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Amazon Fire HDX 8.9
Wi-Fi Only (2014)| Global Score | |
| 67.9 | 62.2 |
| Basic Information | |
| Amazon | Apple |
| Android 4.4 | iPadOS 18.x, 17.x, 16.x, 15.x, 14.x |
| 2014-10-21 | 2020-09-18 |
| 9.10 x 6.20 x 0.30 inches | 9.87 x 6.85 x 0.30 inches |
| 13.23 ounces | 17.46 ounces |
| -- | Gold, Silver and Space gray |
| -- | Aluminum and Aluminum |
| $ 479.00 | -- |
| Display / Screen | |
| 8.9 inches | 10.2 inches |
| 2560 x 1600 pixels | 2160 x 1620 pixels |
| LCD | IPS LCD |
| 339 pixels per inch | 265 pixels per inch |
| -- | 500 cd/m2 brightness |
| Capacitive, Multi-touch | No touch screen |
| 8.7 | 7.6 |
| Performance | |
| Qualcomm Snapdragon 805 APQ8084 chipset | Apple A12 Bionic (7 nm) chipset |
| Krait 450 (Quad-Core 2500 MHz) processor | processor |
| 2 GB (800 MHz) RAM | 3 GB RAM |
| Adreno 420 Blaze GPU | Apple GPU 4 core GPU |
| 9.09 | 6.21 |
| Storage | |
| 64 GB internal memory | 32 GB internal memory |
| No SD card slot | No SD card slot |
| 7.7 | 5.8 |
| Camera | |
| 8.00 MP | 8.00 MP + 1.20 MP |
| f/2.20 aperture | f/2.40 aperture |
| 1920 x 1080 (Full HD) video resolution | 1920 x 1080 (30 fps) (Full HD) video resolution |
| -- | 1280 x 720 (120 fps) (HD) slow motion video |
| 6.82 | 8.36 |
| Networks | |
| Wi-Fi | Wi-Fi |
| Mobile Hotspot | -- |
| LTE (4G), HSPA, EDGE and GPRS | LTE-A (4G), LTE (4G), HSPA+ (4G), HSDPA and HSUPA |
| -- | Nano SIM, Dual SIM |
| 6.3 | 6.1 |
| Battery Life | |
| -- | Li - Ion Battery |
| Removable Battery | Non-Removable Battery |
| 1.36 | 1.36 |
| Other Features | |
| Bluetooth 4.1 | Bluetooth 4.2 |
| GPS | GPS |
| -- | Fingerprint ID Scanner |
| Accelerometer, Gyroscope and Light Sensor | Accelerometer, Barometer, Compass, Gyroscope and Light Sensor |
Comparison review
Amazon Fire HDX 8.9 is a bit better than iPad 10.2 (2020), with a 67.9 score against 62.2. The Amazon Fire HDX 8.9 is a lighter tablet than the iPad 10.2 (2020), but they are equally thin. Amazon Fire HDX 8.9 comes with Android 4.4 OS, while iPad 10.2 (2020) counts with iPadOS 18.x OS. The Amazon Fire HDX 8.9 has a more vivid screen than iPad 10.2 (2020), because although it has a bit smaller display, it also counts with a bit higher 1600 x 2560 resolution and a higher display pixels density.
The Amazon Fire HDX 8.9 counts with a way bigger memory capacity for applications, games, photos and videos than Apple iPad 10.2 (2020), because it has 32 GB more internal storage. The Amazon Fire HDX 8.9 features a lot better processing power than iPad 10.2 (2020), although it has less cpu cores and a lower amount of RAM memory.
The iPad 10.2 (2020)'s battery performance is very similar to Amazon Fire HDX 8.9's battery performance. IPad 10.2 (2020) takes much better photographs and videos than Amazon Fire HDX 8.9, although it has a smaller aperture which is worse for shooting photos and video in low-light situations, they both have the same video frame rates, a back camera with an 8 MP and the same video resolution.
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