Best Amazon Kindle Comparison

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2013-01-24 13:55:50

This Kindle Comparison Chart compares the differences of all Amazon Kindle generations between the Amazon e-book readers and amazon tablets. This comparison will help you to choose the best kindle that fits your needs.

You can compare the latest tablets Kindle Fire HD vs Kindle Fire HD 8.9" vs Kindle Paperwhite and the earlier generations Kindle 2nd and 3rd generation and Kindle DX, Kindle touch.

Amazon is keeping both technology electronic ink which tries to reproduce paper readability, but without colors, and LCD technology to support photo, video, games... with colors screen. If you are looking for a device mostly to read books then prefer the electronic devices otherwise if you would like to use your device to surf the web, play games go for the LCD devices.

This is a collaborative Kindle comparison table that you can update if necessary.

Kindle PaperwhiteKindle Paperwhite 3GKindle Fire HDKindle Fire HD 8.9"Kindle Fire HD 8.9" 4GKindle Fire 2Kindle FireKindle 4Kindle touchKindle touch 3GKindle 3Kindle 3 WiFiKindle DXKindle DX WhiteKindle 2
Websitehttp://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B007OZNZG0http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B008UB7DU6http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B0083PWAPWhttp://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B008GFRB9Ehttp://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B008GFRBBWhttp://www.amazon.com/dp/B0083Q04IQhttp://amazon.com/kindlefirehttp://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B0051QVESAhttp://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B005890G8Yhttp://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B005890G8Ohttp://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B002FQJT3Q/http://www.amazon.com/dp/B002Y27P3M/http://www.amazon.com/Kindle-Wireless-Reading-Device-Display/dp/B0015TCML0http://www.amazon.com/Wireless-Reading-Display-Globally-Generation/dp/B0015TG12Q/http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B0051QVESA
Video tourhttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cpgHMuUB8nUhttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cpgHMuUB8nUhttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FAOJyBxjpcshttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FAOJyBxjpcshttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FAOJyBxjpcshttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4JwfRmzlIswhttp://youtu.be/jUtmOApIslEhttp://youtu.be/oMULBXflsWchttp://youtu.be/N3gVpn2SLtwhttp://youtu.be/RVWtVt0skgwhttp://youtu.be/2pY6kEr7ugwhttp://youtu.be/gotyZNvtc44http://youtu.be/r0YeWrv0x-8http://youtu.be/CUCLyu-3bEE
Release date2012-10-012012-10-012012-09-142012-11-202012-09-142012-09-142011-11-152011-10-142011-09-282011-09-282010-08-272010-08-272010-07-072010-07-072009-02-09
Dimensions
Height169 mm169 mm193 mm240 mm240 mm189 mm190 mm166 mm172 mm172 mm190 mm190 mm264 mm264 mm203 mm
Width117 mm117 mm137 mm164 mm164 mm120 mm120 mm114 mm120 mm120 mm123 mm123 mm183 mm183 mm135 mm
Depth9.1 mm9.1 mm10.3 mm8.8 mm8.8 mm11.5 mm11.4 mm8.7 mm10.1 mm10.1 mm8.5 mm8.5 mm9.7 mm9.7 mm9.14 mm
Weight213 g222 g395 g567 g575 g400 g413 g170 g213 g220 g247 g8.5 oz540 g540 g290 g
Screen
Screen size6 in6 in7 in8.9 in8.9 in7 in7 in6 in6 in6 in6 in6 in9.7 in9.7 in6 in
Screen resolution768x1024768x10241280x8001920x12001920x12001024x6001024x600600x800600x800600x800600x800600x8001200x8241200x824600x800
E-ink electronic paperYesYesNoNoNoNoNoNoYesYesYesYesYesYesYes
Screen typePaperwhite Built-in lightPaperwhite Built-in lightIPSIPSIPSIPSIPSeInk pearleInk pearleInk pearleInk pearleInk pearleInk pearleInk pearleInk pearl
Touch screenYesYesYesYesYesYesYesNoYesYesNoNoNoNoNo
MultitouchYesYesYesYesYesNoYesYesNoNoNoNoNo
Battery
Battery life8 h11 h9 h7.5 h1 month2 months2 months2 months or 10 days with wireless on2 months or 3 weeks with wireless on3 weeks3 weeks14 days or 7 days with wireless on
Rechargeable Lithium Polymer batteryYesYesYesYesYesYesYesYesYes
Wireless Access
Wireless technologyWi-FiWi-Fi, 3GWi-FiWi-FiWi-Fi, 4G LTEWi-FiWi-FiWi-FiWi-FiWi-Fi, 3GWi-Fi, 3GWi-Fiwhispernet (3G)whispernet (3G)whispernet (3G)
Wi-FiYesYesYes 802.11b/g/n dual bandYesYes 802.11b/g/n MIMOYes 802.11b/g/nYesYesYesYesYesYesNoNoNo
Bluetooth®NoNoYesYesYesNoNoNoNoNoNoNoNoNoNo
HDMI portNoNoYes micro-DYes micro-DYes micro-DNoNoNoNoNoNoNoNoNoNo
Storage
Internal memory storage2 GB2 GB16 GB - 32 GB16 GB - 32 GB32 GB - 64 GB8 GB8 GB2 GB4 GB4 GB4 GB4 GB4 GB4 GB2 GB
Camera
Front cameraNoNoYesYesYesNoNoNoNoNoNoNoNoNoNo
Rear cameraNoNoNoNoNoNoNoNoNoNoNoNoNoNoNo
Additional
Hardware keyboardNoNoNoNoNoNoNoNoNoNoYesYesYesYesYes
Lend books to friendsYes 14 days on selected titlesYes 14 days on selected titlesYes 14 days on selected titlesYes 14 days on selected titlesYes 14 days on selected titlesYes 14 days on selected titlesYes 14 days on selected titlesYes 14 days on selected titlesYes 14 days on selected titlesYes 14 days on selected titlesYes 14 days on selected titlesYes 14 days on selected titlesYes 14 days on selected titlesYes 14 days on selected titlesNo
Real pageYesYesYesYesYesYesYesYesYesYesYesYesYesYesNo
ColorsBlackBlackBlackBlackBlackBlackBlackGraphiteGraphiteGraphiteWhite, GraphiteGraphiteGraphiteWhiteGraphite
Price119 USD179 USD199 USD - $249.00299 USD - $369.00499 USD - $599.00159 USD159 USD79 USD (unavailable)99 USD (unavailable)149 USD189 USD139 USD379 USD329 USD189 USD
Websitehttp://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B007OZNZG0http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B008UB7DU6http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B0083PWAPWhttp://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B008GFRB9Ehttp://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B008GFRBBWhttp://www.amazon.com/dp/B0083Q04IQhttp://amazon.com/kindlefirehttp://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B0051QVESAhttp://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B005890G8Yhttp://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B005890G8Ohttp://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B002FQJT3Q/http://www.amazon.com/dp/B002Y27P3M/http://www.amazon.com/Kindle-Wireless-Reading-Device-Display/dp/B0015TCML0http://www.amazon.com/Wireless-Reading-Display-Globally-Generation/dp/B0015TG12Q/http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B0051QVESA
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