Amazon Kindle Fire HD 8.9 LTE vs Samsung I9300 Galaxy S III (S3)

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          General Info

          Manufacturer
          Amazon Samsung
          Announced
          September 2012 May 2012
          Status
          Available - October 2012 Available - May 2012
          Colors
          Black Blue, White
          Form Factor
          Candybar Candybar
          Dimension
          240 x 164 x 8.8 mm
          (9.45 x 6.46 x 0.35 in)
          136.6 x 70.6 x 8.6 mm
          (5.38 x 2.78 x 0.34 in)
          Weight
          575 g (20.28 oz) 133 g (4.69 oz)
          2G Network
          GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900 GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900
          3G Network
          HSDPA HSDPA 850 / 900 / 1900 / 2100
          4G Network
          LTE LTE (regional)
          Messaging
          , Push Mail, EMail, IM SMS, MMS, EMail, IM

          Hardware and OS

          OS
          Android OS, v4.0 (customized) Android OS, v4.0.4 (Ice Cream Sandwich)
          Processor
          Dual-core 1.5 GHz Cortex-A9, TI OMAP 4470 [Similar] Quad-core 1.4 GHz Cortex-A9, Exynos 4212 Quad [Similar]
          GPU
          PowerVR SGX544 [Similar] Mali-400MP [Similar]
          RAM
          1 GB [Browse Similar] 1 GB [Browse Similar]
          Internal Memory
          32/64 GB storage 16/32/64 GB storage
          External Memory
          No microSD, up to 64 GB

          Display

          Type
          IPS LCD capacitive touchscreen Super AMOLED capacitive touchscreen
          Colors
          16M colors 16M colors
          Size
          8.9 inches [Similar] 4.8 inches [Similar]
          Resolution
          1920 x 1200 pixels (254 ppi) 720 x 1280 pixels (306 ppi) [Similar]
          Screen-to-Body Ratio
          58.54% 65.84%
          Multi-Touch
          yes multi touch yes multi touch

          Camera

          Rear Camera
          1.3 MP, 1280 x 1024 pixels [Similar] 8 MP, 3264x2448 pixels [Similar]
          Flash
          No LED flash
          Features
          Geo-tagging Auto focus, Simultaneous HD Video And Image Recording, Geo-tagging, Touch Focus, Face And Smile Detection, Image Stabilization
          Video
          No Yes, 1080p@30fps
          Front Camera
          No [Similar] Yes, 1.9 MP, 720p@30fps [Similar]

          Multimedia

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

          Connectivity and Data Rate

          GPRS
          Yes Class 12 (4+1/3+2/2+3/1+4 slots), 32 - 48 kbps
          Edge
          Yes Class 12
          3G
          HSDPA, HSUPA, LTE HSDPA, 21 Mbps; HSUPA, 5.76 Mbps
          Bluetooth
          Yes, with A2DP Yes, v4.0 with A2DP, EDR
          Wi-Fi
          Wi-Fi 802.11 a/b/g/n, dual-band Wi-Fi 802.11 a/b/g/n, DLNA, Wi-Fi Direct, Wi-Fi hotspot
          USB
          Yes, v2.0 Yes, microUSB v2.0 (MHL), USB On-the-go
          GPS
          Yes, with A-GPS support Yes, with A-GPS support and GLONASS
          Browser
          HTML5 (Amazon Silk) HTML, Adobe Flash

          User Memory

          Internal
          32/64 GB storage, 1 GB RAM 16/32/64 GB storage, 1 GB RAM
          Expandable Storage
          No microSD, up to 64 GB
          USB OTG
          - Supported

          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

          Type
          Non-removable Li-Ion battery Standard battery, Li-Ion
          Capacity
          6000 mAh 2100 mAh
          Stand by
          - Up to 830Hr (2G)/up to 770Hr hours (3G)
          Talk Time
          Up to 10 h Up to 1350Min (2G)/up to 700Min hours (3G)

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