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| Global Score | |
| 54.1 | 73.2 |
| Basic Information | |
| Amazon | Apple |
| Android 5.0 Lollipop | iPadOS 15.x |
| 2015-09-30 | 2021-09-24 |
| 8.43 x 5.04 x 0.30 inches | 9.84 x 6.85 x 0.30 inches |
| 10.97 ounces | 17.18 ounces |
| Black, Blue, Orange and Pink | Silver and Space gray |
| -- | Aluminum and Aluminum |
| $ 170.00 | -- |
| Display / Screen | |
| 8 inches | 10.2 inches |
| 1280 x 800 pixels | 2160 x 1620 pixels |
| IPS LCD | IPS LCD |
| 189 pixels per inch | 265 pixels per inch |
| -- | 500 cd/m2 brightness |
| No touch screen | No touch screen |
| 6.5 | 7.8 |
| Performance | |
| MediaTek chipset | Apple A13 Bionic APL1W85 (7 nm) chipset |
| Quad-Core 1500 MHz processor | 64-bit Lightning and Thunder, 64-bit (Hexa-Core 2650 MHz) processor |
| 1 GB RAM | -- |
| Yes GPU | Yes GPU |
| 8.37 | 9.99 |
| Storage | |
| 16 GB internal memory | 64 GB internal memory |
| microSDXC (up to 128 GB) external memory slot | No SD card slot |
| 6.72 | 7.7 |
| Camera | |
| 5.00 MP | 8.00 MP + 12.00 MP |
| -- | f/2.40 aperture |
| 1920 x 1080 (Full HD) video resolution | 1920 x 1080 (30 fps) (Full HD) video resolution |
| -- | 1280 x 720 (120 fps) (HD) slow motion video |
| 5.5 | 8.58 |
| Networks | |
| Wi-Fi | Wi-Fi |
| -- | LTE-A (4G), LTE (4G), HSPA+ (4G), HSDPA and HSUPA |
| -- | Nano SIM, Dual SIM |
| 2.4 | 6.1 |
| Battery Life | |
| -- | 8526mAh Li - Ion Battery |
| Removable Battery | Non-Removable Battery |
| 1.36 | 9.36 |
| Other Features | |
| Bluetooth | Bluetooth 4.2 |
| -- | GPS |
| -- | Fingerprint ID Scanner |
| Accelerometer and Gyroscope | Accelerometer, Barometer, Compass, Gyroscope and Light Sensor |
Comparison review
The Apple iPad 10.2-inch (2021) is a lot better than Amazon Fire HD 8, getting a score of 73.2 against 54.1. The Apple iPad 10.2-inch (2021) counts with iPadOS 15.x operating system, while Amazon Fire HD 8 has Android 5.0 Lollipop operating system. Apple iPad 10.2-inch (2021) is a a lot heavier tablet than Amazon Fire HD 8, but both of them are equally thin.
IPad 10.2-inch (2021) features a better hardware performance than Amazon Fire HD 8, because it has a larger number of cores and a 64-bit CPU. Apple iPad 10.2-inch (2021) counts with a much better looking display than Amazon Fire HD 8, because it has a way higher resolution of 1620 x 2160, a larger screen and a better pixels number per inch of display.
The Apple iPad 10.2-inch (2021) counts with a quite bigger memory for games and applications than Amazon Fire HD 8, because although it has no SD extension slot, it also counts with more internal storage. Apple iPad 10.2-inch (2021) counts with a superior battery performance than Amazon Fire HD 8. The Apple iPad 10.2-inch (2021) counts with a much better camera than Amazon Fire HD 8, and although they both have the same (Full HD) video definition and the same video frame rate, the Apple iPad 10.2-inch (2021) also has a back-facing camera with way more mega pixels.
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