Phone Comparison - Amazon Kindle Fire HD 8.9 vs HP Slate 7 vs Huawei MediaPad M1

general General Info

Manufacturer Amazon HP Huawei
Announced September 2012 February 2013 February 2014
Status Available - October 2012 Available - April 2013 Coming Soon - March 2014
Colors Black Black/Silver, Red Silver/White
Form Factor Candybar Candybar Candybar
Dimension 240 x 164 x 8.8 mm
(9.45 x 6.46 x 0.35 in)
197.1 x 116.1 x 10.7 mm
(7.76 x 4.57 x 0.42 in)
7.9 mm thickness
(0.31 in thickness)
Weight 567 g (20 oz) 372 g (13.12 oz) -
2G Network N/A N/A GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900
3G Network N/A N/A HSDPA
4G Network - - LTE
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, v4.1 (Jelly Bean) Android OS, v4.2.2 (Jelly Bean)
Processor Dual-core 1.5 GHz Cortex-A9, TI OMAP 4470 Dual-core 1.6 GHz, Cortex-A9 Quad-core 1.6 GHz Cortex-A9, Huawei V9R1
GPU PowerVR SGX544 - Mali-450
RAM 1 GB 1 GB N/A
Internal Memory 16/32 GB storage 8 GB -
External Memory No microSD, up to 32 GB -

display Display

Type IPS LCD capacitive touchscreen FFS+ LCD capacitive touchscreen IPS LCD capacitive touchscreen
Colors 16M colors 16M colors 16M colors
Size 8.9 inches 7.0 inches 8.0 inches
Resolution 1920 x 1200 pixels (254 ppi) 600 x 1024 pixels (170 ppi) 1280 x 800 pixels (189 ppi)
Screen-to-Body Ratio 58.54% 59.94% -
Multi-Touch yes yes yes

multimedia Multimedia

3.5mm Jack yes yes yes
Radio 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 3.15 MP, 2048x1536 pixels 5 MP, 2592х1944 pixels
Flash No No No
Features - - Auto focus, Geo-tagging
Video No Yes, 720p@30fps Yes, 1080p
Front Camera No [Similar] Yes, VGA [Similar] Yes [Similar]

connectivity Connectivity and Data Rate

GPRS No No Yes
Edge No No Yes
3G No N/A HSDPA, HSUPA; LTE, Cat4, 50 Mbps UL, 150 Mbps DL
Bluetooth Yes, with A2DP Yes, v2.1 with A2DP, EDR Yes
Wi-Fi Wi-Fi 802.11 a/b/g/n, dual-band Wi-Fi 802.11 b/g/n, DLNA Yes
USB Yes, v2.0 Yes, microUSB v2.0 Yes, microUSB v2.0
GPS No - Yes, with A-GPS support
Browser HTML5 (Amazon Silk) HTML HTML5

memory User Memory

Internal 16/32 GB storage, 1 GB RAM 8 GB, 1 GB RAM -
Expandable Storage No 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 not 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 battery Non-removable Li-Ion Battery
Capacity 6000 mAh - 4800 mAh
Stand by - - -
Talk Time Up to 10 h Up to 5 h (media) -