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Amazon Fire HDX 8.9
Wi-Fi Only (2014)| Global Score | |
| 67.9 | 65.5 |
| Basic Information | |
| Amazon | Huawei |
| Android 4.4 | Android 5.1 Lollipop |
| 2014-10-21 | 2015-07-16 |
| 9.10 x 6.20 x 0.30 inches | 8.46 x 4.88 x 0.31 inches |
| 13.23 ounces | 11.64 ounces |
| -- | 16 777 216 |
| -- | Metal |
| $ 479.00 | -- |
| Display / Screen | |
| 8.9 inches | 8 inches |
| 2560 x 1600 pixels | 1920 x 1200 pixels |
| LCD | IPS LCD |
| 339 pixels per inch | 283 pixels per inch |
| -- | 400 cd/m2 brightness |
| Capacitive, Multi-touch | No touch screen |
| 8.7 | 7.7 |
| Performance | |
| Qualcomm Snapdragon 805 APQ8084 chipset | HiSilicon Kirin 930 chipset |
| Krait 450 (Quad-Core 2500 MHz) processor | ARM Cortex-A53e, 64-bit (Octa-Core 2000 MHz) processor |
| 2 GB (800 MHz) RAM | 3 GB RAM |
| Adreno 420 Blaze GPU | Mali-T628 MP4 GPU |
| 9.09 | 9.09 |
| Storage | |
| 64 GB internal memory | 32 GB internal memory |
| No SD card slot | microSDXC (up to 128 GB) external memory slot |
| 7.7 | 8.12 |
| Camera | |
| 8.00 MP | 8.00 MP + 2.00 MP |
| f/2.20 aperture | -- |
| 1920 x 1080 (Full HD) video resolution | 1920 x 1080 (Full HD) video resolution |
| 6.82 | 6.38 |
| Networks | |
| Wi-Fi | Wi-Fi |
| Mobile Hotspot | -- |
| LTE (4G), HSPA, EDGE and GPRS | -- |
| 6.3 | 2.4 |
| Battery Life | |
| -- | 4800mAh Li - Polymer Battery |
| Removable Battery | Removable Battery |
| 1.36 | 6.64 |
| Other Features | |
| Bluetooth 4.1 | Bluetooth 4.0 |
| GPS | GPS |
| Accelerometer, Gyroscope and Light Sensor | Accelerometer, Compass, Light Sensor and Proximity Sensor |
Comparison review
The Amazon Fire HDX 8.9 has a general score of 67.9, which is slightly better than the Huawei MediaPad M2's score of 65.5. These devices work with Android OS, but Amazon Fire HDX 8.9 has older 4.4 version and Huawei MediaPad M2 has Android 5.1 Lollipop. The Amazon Fire HDX 8.9 design is just a little bit thinner but somewhat heavier than the Huawei MediaPad M2, and they were only released with a few months difference.
Amazon Fire HDX 8.9 counts with a better screen than Huawei MediaPad M2, because it has a better 1600 x 2560px resolution, a just a little more pixels per inch in the display and a little bit bigger screen. The Huawei MediaPad M2 features just a bit more storage capacity for games and applications than Amazon Fire HDX 8.9, because although it has less internal storage capacity, it also counts with a slot for SD memory cards that holds a maximum of 128 GB.
Huawei MediaPad M2 counts with a processing unit that's very similar to Amazon Fire HDX 8.9's CPU, although the Huawei MediaPad M2 also has a greater amount of RAM and 4 more cpu cores. Amazon Fire HDX 8.9 shoots slightly better photographs and videos than Huawei MediaPad M2. Both of them have the same video definition, the same video frame rate and a back facing camera with an 8 mega-pixels resolution.
The Huawei MediaPad M2 counts with a way better battery duration than Amazon Fire HDX 8.9.
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