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| Global Score | |
| 58.6 | 62.2 |
| Basic Information | |
| Amazon | Apple |
| Android 9.0 Pie | iPadOS 18.x, 17.x, 16.x, 15.x, 14.x |
| 2020-05-14 | 2020-09-18 |
| 7.95 x 5.39 x 0.38 inches | 9.87 x 6.85 x 0.30 inches |
| 12.52 ounces | 17.46 ounces |
| Black, Plum, Twilight blue and White | Gold, Silver and Space gray |
| -- | Aluminum and Aluminum |
| $ 90.00 | -- |
| 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 |
| 6.6 | 7.6 |
| Performance | |
| MediaTek MT8168 chipset | Apple A12 Bionic (7 nm) chipset |
| Arm Cortex-A53, 64-bit, 12 nm (Quad-Core 2000 MHz) processor | processor |
| 2 GB RAM | 3 GB RAM |
| Mali G52 MC1 GPU | Apple GPU 4 core GPU |
| 8.73 | 6.21 |
| Storage | |
| 32 GB internal memory | 32 GB internal memory |
| microSDXC (up to 1000 GB) external memory slot | No SD card slot |
| 11.08 | 5.8 |
| Camera | |
| 2.00 MP + 2.00 MP | 8.00 MP + 1.20 MP |
| -- | f/2.40 aperture |
| 1280 x 720 (HD) video resolution | 1920 x 1080 (30 fps) (Full HD) video resolution |
| -- | 1280 x 720 (120 fps) (HD) slow motion video |
| 5.28 | 8.36 |
| 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 | |
| -- | Li - Ion Battery |
| Non-Removable Battery | Non-Removable Battery |
| 1.36 | 1.36 |
| Other Features | |
| Bluetooth 5.0 | Bluetooth 4.2 |
| GPS | GPS |
| -- | Fingerprint ID Scanner |
| Accelerometer and Light Sensor | Accelerometer, Barometer, Compass, Gyroscope and Light Sensor |
Comparison review
IPad 10.2 (2020) has a score of 62.2, which is a bit better than Amazon Fire HD 8 (2020)'s general score of 58.6. Although the iPad 10.2 (2020) and Amazon Fire HD 8 (2020) were released only 4 months apart, the iPad 10.2 (2020) construction is noticeably thinner but heavier. IPad 10.2 (2020) counts with iPadOS 18.x operating system, while Amazon Fire HD 8 (2020) comes with Android 9.0 Pie operating system.
Amazon Fire HD 8 (2020) features a much more powerful CPU than iPad 10.2 (2020), although it has a smaller amount of RAM and 2 lesser cores. The iPad 10.2 (2020) counts with a better looking screen than Amazon Fire HD 8 (2020), because it has a greater screen density, a lot better 1620 x 2160 pixels resolution and a bigger display.
IPad 10.2 (2020) takes way better photographs and videos than Amazon Fire HD 8 (2020), because it has a lot higher 1920x1080 video resolution and a lot better resolution back-facing camera. The Amazon Fire HD 8 (2020) has a much greater storage to install applications and games or saving photos and videos than Apple iPad 10.2 (2020), and although they both have the same internal storage, the Amazon Fire HD 8 (2020) also has an external memory slot that allows a maximum of 1000 GB.
The iPad 10.2 (2020)'s battery performance is just as good as the Amazon Fire HD 8 (2020) one.
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