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Amazon Fire HDX 8.9
Wi-Fi Only (2014)| Global Score | |
| 67.9 | 61 |
| 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 | -- |
| -- | Aluminum and Aluminum |
| $ 479.00 | -- |
| Display / Screen | |
| 8.9 inches | 8.3 inches |
| 2560 x 1600 pixels | 2266 x 1488 pixels |
| LCD | IPS LCD |
| 339 pixels per inch | 327 pixels per inch |
| -- | 500 cd/m2 brightness |
| Capacitive, Multi-touch | No touch screen |
| 8.7 | 8 |
| Performance | |
| Qualcomm Snapdragon 805 APQ8084 chipset | Apple A16 Bionic (5 nm) chipset |
| Krait 450 (Quad-Core 2500 MHz) processor | processor |
| 2 GB (800 MHz) RAM | -- |
| Adreno 420 Blaze GPU | Yes GPU |
| 9.09 | 5.85 |
| 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 | 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 | 5G, 5G, LTE-A (4G), LTE (4G), HSPA+ (4G) and HSDPA |
| -- | Nano SIM, Dual SIM |
| 6.3 | 10 |
| Battery Life | |
| -- | Li - Polymer Battery |
| 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, Compass, Gyroscope and Light Sensor |
Comparison review
Amazon Fire HDX 8.9 is better than iPad mini (7th Gen), with a 67.9 score against 61. The Amazon Fire HDX 8.9 counts with Android 4.4 operating system, and iPad mini (7th Gen) has iPadOS 15.x operating system. The Amazon Fire HDX 8.9 counts with a slightly better looking display than iPad mini (7th Gen), because it has a slightly higher resolution of 1600 x 2560 pixels, a little bit better pixels density and a bit bigger display.
Amazon Fire HDX 8.9 has a much more powerful processing unit than Apple iPad mini (7th Gen), although it has less processing cores. The iPad mini (7th Gen) shoots much better photographs and videos than Amazon Fire HDX 8.9, because it has a back facing camera with a lot better 12 megapixels resolution, a larger diafragm aperture and a much higher (4K) video resolution.
The Apple iPad mini (7th Gen) features as much memory capacity to store more apps and games as the Amazon Fire HDX 8.9 one, both of them have the same internal memory. Amazon Fire HDX 8.9 and iPad mini (7th Gen) both have extremely similar battery performance.
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