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Amazon Fire HDX 8.9
Wi-Fi Only (2014)| Global Score | |
| 67.9 | 70.4 |
| 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 | 21.76 ounces |
| -- | Blue, Purple, Space Gray and Starlight |
| $ 479.00 | -- |
| Display / Screen | |
| 8.9 inches | 13 inches |
| 2560 x 1600 pixels | -- |
| LCD | IPS LCD |
| 339 pixels per inch | -- |
| -- | 600 cd/m2 brightness |
| Capacitive, Multi-touch | No touch screen |
| 8.7 | 3.8 |
| 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 | |
| -- | 9705mAh Battery |
| Removable Battery | Non-Removable Battery |
| 1.36 | 10.08 |
| 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
The Apple iPad Air 13-inch (M3, 2025) has a global score of 70.4, which is slightly better than Amazon Fire HDX 8.9's overall score of 67.9. The Apple iPad Air 13-inch (M3, 2025) has iPadOS 18.x operating system, while Amazon Fire HDX 8.9 works with Android 4.4 operating system. The Apple iPad Air 13-inch (M3, 2025) construction is noticeably newer and a lot thinner than the Amazon Fire HDX 8.9's, although it's also much heavier.
Amazon Fire HDX 8.9 counts with a really superior hardware performance than iPad Air 13-inch (M3, 2025), although it has lesser RAM and lesser processing cores (although faster). The Amazon Fire HDX 8.9 features a much sharper screen than Apple iPad Air 13-inch (M3, 2025), although it has a lot smaller screen.
The iPad Air 13-inch (M3, 2025) counts with a much better storage for applications, games, photos and videos than Amazon Fire HDX 8.9, because it has 64 GB more internal memory. IPad Air 13-inch (M3, 2025) counts with a much longer battery duration than Amazon Fire HDX 8.9. The Apple iPad Air 13-inch (M3, 2025) features a much better camera than Amazon Fire HDX 8.9, because it has a back camera with way more mega-pixels, a much higher 3840x2160 video definition and a larger diafragm aperture to capture better captures and video in poorly lited environments.
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