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| Global Score | |
| 59.7 | 65 |
| Basic Information | |
| Amazon | Apple |
| Android 9.0 Pie | iPadOS 15.x |
| 2020-06-03 | 2021-09-24 |
| 7.95 x 5.39 x 0.38 inches | 7.69 x 5.31 x 0.25 inches |
| 12.52 ounces | 10.34 ounces |
| Black, Plum, Slate, Twilight blue and White | Pink, Purple, Space Gray and Starlight |
| -- | Aluminum and Aluminum |
| $ 110.00 | -- |
| Display / Screen | |
| 8 inches | 8.3 inches |
| 1280 x 800 pixels | 2266 x 1488 pixels |
| IPS LCD | IPS LCD |
| 189 pixels per inch | 327 pixels per inch |
| -- | 500 cd/m2 brightness |
| No touch screen | No touch screen |
| 6.6 | 8 |
| Performance | |
| MediaTek MT8168 chipset | Apple A15 Bionic (5 nm) chipset |
| Arm Cortex-A53, 64-bit, 12 nm (Quad-Core 2000 MHz) processor | processor |
| 3 GB RAM | -- |
| Mali G52 MC1 GPU | Yes GPU |
| 8.82 | 5.85 |
| 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 | 3840 x 2160 (60 fps) (4K) video resolution |
| -- | 1920 x 1080 (240 fps) (Full HD) slow motion video |
| 5.28 | 9.9 |
| Networks | |
| Wi-Fi | Wi-Fi |
| -- | 5G, 5G, LTE-A (4G), LTE (4G), HSPA+ (4G) and HSDPA |
| -- | Nano SIM, Dual SIM |
| 2.4 | 10 |
| Battery Life | |
| -- | 5078mAh Li - Polymer Battery |
| Non-Removable Battery | Non-Removable Battery |
| 1.36 | 6.8 |
| Other Features | |
| Bluetooth 5.0 | Bluetooth 5.0 |
| GPS | GPS |
| -- | Fingerprint ID Scanner |
| Accelerometer and Light Sensor | Accelerometer, Barometer, Compass, Gyroscope and Light Sensor |
Comparison review
IPad mini (6th Gen) has a general score of 65, which is just a bit better than Amazon Fire HD 8 Plus (2020)'s global score of 59.7. IPad mini (6th Gen) is a newer device, and it's also noticeably thinner and lighter than the Amazon Fire HD 8 Plus (2020). The iPad mini (6th Gen) counts with iPadOS 15.x OS, and Amazon Fire HD 8 Plus (2020) has Android 9.0 Pie OS.
Apple iPad mini (6th Gen) features a lot better looking display than Amazon Fire HD 8 Plus (2020), because it has a quite larger display, a lot better 1488 x 2266 resolution and a lot better pixels count per inch in the display. The Amazon Fire HD 8 Plus (2020) has a lot bigger memory capacity for applications, games, photos and videos than iPad mini (6th Gen), because although it has 0 less internal memory, it also counts with a SD memory card expansion slot that supports a maximum of 1000 GB.
Amazon Fire HD 8 Plus (2020) has a much better performance than iPad mini (6th Gen), although it has a lower number of cores. IPad mini (6th Gen) shoots greater videos and photos than Amazon Fire HD 8 Plus (2020), because it has a lot higher resolution back-facing camera and a way higher 3840x2160 (4K) video quality.
IPad mini (6th Gen) counts with a superior battery lifetime than Amazon Fire HD 8 Plus (2020).
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