Amazon Fire Phone vs Apple iPhone 5

Key differences

Calculated from recorded specifications using minimum difference thresholds. These are differences, not an overall ranking. For three phones, numeric highlights compare the two extremes.

• Weight

  iPhone 5: 48 g lighter

  Fire Phone:

  160 g

  iPhone 5:

  112 g

• Width

  iPhone 5: 7.9 mm narrower

  Fire Phone:

  66.5 mm

  iPhone 5:

  58.6 mm

• Screen diagonal

  iPhone 5: 0.7 in smaller diagonal

  Fire Phone:

  4.7 in

  iPhone 5:

  4 in

• Chipset

  Fire Phone:

  Qualcomm Snapdragon 800 (28 nm)

  iPhone 5:

  Apple A6 (32 nm)

• Depth

  iPhone 5: 1.3 mm thinner

  Fire Phone:

  8.9 mm

  iPhone 5:

  7.6 mm

• Height

  iPhone 5: 15.4 mm shorter

  Fire Phone:

  139.2 mm

  iPhone 5:

  123.8 mm

Relative size, not calibrated actual size. Front and side outlines share one scale and a bottom baseline. Generic outlines use recorded body dimensions, excluding camera bumps.

1. 1. Fire Phone

   Height:

   139.2 mm +15.4 mm versus iPhone 5

   Width:

   66.5 mm +7.9 mm versus iPhone 5

   Depth:

   8.9 mm +1.3 mm versus iPhone 5

2. 2. iPhone 5

   Height:

   123.8 mm

   Width:

   58.6 mm

   Depth:

   7.6 mm

Screen size

Approximate rectangular screens calculated from recorded diagonal and aspect ratio at one relative scale. Rounded corners and cutouts are not subtracted. These are not phone outlines or calibrated actual sizes.

1. 1. Fire Phone

   Screen diagonal:

   4.7 in

   Aspect ratio (height:width):

   16:9

   Approximate rectangular screen area:

   60.9 cm²

2. 2. iPhone 5

   Screen diagonal:

   4 in

   Aspect ratio (height:width):

   16:9

   Approximate rectangular screen area:

   44.1 cm²

Fire Phone has approximately 38.1% more rectangular screen area than iPhone 5.

Memory variants

Each row compares the same storage capacity. Cells show recorded RAM alternatives, not combined maxima. Not recorded does not mean unavailable in every market.

Practical features

Explicit Yes and No values are shown directly. Qualified or regional records retain their details. Unknown means the record is missing.

Battery capacity

Capacity is not battery life. No endurance test is implied.

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