Compare tablets
Amazon Fire HD 7
8 GBApple iPad Air
16 GB
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| Global Score | |
| 53.9 | 72.8 |
| Basic Information | |
| Amazon | Apple |
| Android 4.4 | iOS 8.x, 7.x |
| 2014-10-02 | 2013-10-22 |
| 7.50 x 5.00 x 0.42 inches | 9.45 x 6.67 x 0.30 inches |
| 11.89 ounces | 16.86 ounces |
| Black, Blue, Pink, White and Yellow | Black, Gray and White |
| -- | Aluminium |
| $ 195.00 | $ 194.00 |
| Display / Screen | |
| 7 inches | 9.7 inches |
| 800 x 1280 pixels | 2048 x 1536 pixels |
| IPS LCD | IPS LCD |
| 216 pixels per inch | 264 pixels per inch |
| Capacitive, Multi-touch | Capacitive, Multi-touch |
| 7.7 | 8.2 |
| Performance | |
| -- | Apple A7 chipset |
| Quad-Core 1500 MHz processor | 64-bit Cyclone (Dual-Core 1400 MHz) processor |
| 1 GB RAM | 1 GB RAM |
| Yes GPU | PowerVR G6430 (600 MHz) GPU |
| 8.37 | 9.27 |
| Storage | |
| 8 GB internal memory | 16 GB internal memory |
| No SD card slot | No SD card slot |
| 3.3 | 4.4 |
| Camera | |
| 2.00 MP + 0.30 MP | 5.00 MP + 1.20 MP |
| -- | f/2.40 aperture |
| -- | 33.00mm focal length |
| 1920 x 1080 (Full HD) video resolution | 1920 x 1080 (30 fps) (Full HD) video resolution |
| 5.17 | 7.92 |
| Networks | |
| Wi-Fi | Wi-Fi |
| Mobile Hotspot | Mobile Hotspot |
| -- | LTE (4G), HSPA, UMTS, EV-DO A, EV-DO B, EDGE, GPRS, GSM and CDMA |
| -- | Nano SIM |
| 3 | 6.7 |
| Battery Life | |
| -- | 8820mAh Li-Polymer Battery |
| Removable Battery | Non-Removable Battery |
| 1.36 | 9.52 |
| Other Features | |
| Bluetooth | Bluetooth 4.0 |
| -- | GPS |
| Accelerometer and Gyroscope | Accelerometer, Compass, Gyroscope and Light Sensor |
Comparison review
The iPad Air is much better than Amazon Fire HD 7, with a 72.8 score against 53.9. IPad Air has iOS 8.x OS, and Amazon Fire HD 7 works with Android 4.4 OS. Despite of the fact iPad Air is older and notably heavier than Amazon Fire HD 7, it's body is still incredibly thinner. IPad Air has a quite better processing power than Amazon Fire HD 7, because although it has an inferior number of cores and slower, and they both have a 1 GB RAM memory, the iPad Air also counts with a 64-bits processor and a graphics co-processor.
IPad Air features a bit more vivid screen than Amazon Fire HD 7, because it has a much larger display, a much better resolution of 1536 x 2048px and a just a little higher screen pixel density. The Apple iPad Air features much more storage for apps and games than Amazon Fire HD 7, because it has 16 GB internal memory capacity.
Apple iPad Air shoots way better photographs and videos than Amazon Fire HD 7, and although they both have the same video frame rate and the same (Full HD) video definition, the Apple iPad Air also has a camera with a way better 5 mega-pixels resolution. The iPad Air counts with a much better battery lifetime than Amazon Fire HD 7.
Even being the best tablet of the ones we are comparing here, Apple iPad Air is also the cheapest.
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