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| Global Score | |
| 59.7 | 62.2 |
| Basic Information | |
| Amazon | Apple |
| Android 9.0 Pie | iPadOS 18.x, 17.x, 16.x, 15.x, 14.x |
| 2020-06-03 | 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, Slate, Twilight blue and White | Gold, Silver and Space gray |
| -- | Aluminum and Aluminum |
| $ 110.00 | -- |
| 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 |
| 3 GB RAM | 3 GB RAM |
| Mali G52 MC1 GPU | Apple GPU 4 core GPU |
| 8.82 | 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
The Apple iPad 10.2 (2020) has a score of 62.2, which is just a bit better than Amazon Fire HD 8 Plus (2020)'s overall score of 59.7. The Apple iPad 10.2 (2020) works with iPadOS 18.x OS, and Amazon Fire HD 8 Plus (2020) comes with Android 9.0 Pie OS. Apple iPad 10.2 (2020)'s design is noticeably heavier but a lot thinner than Amazon Fire HD 8 Plus (2020), and they were only released 4 months apart.
The iPad 10.2 (2020) counts with a sharper screen than Amazon Fire HD 8 Plus (2020), because it has a way higher 1620 x 2160 pixels resolution, a larger screen and a greater display density. The Amazon Fire HD 8 Plus (2020) has a superior memory capacity for games and applications than iPad 10.2 (2020), and although they both have equal internal storage capacity, the Amazon Fire HD 8 Plus (2020) also has a SD memory card expansion slot that admits a maximum of 1000 GB.
The Amazon Fire HD 8 Plus (2020) counts with a way better hardware performance than Apple iPad 10.2 (2020), although it has a lower number of cores , they both have 3 GB of RAM. The iPad 10.2 (2020) features a battery duration that's very similar to the Amazon Fire HD 8 Plus (2020) one. IPad 10.2 (2020) has a way better camera than Amazon Fire HD 8 Plus (2020), because it has a back facing camera with a lot higher resolution and a much higher video resolution.
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