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

We can say this era is the era of the tablet, the iPad second holding position 1. Cheap Kindle Fire recently released by Amazon makes this market no less disturbing.
However, 7 inch tablet market today is already quite diverse and have more options, with elements not only the option price. Try the following problems comparison between the Kindle Fire with 7 inch tablet and the Apple iPad 2 to be the right choice.

Operating System

Fire Kindle Android OS 2.2 Froyo and customized to fit a version of its service. HTC Flyer is similar to a customized operating system from Android 2.3 Gingerbread, iPad 2 iOS four (soon to be iOS 5) and 07.07 runs Android 3.0 Galaxy Tab.

Price

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

Thickness, weight

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

Resolution

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

Screen Type

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

Processor

All the tablets were brought to possess comparable dual-core chip uses except single-core Flyer HTC Qualcomm Snapdragon (QS) 1.5 GHz speed .. iPad 2 chip used in the Galaxy Tab A5 7.7 using 1.4 GHz models of the Samsung chip. Additionally, Kindle Fire 1 GHz chip by Texas Instruments OMAP.

Memory and storage

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

Camera and video

Kindle Fire no microphone and camera, a weakness that many analysts say will greatly reduce the appeal of it. The other tablets allow 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 connection via Wi-Fi, no 3G support. Amazon's tablet is the only tablet does not support Bluetooth and GPS. However, there is news that the company is ordered to produce a new tablet model with larger size and may overcome this drawback.

Battery

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

Conclusion

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