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| Global Score | |
| 59.7 | 72.3 |
| Basic Information | |
| Amazon | Apple |
| Android 9.0 Pie | iPadOS 15.x |
| 2020-06-03 | 0000-00-00 |
| 7.95 x 5.39 x 0.38 inches | 9.72 x 7.03 x 0.24 inches |
| 12.52 ounces | 16.26 ounces |
| Black, Plum, Slate, Twilight blue and White | Blue, Purple and Starlight ,Space Gray |
| -- | Aluminum |
| $ 110.00 | -- |
| 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 |
| 6.6 | 7.6 |
| Performance | |
| MediaTek MT8168 chipset | Apple M2 chipset |
| Arm Cortex-A53, 64-bit, 12 nm (Quad-Core 2000 MHz) processor | processor |
| 3 GB RAM | 8 GB RAM |
| Mali G52 MC1 GPU | 10-core GPU GPU |
| 8.82 | 6.3 |
| Storage | |
| 32 GB internal memory | 128 GB internal memory |
| microSDXC (up to 1000 GB) external memory slot | No SD card slot |
| 11.08 | 10.1 |
| Camera | |
| 2.00 MP + 2.00 MP | 12.00 MP + 12.00 MP |
| -- | f/1.80 aperture |
| 1280 x 720 (HD) video resolution | -- |
| 5.28 | 7.92 |
| Networks | |
| Wi-Fi | Wi-Fi |
| -- | 5G, 5G, LTE-A (4G), LTE (4G), HSPA+ (4G) and HSDPA |
| 2.4 | 10 |
| Non-Removable Battery | Non-Removable Battery |
| 1.36 | 1.36 |
| Other Features | |
| Bluetooth 5.0 | Bluetooth 5.3 |
| GPS | GPS |
| -- | Fingerprint ID Scanner |
| Accelerometer and Light Sensor | Accelerometer, Barometer, Gyroscope and Light Sensor |
Comparison review
IPad Air 11-inch (M2, 2024) is a lot better than Amazon Fire HD 8 Plus (2020), having a 72.3 score against 59.7. IPad Air 11-inch (M2, 2024) is a a lot thinner but way heavier portable tablet than the Amazon Fire HD 8 Plus (2020). IPad Air 11-inch (M2, 2024) comes with iPadOS 15.x OS, while Amazon Fire HD 8 Plus (2020) works with Android 9.0 Pie OS.
The Amazon Fire HD 8 Plus (2020) has a much more powerful processing unit than Apple iPad Air 11-inch (M2, 2024), although it has 4 lesser CPU cores and a smaller amount of RAM memory. The iPad Air 11-inch (M2, 2024) has a much better looking display than Amazon Fire HD 8 Plus (2020), because it has more pixels per inch of screen, a much higher resolution of 1640 x 2360 and a way larger screen.
The iPad Air 11-inch (M2, 2024) has a way better camera than Amazon Fire HD 8 Plus (2020), because it has a back-facing camera with much more mega-pixels. Amazon Fire HD 8 Plus (2020) features a bit bigger storage for applications, games, photos and videos than iPad Air 11-inch (M2, 2024), because although it has just 32 GB internal storage capacity, it also counts with a slot for external memory cards that holds up to 1000 GB.
IPad Air 11-inch (M2, 2024)'s battery performance is just as good as Amazon Fire HD 8 Plus (2020)'s battery lifetime.
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