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Amazon Fire HDX 8.9
Wi-Fi Only (2014)| Global Score | |
| 67.9 | 74.8 |
| Basic Information | |
| Amazon | Apple |
| Android 4.4 | iPadOS 16.x |
| 2014-10-21 | -- |
| 9.10 x 6.20 x 0.30 inches | 11.09 x 8.48 x 0.24 inches |
| 13.23 ounces | -- |
| -- | Silver and Space Gray |
| -- | Aluminum and Aluminum |
| $ 479.00 | $ 1299.00 |
| Display / Screen | |
| 8.9 inches | 13 inches |
| 2560 x 1600 pixels | 2752 x 2064 pixels |
| LCD | OLED |
| 339 pixels per inch | 265 pixels per inch |
| Capacitive, Multi-touch | No touch screen |
| 8.7 | 6.8 |
| Performance | |
| Qualcomm Snapdragon 805 APQ8084 chipset | Apple M4 chipset |
| Krait 450 (Quad-Core 2500 MHz) processor | processor |
| 2 GB (800 MHz) RAM | 8 GB RAM |
| Adreno 420 Blaze GPU | Apple 10-core GPU GPU |
| 9.09 | 6.3 |
| Storage | |
| 64 GB internal memory | 256 GB internal memory |
| No SD card slot | No SD card slot |
| 7.7 | 13.3 |
| Camera | |
| 8.00 MP | 12.00 MP + 12.00 MP |
| f/2.20 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 | 8.91 |
| 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 |
| Battery Life | |
| -- | Li - Polymer Battery |
| Removable Battery | Non-Removable Battery |
| 1.36 | 1.36 |
| Other Features | |
| Bluetooth 4.1 | Bluetooth 5.3 |
| GPS | -- |
| Accelerometer, Gyroscope and Light Sensor | Accelerometer, Barometer, Compass, Gyroscope and Light Sensor |
Comparison review
IPad Pro 13-inch (M4, 2024) has a general score of 74.8, which is better than Amazon Fire HDX 8.9's 67.9 general score. The iPad Pro 13-inch (M4, 2024) has iPadOS 16.x OS, and Amazon Fire HDX 8.9 counts with Android 4.4 OS. The iPad Pro 13-inch (M4, 2024) is a notably lighter and notably thinner tablet than Amazon Fire HDX 8.9.
The Amazon Fire HDX 8.9 has an incredibly better looking display than Apple iPad Pro 13-inch (M4, 2024), because although it has a little bit lower resolution of 1600 x 2560 and a lot smaller display, it also counts with a better count of pixels per inch in the screen. The Amazon Fire HDX 8.9 counts with a really superior hardware performance than iPad Pro 13-inch (M4, 2024), although it has 6 GB less RAM memory and an inferior number of cores.
Apple iPad Pro 13-inch (M4, 2024) takes greater photographs and videos than Amazon Fire HDX 8.9, because it has a way better 3840x2160 video definition and a camera with a much higher 12 mega-pixels resolution. The iPad Pro 13-inch (M4, 2024) features a way bigger storage to install games and applications than Amazon Fire HDX 8.9, because it has 256 GB internal storage.
IPad Pro 13-inch (M4, 2024)'s battery life is just as good as the battery life in Amazon Fire HDX 8.9.
Although iPad Pro 13-inch (M4, 2024) is a better device, it is way more expensive than the Amazon Fire HDX 8.9, and it doesn't have such a good relation between it's price and quality as Amazon Fire HDX 8.9. If you prefer to save some money, you can get the Amazon Fire HDX 8.9, and give up some specs and features, but you will get the most with your money.
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