Compare Fire with iPad Kindle 2, Flyer and Galaxy Tab 7.7

We can say this era is the era of the tablet, with iPad 2 holding the No. 1 position. Fire Kindle Cheap Amazon's recently released makes this market no less disturbing.
However, 7-inch tablet market today is already quite diverse and have more options, to select element lies not only in price. Try the following problems compared with the Kindle Fire 7 inch tablet and 2 of the Apple iPad to be the right choice.

Operating System

Fire running Kindle Android 2.2 Froyo and customized to suit its own version of its service. HTC Flyer is similar to a customized operating system from Android 2.3 Gingerbread, iPad 2 running iOS 4 (forthcoming will be iOS 5) and Galaxy Tab 7.7 Android 3.0.

Prices

$ 199 Kindle Fire in the U.S. market and will probably move a bit when sold in foreign markets, such as in the UK could be 309 USD, iPad 2 retail price of 619 USD for a 16 GB HTC Flyer while prices fell to nearly 510 USD. Samsung Galaxy Tab 7.7 is not currently Samsung announced the price.

Thickness, weight

Fire of the Amazon Kindle is 11.4 mm thick, much thicker than 8.8 mm size of the iPad 2. HTC Flyer even thicker with about 13.2 mm. Galaxy Tab 7.7 is the thinnest tablet with a thickness of only 7.9 mm.
Regarding weight, the Samsung tablet also the lightest weight 335 g, 414 g Kindle heavy fire, while HTC Flyer iPad 2 421 g Wi-Fi version weighs 601 g.

Resolution

Kindle Fire 1024x600 pixel resolution similar to the HTC Flyer. The resolution is 1024x768 pixels of iPad 2 (however, iPad 2 sizes larger than 8.9 inch 7 inch Kindle HTC Flyer and Fire). Samsung's tablet size 7.7 inch, 1280x800 pixel resolution. Thus, the Galaxy Tab 7.7 gives the best resolution.

Type of screen

Fire and iPad Kindle 2 uses IPS LCD touch screen, HTC Flyer LCD screen using capacitive touch. Samsung Galaxy Tab is the first tablet using AMOLED Plus for good brightness.

Processor

All the tablets are taken into comparison with dual-core chips possess HTC Flyer uses except single-core Qualcomm Snapdragon (QS) speed of 1.5 GHz .. iPad 2 A5 chip used in the Galaxy Tab 7.7 of 1.4 GHz using Samsung chips. Besides, Kindle Fire 1 GHz chip from Texas Instruments OMAP.

Memory and storage

Fire Kindle owners 512MB RAM like the iPad 2. However, it only has 8 GB of internal memory, rather "modest" in the market. iPad 2 similar to the Galaxy Tab 7.7, there are 3 model 16 GB, 32 GB and 64 GB. HTC Flyer have 2 versions 16 GB and 32 GB. Tablet of Samsung and HTC have 1 GB of RAM.

Camera and video

Kindle Fire no microphones and cameras, a weakness that many analysts say will reduce much of its attraction. The other tablets were allowed to 720p HD video, the camera on the front and back. HTC Camera Flyer for the highest resolution with 5 MP camera.

Connect

Fire Kindle only allows connections via Wi-Fi, no 3G support. Amazon's tablet is also the only tablet does not support Bluetooth and GPS. However, with the news that the company is ordering the production of a new tablet with larger size and may overcome this drawback.

Battery

iPad 2 and 7.7 for Samsung Galaxy Tab battery for up to 10 hours. Kindle battery of Fire with durations less than 8 hours. HTC Flyer also for the use of 8 hours or more.

Conclusion

If you want to buy a cheap tablet and still meet the requirements are not too high on design, battery life, processor ... Kindle the Fire will be a good choice. However, in the future, Amazon will have to overcome the fundamental weaknesses such as 3G connectivity to be able to better compete with iPad 2 and other rivals.

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