Phone Comparison - Amazon Kindle Fire HD 8.9 vs Dell Venue 8 vs HP Slate7 VoiceTab

general General Info

Manufacturer Amazon Dell HP
Announced September 2012 October 2013 January 2014
Status Available - October 2012 Available - October 2013 Available - February 2014
Colors Black Black Black/White
Form Factor Candybar Candybar Candybar
Dimension 240 x 164 x 8.8 mm
(9.45 x 6.46 x 0.35 in)
212 x 130 x 9.8 mm
(8.35 x 5.12 x 0.39 in)
9.5 mm thickness
(0.37 in thickness)
Weight 567 g (20 oz) 292 g (10.3 oz) 325 g (11.46 oz)
2G Network N/A GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900 GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900 - SIM 1 & SIM 2
3G Network N/A HSDPA 900 / 2100 HSDPA 900 / 2100
Messaging , Push Mail, EMail, IM SMS, MMS, Push Mail, EMail, IM SMS, MMS, Push Mail, EMail, IM

hardware Hardware and OS

OS Android OS, v4.0 (customized) Android OS, v4.2.2 (Jelly Bean) Android OS, v4.2.2 (Jelly Bean)
Processor Dual-core 1.5 GHz Cortex-A9, TI OMAP 4470 Dual-core 2 GHz, Intel Atom Z2580 Quad-core 1.2 GHz, Marvell PXA1088
GPU PowerVR SGX544 - -
RAM 1 GB 2 GB 1 GB
Internal Memory 16/32 GB storage 16/32 GB 16 GB
External Memory No microSD, up to 32 GB microSD, up to 32 GB

display Display

Type IPS LCD capacitive touchscreen IPS LCD capacitive touchscreen IPS capacitive touchscreen
Colors 16M colors 16M colors 16M colors
Size 8.9 inches 8.0 inches 7.0 inches
Resolution 1920 x 1200 pixels (254 ppi) 800 x 1280 pixels (189 ppi) 800 x 1280 pixels (216 ppi)
Screen-to-Body Ratio 58.54% 67.11% -
Multi-Touch yes yes yes

multimedia Multimedia

3.5mm Jack yes yes yes
Radio No No FM Radio
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, 2592 x 1944 pixels 5 MP, 2592х1944 pixels
Flash No No LED flash
Features - Geo-tagging Auto focus, Geo-tagging, Touch Focus, Face Detection, Panorama
Video No Yes Yes
Front Camera No [Similar] Yes, 2 MP [Similar] Yes, 2 MP [Similar]

connectivity Connectivity and Data Rate

GPRS No Yes Yes
Edge No Yes Yes
3G No HSPA+ HSDPA, HSUPA
Bluetooth Yes, with A2DP Yes, v4.0 Yes, v3.0
Wi-Fi Wi-Fi 802.11 a/b/g/n, dual-band Wi-Fi 802.11 b/g/n, Wi-Fi hotspot Wi-Fi 802.11 b/g/n, Wi-Fi hotspot
USB Yes, v2.0 Yes, microUSB v2.0 Yes, microUSB v2.0
GPS No Yes, with A-GPS support Yes, with A-GPS support
Browser HTML5 (Amazon Silk) HTML HTML5

memory User Memory

Internal 16/32 GB storage, 1 GB RAM 16/32 GB, 2 GB RAM 16 GB, 1 GB RAM
Expandable Storage No microSD, up to 32 GB microSD, up to 32 GB

Apps Sensors

Fingerprint fingerprint not supported fingerprint not supported fingerprint not supported
Proximity Sensor proximity sensor not present proximity sensor present proximity sensor 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-Ion Battery (15.5 Wh) Li-Ion battery
Capacity 6000 mAh 4100 mAh 4100 mAh
Stand by - - -
Talk Time Up to 10 h - -