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| Global Score | |
| 59.7 | 81.4 |
| Basic Information | |
| Amazon | Apple |
| Android 9.0 Pie | iPadOS 15.x |
| 2020-06-03 | 2022-03-18 |
| 7.95 x 5.39 x 0.38 inches | 9.75 x 7.03 x 0.24 inches |
| 12.52 ounces | 16.26 ounces |
| Black, Plum, Slate, Twilight blue and White | -- |
| -- | Aluminum |
| $ 110.00 | -- |
| Display / Screen | |
| 8 inches | 10.9 inches |
| 1280 x 800 pixels | 2360 x 1640 pixels |
| IPS LCD | -- |
| 189 pixels per inch | 264 pixels per inch |
| -- | 500 cd/m2 brightness |
| No touch screen | No touch screen |
| 6.6 | 7.8 |
| Performance | |
| MediaTek MT8168 chipset | Apple M1 (5 nm) chipset |
| Arm Cortex-A53, 64-bit, 12 nm (Quad-Core 2000 MHz) processor | Octa-Core 3100 MHz processor |
| 3 GB RAM | 8 GB RAM |
| Mali G52 MC1 GPU | Yes GPU |
| 8.82 | 9.99 |
| Storage | |
| 32 GB internal memory | 64 GB internal memory |
| microSDXC (up to 1000 GB) external memory slot | No SD card slot |
| 11.08 | 7.7 |
| 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 |
| -- | Nano SIM |
| 2.4 | 10 |
| Non-Removable Battery | Non-Removable Battery |
| 1.36 | 1.36 |
| Other Features | |
| Bluetooth 5.0 | Bluetooth 5.0 |
| GPS | GPS |
| -- | Fingerprint ID Scanner |
| Accelerometer and Light Sensor | Accelerometer, Barometer, Gyroscope and Light Sensor |
Comparison review
Apple iPad Air (2022) is way better than Amazon Fire HD 8 Plus (2020), getting an 81.4 score against 59.7. Apple iPad Air (2022) comes with iPadOS 15.x OS, and Amazon Fire HD 8 Plus (2020) works with Android 9.0 Pie OS. The Apple iPad Air (2022) body is newer and way thinner than the Amazon Fire HD 8 Plus (2020)'s, although it's notably heavier.
The iPad Air (2022) counts with a better performance than Amazon Fire HD 8 Plus (2020), because it has more RAM memory and a higher number of cores. Apple iPad Air (2022) counts with a much better screen than Amazon Fire HD 8 Plus (2020), because it has a lot larger display, a much higher 1640 x 2360 pixels resolution and a better pixel density.
IPad Air (2022) captures much clearer photos and videos than Amazon Fire HD 8 Plus (2020), because it has a back facing camera with much more MP. Amazon Fire HD 8 Plus (2020) counts with a much bigger storage for applications and games than iPad Air (2022), because although it has just 32 GB internal memory, it also counts with a slot for an external memory card that allows up to 1000 GB.
The Apple iPad Air (2022) and Amazon Fire HD 8 Plus (2020) have similar batteries.
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