Phone Comparison - Amazon Kindle Fire HD 8.9 vs Asus Memo Pad 8 vs LG G Pad 8.0

general General Info

Manufacturer Amazon Asus LG
Announced September 2012 September 2013 May 2014
Status Available - October 2012 Coming Soon - Q4 2013 Available - July 2014
Colors Black Gray, White, Pink White
Form Factor Candybar Candybar Candybar
Dimension 240 x 164 x 8.8 mm
(9.45 x 6.46 x 0.35 in)
212.4 x 127.4 x 10 mm
(8.36 x 5.02 x 0.39 in)
210.8 x 124.2 x 9.9 mm
(8.3 x 4.89 x 0.39 in)
Weight 567 g (20 oz) 350 g (12.35 oz) 342 g (12.06 oz)
2G Network N/A N/A GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900
3G Network N/A N/A HSDPA 2100
Messaging , Push Mail, EMail, IM , Push Mail, EMail, IM SMS, MMS, EMail, IM

hardware Hardware and OS

OS Android OS, v4.0 (customized) Android OS, v4.2 (Jelly Bean) Android OS, v4.4.2 (KitKat)
Processor Dual-core 1.5 GHz Cortex-A9, TI OMAP 4470 Quad-core 1.6 GHz Quad-core 1.2 GHz Cortex-A7, Qualcomm MSM8226 Snapdragon 400
GPU PowerVR SGX544 - Adreno 305
RAM 1 GB 1 GB 1 GB
Internal Memory 16/32 GB storage 16 GB 16 GB
External Memory No microSD, up to 64 GB microSD, up to 64 GB (dedicated slot)

display Display

Type IPS LCD capacitive touchscreen IPS LCD capacitive touchscreen IPS LCD capacitive touchscreen
Colors 16M colors 16M colors 16M colors
Size 8.9 inches 8.0 inches 8.0 inches
Resolution 1920 x 1200 pixels (254 ppi) 800 x 1280 pixels (189 ppi) 1200 x 1920 pixels (283 ppi)
Screen-to-Body Ratio 58.54% 68.35% 70.89%
Multi-Touch yes yes yes

multimedia Multimedia

3.5mm Jack yes yes yes
Radio No No No
Games Yes + Downloadable Yes + Downloadable Yes + Downloadable
Loud Speaker yes yes yes

camera Camera

Rear Camera 1.3 MP, 1280 x 1024 pixels 5 MP, 2592х1944 pixels 5 MP
Flash No No No
Features - - AutoFocus, Geo-tagging, Touch Focus, Face Detection, Image Stabilization, Panorama, HDR
Video No Yes, 720p Yes
Front Camera No [Similar] Yes, 1.2 MP [Similar] 1.3 MP, 720p [Similar]

connectivity Connectivity and Data Rate

GPRS No No Yes
Edge No No Yes
3G No N/A HSDPA, HSUPA
Bluetooth Yes, with A2DP Yes, v3.0 Yes
Wi-Fi Wi-Fi 802.11 a/b/g/n, dual-band Wi-Fi 802.11 b/g/n Wi-Fi 802.11 a/b/g/n, dual-band, Wi-Fi hotspot, Wi-Fi Direct, DLNA
USB Yes, v2.0 Yes, microUSB v2.0 Yes, microUSB v2.0
GPS No No Yes
Browser HTML5 (Amazon Silk) HTML5 HTML5

memory User Memory

Internal 16/32 GB storage, 1 GB RAM 16 GB, 1 GB RAM 16 GB, 1 GB RAM
Expandable Storage No microSD, up to 64 GB microSD, up to 64 GB (dedicated slot)
USB OTG - - Not Supported

Apps Sensors

Fingerprint fingerprint not supported fingerprint not supported fingerprint not supported
Proximity Sensor proximity sensor not present proximity sensor present proximity sensor not present
Accelerometer Sensor accelerometer sensor present accelerometer sensor present accelerometer sensor present
NFC NFC not supported NFC not supported NFC not supported

battery Battery

Type Non-removable Li-Ion battery (22.2 Wh) Non-removable Li-Po Battery Non-removable Li-Ion battery
Capacity 6000 mAh 3950 mAh 4200 mAh
Stand by - - -
Talk Time Up to 10 h Up to 9 h (multimedia) -