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Amazon Fire HDX 8.9
Wi-Fi Only (2014)| Global Score | |
| 67.9 | 80 |
| Basic Information | |
| Amazon | Apple |
| Android 4.4 | -- |
| 2014-10-21 | 2016-03-31 |
| 9.10 x 6.20 x 0.30 inches | 9.40 x 6.60 x 0.24 inches |
| 13.23 ounces | 15.66 ounces |
| -- | Gold, Gray and Pink |
| -- | Aluminum |
| $ 479.00 | $ 300.00 |
| Display / Screen | |
| 8.9 inches | 9.7 inches |
| 2560 x 1600 pixels | 2048 x 1536 pixels |
| LCD | IPS LCD |
| 339 pixels per inch | 264 pixels per inch |
| Capacitive, Multi-touch | No touch screen |
| 8.7 | 7.2 |
| Performance | |
| Qualcomm Snapdragon 805 APQ8084 chipset | Apple A9X APL1021 chipset |
| Krait 450 (Quad-Core 2500 MHz) processor | Twister, 64-bit, 16 nm (Dual-Core 2260 MHz) processor |
| 2 GB (800 MHz) RAM | 2 GB RAM |
| Adreno 420 Blaze GPU | PowerVR Series 7XT GPU |
| 9.09 | 8.91 |
| 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 + 5.00 MP |
| f/2.20 aperture | f/2.20 aperture |
| -- | 29.00mm focal length |
| -- | 0.33 inches (1/3") sensor |
| 1920 x 1080 (Full HD) video resolution | 3840 x 2160 (30 fps) (4K) video resolution |
| -- | 1280 x 720 (240 fps) (HD) slow motion video |
| 6.82 | 9.57 |
| Networks | |
| Wi-Fi | Wi-Fi |
| Mobile Hotspot | -- |
| LTE (4G), HSPA, EDGE and GPRS | LTE (4G), HSPA and HSUPA |
| -- | Nano SIM |
| 6.3 | 5.5 |
| Battery Life | |
| -- | 7306mAh Li - Polymer Battery |
| Removable Battery | Non-Removable Battery |
| 1.36 | 8.48 |
| Other Features | |
| Bluetooth 4.1 | Bluetooth 4.2 |
| GPS | GPS |
| -- | NFC |
| -- | Fingerprint ID Scanner |
| Accelerometer, Gyroscope and Light Sensor | Accelerometer, Barometer, Compass, Gyroscope and Light Sensor |
Comparison review
The Apple iPad Pro 9.7-inch is better than Amazon Fire HDX 8.9, with an 80 score against 67.9. The Apple iPad Pro 9.7-inch design is newer and extremely thinner, but somewhat heavier than Amazon Fire HDX 8.9. Amazon Fire HDX 8.9 features a much sharper display than iPad Pro 9.7-inch, because although it has a little bit smaller display, it also counts with a slightly higher 1600 x 2560 resolution and a better pixels amount in each inch in the screen.
The Apple iPad Pro 9.7-inch has a very superior memory capacity for games and applications than Amazon Fire HDX 8.9, because it has 256 GB internal memory. Amazon Fire HDX 8.9 counts with a bit better CPU than iPad Pro 9.7-inch, and although they both have 2 GB of RAM, the Amazon Fire HDX 8.9 also has more CPU cores.
IPad Pro 9.7-inch counts with a much better camera than Amazon Fire HDX 8.9, and although they both have a F2.2 diafragm aperture, the iPad Pro 9.7-inch also has a lot higher resolution camera in the back and a much higher (4K) video definition. IPad Pro 9.7-inch counts with a very superior battery lifetime than Amazon Fire HDX 8.9.
In addition to being the best tablet between the ones we are comparing here, the iPad Pro 9.7-inch is also a lot cheaper, which makes this tablet an obvious call.
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