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Apple iPhone 4s
32 GBAmazon Fire Phone
32 GB| Global Score | |
| 64.7 | 69.6 |
| Basic Information | |
| Apple | Amazon |
| iOS 8.x, 7.x, 6.1, 6, 5.1, 5 | Android 4.2.2 |
| 2011-10-04 | 2014-06-18 |
| 4.54 x 2.31 x 0.37 inches | 5.50 x 2.60 x 0.35 inches |
| 4.94 ounces | 5.64 ounces |
| Black and White | Black, Blue, Purple, Red and Yellow |
| Aluminium and Glass | -- |
| $ 280.00 | $ 135.00 |
| Display / Screen | |
| 3.5 inches | 4.7 inches |
| 640 x 960 pixels | 720 x 1280 pixels (HD) |
| IPS LCD | IPS LCD |
| 330 pixels per inch | 312 pixels per inch |
| 500 cd/m2 brightness | -- |
| Capacitive, Multi-touch | Capacitive, Multi-touch |
| 8.9 | 8.4 |
| Performance | |
| Apple A5 chipset | Qualcomm Snapdragon 800 8974 chipset |
| ARM Cortex-A9 (Dual-Core 800 MHz) processor | Krait 400 (Quad-Core 2200 MHz) processor |
| 512 MB (800 MHz) RAM | 2 GB RAM |
| PowerVR SGX 543MP2 GPU | Adreno 330 (450 MHz) GPU |
| 7.56 | 9.18 |
| Storage | |
| 64 GB internal memory | 32 GB internal memory |
| No SD card slot | No SD card slot |
| 7.7 | 5.8 |
| Camera | |
| 8.00 MP + 0.30 MP | 13.00 MP + 2.10 MP |
| f/2.40 aperture | f/2.00 aperture |
| 35.00mm focal length | -- |
| 0.31 inches (1/3.2") sensor | -- |
| 1920 x 1080 (30 fps) (Full HD) video resolution | 1920 x 1080 (30 fps) (Full HD) video resolution |
| 8.25 | 8.91 |
| Networks | |
| Wi-Fi | Wi-Fi |
| Mobile Hotspot | Mobile Hotspot |
| HSDPA, HSUPA, UMTS, EV-DO A, EDGE, GSM and CDMA | LTE (4G), HSPA, UMTS, EDGE, GPRS and GSM |
| Micro SIM | Nano SIM |
| 4.3 | 6.4 |
| Battery Life | |
| Li-Ion Battery | 2400mAh Li-Ion Battery |
| Non-Removable Battery | Non-Removable Battery |
| 200 hours standby time 14 hours talk time | 285 hours standby time 22 hours talk time |
| 1.36 | 4.4 |
| Other Features | |
| Bluetooth 4.0 | Bluetooth 3.0, EDR |
| GPS | GPS |
| -- | NFC |
| Accelerometer, Compass, Gyroscope, Light Sensor and Proximity Sensor | Accelerometer, Barometer, Compass, Gyroscope, Light Sensor and Proximity Sensor |
Comparison review
Amazon Fire Phone has an overall score of 69.6, which is just a bit better than iPhone 4s's 64.7 overall score. Amazon Fire Phone's body is noticeably newer and just a bit thinner, but heavier than iPhone 4s. Amazon Fire Phone comes with Android 4.2.2 operating system, and iPhone 4s has iOS 8.x operating system.
Amazon Fire Phone has a very superior processing unit than iPhone 4s, because it has a graphics co-processor, a larger number of cores and 1,5 GB more RAM memory. IPhone 4s counts with just a bit better screen than Amazon Fire Phone, because although it has a lot smaller display and a quite lower 960 x 640 resolution, it also counts with a little greater pixel count per screen inch.
The Amazon Fire Phone takes clearer videos and photos than Apple iPhone 4s, and although they both have the same 30 fps video frame rates and the same 1920x1080 video resolution, the Amazon Fire Phone also has a way more mega-pixels back camera and a bigger camera aperture for better images and video in low-light situations.
The Apple iPhone 4s counts with a superior memory capacity to install games and applications than Amazon Fire Phone, because it has 64 GB internal storage capacity. Amazon Fire Phone features a much longer battery performance than iPhone 4s.
Despite of being the best phone in our comparison, the Amazon Fire Phone is also a lot cheaper.
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