Phone Comparison - Amazon Kindle Fire HD 8.9 vs Samsung Galaxy S4 Mini

Amazon Kindle Fire HD 8.9
amazon kindle fire hd 8.9
Samsung Galaxy S4 Mini
samsung galaxy s4 mini
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general General Info

Manufacturer Amazon Samsung
Announced September 2012 May 2013
Status Available - October 2012 Available - July 2013
Colors Black White Frost, Black Mist
Form Factor Candybar Candybar
Dimension 240 x 164 x 8.8 mm
(9.45 x 6.46 x 0.35 in)
124.6 x 61.3 x 8.94 mm
(4.91 x 2.41 x 0.35 in)
Weight 567 g (20 oz) 107 g (3.77 oz)
2G Network N/A GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900 - GT-I9190
GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900 - GT-I9192 (SIM 1 & SIM 2)
3G Network N/A HSDPA 900 / 1900 / 2100
4G Network - LTE - GT-I9195
Messaging , Push Mail, EMail, IM SMS, MMS, EMail, IM

hardware Hardware and OS

OS Android OS, v4.0 (customized) Android OS, v4.2.2 (Jelly Bean)
Processor Dual-core 1.5 GHz Cortex-A9, TI OMAP 4470 [Similar] Dual-core 1.7 GHz Krait 200, Qualcomm MSM8930 Snapdragon 400 [Similar]
GPU PowerVR SGX544 [Similar] Adreno 305 [Similar]
RAM 1 GB [Browse Similar] 1.5 GB [Browse Similar]
Internal Memory 16/32 GB storage 8 GB (5 GB user available)
External Memory No microSD, up to 32 GB

display Display

Type IPS LCD capacitive touchscreen Super AMOLED capacitive touchscreen
Colors 16M colors 16M colors
Size 8.9 inches [Similar] 4.3 inches [Similar]
Resolution 1920 x 1200 pixels (254 ppi) 540 x 960 pixels (256 ppi) [Similar]
Screen-to-Body Ratio 58.54% 66.82%
Multi-Touch yes yes

multimedia Multimedia

3.5mm Jack yes yes
Radio No Stereo FM radio with RDS
Games Yes + Downloadable Yes + Downloadable
Loud Speaker yes yes

camera Camera

Rear Camera 1.3 MP, 1280 x 1024 pixels [Similar] 8 MP, 3264 x 2448 pixels [Similar]
Flash No LED flash
Features - Auto focus, Geo-tagging, Touch Focus, Face Detection
Video No Yes, 1080p@30fps
Front Camera No [Similar] Yes, 1.9 MP [Similar]

connectivity Connectivity and Data Rate

GPRS No Yes
Edge No Yes
3G No HSDPA 14.4 Mbps, HSUPA 5.76 Mbps
Bluetooth Yes, with A2DP Yes, v4.0 with A2DP, LE, EDR
Wi-Fi Wi-Fi 802.11 a/b/g/n, dual-band Wi-Fi 802.11 a/b/g/n, dual-band, DLNA, Wi-Fi Direct, Wi-Fi hotspot
USB Yes, v2.0 Yes, microUSB v2.0
GPS No Yes, with A-GPS support and GLONASS
Browser HTML5 (Amazon Silk) HTML5

memory User Memory

Internal 16/32 GB storage, 1 GB RAM 8 GB (5 GB user available), 1.5 GB RAM
Expandable Storage No microSD, up to 32 GB

Apps Sensors

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

battery Battery

Type Non-removable Li-Ion battery (22.2 Wh) Li-Ion battery
Capacity 6000 mAh 1900 mAh
Stand by - Up to 300 h (3G)
Talk Time Up to 10 h Up to 12 h (3G)