

Email
Messaging IM

IM

IM
Messaging Push Email

Push Email

Push Mail
Java

No

Yes, via Java MIDP emulator
Sensors

-

Accelerometer, barometer, compass, gesture, gyro, heart rate, proximity