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Amazon Fire HDX 8.9
Wi-Fi Only (2014)| Global Score | |
| 67.9 | 69.6 |
| Basic Information | |
| Amazon | Apple |
| Android 4.4 | iPadOS 18.x |
| 2014-10-21 | 2025-03-12 |
| 9.10 x 6.20 x 0.30 inches | -- |
| 13.23 ounces | 16.23 ounces |
| -- | Blue, Purple, Space Gray and Starlight |
| $ 479.00 | -- |
| Display / Screen | |
| 8.9 inches | 11 inches |
| 2560 x 1600 pixels | -- |
| LCD | IPS LCD |
| 339 pixels per inch | -- |
| -- | 500 cd/m2 brightness |
| Capacitive, Multi-touch | No touch screen |
| 8.7 | 3.7 |
| Performance | |
| Qualcomm Snapdragon 805 APQ8084 chipset | Apple M3 chipset |
| Krait 450 (Quad-Core 2500 MHz) processor | processor |
| 2 GB (800 MHz) RAM | 8 GB RAM |
| Adreno 420 Blaze GPU | Apple GPU 9-core GPU |
| 9.09 | 6.3 |
| Storage | |
| 64 GB internal memory | 128 GB internal memory |
| No SD card slot | No SD card slot |
| 7.7 | 10.1 |
| Camera | |
| 8.00 MP | 12.00 MP + 12.00 MP |
| f/2.20 aperture | f/1.80 aperture |
| -- | 0.33 inches (1/3") sensor |
| 1920 x 1080 (Full HD) video resolution | 3840 x 2160 (60 fps) (4K) video resolution |
| 6.82 | 9.9 |
| Networks | |
| Wi-Fi | -- |
| Mobile Hotspot | -- |
| LTE (4G), HSPA, EDGE and GPRS | 5G, 5G, LTE-A (4G), LTE (4G), HSPA+ (4G) and HSDPA |
| 6.3 | 7.6 |
| Battery Life | |
| -- | 7606mAh Battery |
| Removable Battery | Non-Removable Battery |
| 1.36 | 8.72 |
| Other Features | |
| Bluetooth 4.1 | Bluetooth 5.3 |
| GPS | GPS |
| -- | Fingerprint ID Scanner |
| Accelerometer, Gyroscope and Light Sensor | Accelerometer, Barometer, Compass, Gyroscope and Light Sensor |
Comparison review
IPad Air 11-inch (M3, 2025) has an overall score of 69.6, which is just a bit better than Amazon Fire HDX 8.9's 67.9 overall score. IPad Air 11-inch (M3, 2025) is a a lot newer and extremely thinner device than Amazon Fire HDX 8.9, but it is also somewhat heavier. The iPad Air 11-inch (M3, 2025) comes with iPadOS 18.x OS, while Amazon Fire HDX 8.9 has Android 4.4 OS.
Amazon Fire HDX 8.9 counts with a much sharper screen than iPad Air 11-inch (M3, 2025), although it has a little smaller screen. The Amazon Fire HDX 8.9 features a very superior processing unit than Apple iPad Air 11-inch (M3, 2025), although it has less cores (although they are faster) and less RAM.
The Apple iPad Air 11-inch (M3, 2025) takes way better photos and videos than Amazon Fire HDX 8.9, because it has a bigger camera aperture for better low light photos and video, a back-facing camera with a lot higher 12 MP resolution and a way better 3840x2160 (4K) video resolution. The iPad Air 11-inch (M3, 2025) counts with a much greater memory capacity for games and applications than Amazon Fire HDX 8.9, because it has more internal memory.
Apple iPad Air 11-inch (M3, 2025) has a really longer battery duration than Amazon Fire HDX 8.9.
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