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Amazon Fire HDX 8.9
Wi-Fi Only (2014)| Global Score | |
| 67.9 | 71.7 |
| Basic Information | |
| Amazon | Apple |
| Android 4.4 | iPadOS 14.x |
| 2014-10-21 | 2020-10-16 |
| 9.10 x 6.20 x 0.30 inches | 9.75 x 7.03 x 0.24 inches |
| 13.23 ounces | 16.23 ounces |
| -- | Green, Rose gold, Silver, Sky blue and Space gray |
| -- | Aluminum |
| $ 479.00 | $ 729.00 |
| Display / Screen | |
| 8.9 inches | 10.9 inches |
| 2560 x 1600 pixels | 2360 x 1640 pixels |
| LCD | IPS LCD |
| 339 pixels per inch | 264 pixels per inch |
| -- | 500 cd/m2 brightness |
| Capacitive, Multi-touch | No touch screen |
| 8.7 | 7.8 |
| Performance | |
| Qualcomm Snapdragon 805 APQ8084 chipset | Apple A14 Bionic chipset |
| Krait 450 (Quad-Core 2500 MHz) processor | 64-bit Firestorm and Icestorm, 64-bit, 5 nm (Hexa-Core 3100 MHz) processor |
| 2 GB (800 MHz) RAM | -- |
| Adreno 420 Blaze GPU | Apple 4-core GPU GPU |
| 9.09 | 10.26 |
| 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 + 7.00 MP |
| f/2.20 aperture | f/1.80 aperture |
| 1920 x 1080 (Full HD) video resolution | 3840 x 2160 (60 fps) (4K) video resolution |
| -- | 1920 x 1080 (240 fps) (Full HD) slow motion video |
| 6.82 | 9.9 |
| 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 5.0 |
| GPS | GPS |
| -- | Fingerprint ID Scanner |
| Accelerometer, Gyroscope and Light Sensor | Accelerometer, Barometer, Compass, Gyroscope and Light Sensor |
Comparison review
The iPad Air (2020) is just a bit better than the Amazon Fire HDX 8.9, getting a general score of 71.7 against 67.9. IPad Air (2020) is a extremely newer and notably thinner tablet than Amazon Fire HDX 8.9, although it's heavier. IPad Air (2020) has iPadOS 14.x OS, and Amazon Fire HDX 8.9 has Android 4.4 OS.
IPad Air (2020) has a quite superior hardware performance than Amazon Fire HDX 8.9, because it has a 64-bits processing unit and a higher number of cores. The Amazon Fire HDX 8.9 features a better looking screen than iPad Air (2020), because although it has a little smaller display, it also counts with a slightly higher 1600 x 2560 resolution and more pixels per screen inch.
The Amazon Fire HDX 8.9 and the iPad Air (2020) have quite similar memory to store more apps and games, both of them have equal 64 GB internal memory capacity. Amazon Fire HDX 8.9 and iPad Air (2020) have really similar batteries duration. Apple iPad Air (2020) features a much better camera than Amazon Fire HDX 8.9, because it has a back-facing camera with a way better resolution, a bigger aperture for better low-light images and video and a way better (4K) video definition.
Although iPad Air (2020) is a better device, it is a lot more expensive than the Amazon Fire HDX 8.9, and it doesn't have such a good price and quality relation as the Amazon Fire HDX 8.9. So if you need that extra features, you can buy the iPad Air (2020), otherwise you can save some dollars and get the Amazon Fire HDX 8.9, letting go a couple features and specifications.
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