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| Global Score | |
| 54.1 | 72.3 |
| Basic Information | |
| Amazon | Apple |
| Android 5.0 Lollipop | iPadOS 15.x |
| 2015-09-30 | 0000-00-00 |
| 8.43 x 5.04 x 0.30 inches | 9.72 x 7.03 x 0.24 inches |
| 10.97 ounces | 16.26 ounces |
| Black, Blue, Orange and Pink | Blue, Purple and Starlight ,Space Gray |
| -- | Aluminum |
| $ 170.00 | -- |
| Display / Screen | |
| 8 inches | 11 inches |
| 1280 x 800 pixels | 2360 x 1640 pixels |
| IPS LCD | IPS LCD |
| 189 pixels per inch | 261 pixels per inch |
| -- | 500 cd/m2 brightness |
| No touch screen | No touch screen |
| 6.5 | 7.6 |
| Performance | |
| MediaTek chipset | Apple M2 chipset |
| Quad-Core 1500 MHz processor | processor |
| 1 GB RAM | 8 GB RAM |
| Yes GPU | 10-core GPU GPU |
| 8.37 | 6.3 |
| Storage | |
| 16 GB internal memory | 128 GB internal memory |
| microSDXC (up to 128 GB) external memory slot | No SD card slot |
| 6.72 | 10.1 |
| Camera | |
| 5.00 MP | 12.00 MP + 12.00 MP |
| -- | f/1.80 aperture |
| 1920 x 1080 (Full HD) video resolution | -- |
| 5.5 | 7.92 |
| Networks | |
| Wi-Fi | Wi-Fi |
| -- | 5G, 5G, LTE-A (4G), LTE (4G), HSPA+ (4G) and HSDPA |
| 2.4 | 10 |
| Removable Battery | Non-Removable Battery |
| 1.36 | 1.36 |
| Other Features | |
| Bluetooth | Bluetooth 5.3 |
| -- | GPS |
| -- | Fingerprint ID Scanner |
| Accelerometer and Gyroscope | Accelerometer, Barometer, Gyroscope and Light Sensor |
Comparison review
The iPad Air 11-inch (M2, 2024) is way better than Amazon Fire HD 8, getting a 72.3 score against 54.1. The iPad Air 11-inch (M2, 2024) comes with iPadOS 15.x OS, and Amazon Fire HD 8 works with Android 5.0 Lollipop OS. The iPad Air 11-inch (M2, 2024) is a notably heavier but notably thinner portable tablet than Amazon Fire HD 8.
The Apple iPad Air 11-inch (M2, 2024) has a better display than Amazon Fire HD 8, because it has a much bigger screen, a higher pixel count in each screen inch and a lot higher resolution of 1640 x 2360px. The iPad Air 11-inch (M2, 2024) features a much better storage capacity for games and applications than Amazon Fire HD 8, because although it has no slot for an SD memory card, it also counts with 112 GB more internal memory capacity.
The Amazon Fire HD 8 counts with a lot better processing power than Apple iPad Air 11-inch (M2, 2024), although it has 7 GB less RAM memory and lesser processing cores. The Amazon Fire HD 8 and the Apple iPad Air 11-inch (M2, 2024) both have extremely similar battery durations. The iPad Air 11-inch (M2, 2024) has a greater camera than Amazon Fire HD 8, because it has a much higher 12 mega pixels resolution camera.
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