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Amazon Fire HDX 8.9
Wi-Fi Only (2014)| Global Score | |
| 67.9 | 71.3 |
| Basic Information | |
| Amazon | Apple |
| Android 4.4 | iPadOS 15.x |
| 2014-10-21 | 2024-05-07 |
| 9.10 x 6.20 x 0.30 inches | 11.05 x 8.46 x 0.24 inches |
| 13.23 ounces | 21.80 ounces |
| -- | Aluminum |
| $ 479.00 | -- |
| Display / Screen | |
| 8.9 inches | 13 inches |
| 2560 x 1600 pixels | 2732 x 2048 pixels |
| LCD | -- |
| 339 pixels per inch | 263 pixels per inch |
| Capacitive, Multi-touch | No touch screen |
| 8.7 | 6.8 |
| 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 | 10-core GPU 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 |
| 1920 x 1080 (Full HD) video resolution | -- |
| 6.82 | 7.92 |
| Networks | |
| Wi-Fi | Wi-Fi |
| Mobile Hotspot | -- |
| LTE (4G), HSPA, EDGE and GPRS | 5G, 5G, LTE-A (4G), LTE (4G), HSPA+ (4G) and HSDPA |
| 6.3 | 10 |
| 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
Apple iPad Air 13-inch (6th Gen) has a global score of 71.3, which is a little bit better than the Amazon Fire HDX 8.9's 67.9 overall score. Even though the Apple iPad Air 13-inch (6th Gen) is way heavier than the Amazon Fire HDX 8.9, it's extremely thinner and way newer. The Apple iPad Air 13-inch (6th Gen) works with iPadOS 15.x operating system, and Amazon Fire HDX 8.9 comes with Android 4.4 operating system.
Amazon Fire HDX 8.9 features a way better screen than iPad Air 13-inch (6th Gen), because although it has a bit lower 1600 x 2560 resolution and a way smaller display, it also counts with a higher pixels density. The Amazon Fire HDX 8.9 has a much better hardware performance than Apple iPad Air 13-inch (6th Gen), although it has 6 GB less RAM memory and lesser processing cores.
The Apple iPad Air 13-inch (6th Gen) has a better camera than Amazon Fire HDX 8.9, because it has a bigger aperture and a much better 12 mega-pixels resolution back-facing camera. IPad Air 13-inch (6th Gen) has a much greater memory to store more games and applications than Amazon Fire HDX 8.9, because it has more internal memory capacity.
The Apple iPad Air 13-inch (6th Gen) counts with a battery duration that is very similar to the Amazon Fire HDX 8.9 one.
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