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Amazon Fire HD 7
8 GBSamsung Galaxy Tab S 10.5
16 GBSM-T805
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| Global Score | |
| 53.9 | 73.1 |
| Basic Information | |
| Amazon | Samsung |
| Android 4.4 | Android 4.4.2 |
| 2014-10-02 | 2014-06-12 |
| 7.50 x 5.00 x 0.42 inches | 9.74 x 6.98 x 0.26 inches |
| 11.89 ounces | 16.47 ounces |
| Black, Blue, Pink, White and Yellow | Black and White |
| $ 195.00 | $ 189.00 |
| Display / Screen | |
| 7 inches | 10.5 inches |
| 800 x 1280 pixels | 2560 x 1600 pixels |
| IPS LCD | Super AMOLED |
| 216 pixels per inch | 288 pixels per inch |
| Capacitive, Multi-touch | Capacitive, Multi-touch |
| 7.7 | 8.3 |
| Performance | |
| -- | Exynos 5 Octa 5420 chipset |
| Quad-Core 1500 MHz processor | ARM Cortex-A15 (Quad-Core 1900 MHz + Quad-Core 1300 MHz) processor |
| 1 GB RAM | 3 GB (933 MHz) RAM |
| Yes GPU | ARM Mali-T628 MP6 GPU |
| 8.37 | 8.82 |
| Storage | |
| 8 GB internal memory | 16 GB internal memory |
| No SD card slot | microSD, microSDHC, microSDXC (up to 128 GB) external memory slot |
| 3.3 | 6.72 |
| Camera | |
| 2.00 MP + 0.30 MP | 8.00 MP + 2.10 MP |
| 1920 x 1080 (Full HD) video resolution | 1920 x 1080 (30 fps) (Full HD) video resolution |
| 5.17 | 7.48 |
| Networks | |
| Wi-Fi | Wi-Fi |
| Mobile Hotspot | Mobile Hotspot |
| -- | LTE (4G) and GSM |
| -- | Micro SIM |
| 3 | 5.5 |
| Battery Life | |
| -- | 7900mAh Battery |
| Removable Battery | Removable Battery |
| 1.36 | 8.88 |
| Other Features | |
| Bluetooth | Bluetooth 4.0 |
| -- | GPS |
| -- | Fingerprint ID Scanner |
| Accelerometer and Gyroscope | Accelerometer, Compass, Gyroscope and Light Sensor |
Comparison review
The Galaxy Tab S 10.5 is a lot better than the Amazon Fire HD 7, getting a 73.1 score against 53.9. Although Galaxy Tab S 10.5 and the Amazon Fire HD 7 were released only 4 months apart, Galaxy Tab S 10.5's construction is noticeably thinner but noticeably heavier. Both tablets in this comparison work with Android OS (operating system), but the Galaxy Tab S 10.5 has a more recent 4.4.2 version and Amazon Fire HD 7 has Android 4.4.
The Galaxy Tab S 10.5 has a little better performance than Amazon Fire HD 7, because it has a larger number of cores and 2 GB more RAM. Galaxy Tab S 10.5 features just a bit better looking display than Amazon Fire HD 7, because it has a much higher resolution of 1600 x 2560px, a better pixels amount in each inch in the display and a really bigger screen.
Galaxy Tab S 10.5 has a lot better camera than Amazon Fire HD 7, and although they both have the same video resolution and the same video frame rate, the Galaxy Tab S 10.5 also has a back-facing camera with way more mega-pixels. Samsung Galaxy Tab S 10.5 counts with a lot bigger memory capacity for applications, games, photos and videos than Amazon Fire HD 7, because it has an external SD slot that allows up to 128 GB and 16 GB internal storage capacity.
Samsung Galaxy Tab S 10.5 features a much longer battery duration than Amazon Fire HD 7.
In addition to being the best tablet of the ones we are comparing, the Galaxy Tab S 10.5 is also cheaper than the Amazon Fire HD 7, which makes this tablet a simple decision.
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