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Amazon Fire HDX 8.9
Wi-Fi Only (2014)| Global Score | |
| 67.9 | 60.6 |
| Basic Information | |
| Amazon | Apple |
| Android 4.4 | iPadOS 15.x |
| 2014-10-21 | -- |
| 9.10 x 6.20 x 0.30 inches | -- |
| 13.23 ounces | 16.26 ounces |
| -- | Aluminum |
| $ 479.00 | -- |
| Display / Screen | |
| 8.9 inches | 12.9 inches |
| 2560 x 1600 pixels | 2360 x 1640 pixels |
| LCD | -- |
| 339 pixels per inch | 223 pixels per inch |
| Capacitive, Multi-touch | No touch screen |
| 8.7 | 6.5 |
| Performance | |
| Qualcomm Snapdragon 805 APQ8084 chipset | Apple M2 chipset |
| Krait 450 (Quad-Core 2500 MHz) processor | processor |
| 2 GB (800 MHz) RAM | 8 GB RAM |
| Adreno 420 Blaze GPU | Yes GPU |
| 9.09 | 6.3 |
| Storage | |
| 64 GB internal memory | 64 GB internal memory |
| No SD card slot | No SD card slot |
| 7.7 | 7.7 |
| Camera | |
| 8.00 MP | 12.00 MP + 12.00 MP |
| f/2.20 aperture | f/1.80 aperture |
| 1920 x 1080 (Full HD) video resolution | -- |
| 6.82 | 7.92 |
| Networks | |
| Wi-Fi | Wi-Fi |
| Mobile Hotspot | -- |
| LTE (4G), HSPA, EDGE and GPRS | -- |
| 6.3 | 2.4 |
| Removable Battery | Non-Removable Battery |
| 1.36 | 1.36 |
| Other Features | |
| Bluetooth 4.1 | Bluetooth 5.3 |
| GPS | GPS |
| -- | Fingerprint ID Scanner |
| Accelerometer, Gyroscope and Light Sensor | Accelerometer, Barometer, Gyroscope and Light Sensor |
Comparison review
The Amazon Fire HDX 8.9 has a score of 67.9, which is better than the iPad Air 12.9 -inch (6th Gen)'s 60.6 overall score. Amazon Fire HDX 8.9 has Android 4.4 OS, while iPad Air 12.9 -inch (6th Gen) counts with iPadOS 15.x OS. Amazon Fire HDX 8.9 counts with a much more vibrant display than iPad Air 12.9 -inch (6th Gen), because although it has a really smaller screen, it also counts with a quite better 1600 x 2560 resolution and a much greater count of pixels per inch of screen.
Amazon Fire HDX 8.9 counts with a much powerful processing unit than Apple iPad Air 12.9 -inch (6th Gen), although it has a lower number of cores and a smaller amount of RAM memory. The iPad Air 12.9 -inch (6th Gen) has a better camera than Amazon Fire HDX 8.9, because it has a larger diafragm aperture for better captures and video in low-light environments and a back-facing camera with a way better resolution.
IPad Air 12.9 -inch (6th Gen) features as much storage capacity to install games and applications as Amazon Fire HDX 8.9, they have exactly the same 64 GB internal memory capacity. IPad Air 12.9 -inch (6th Gen) and Amazon Fire HDX 8.9 both have very similar battery performance.
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