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Amazon Fire HDX 8.9
Wi-Fi Only (2014)| Global Score | |
| 67.9 | 75.8 |
| Basic Information | |
| Amazon | Huawei |
| Android 4.4 | Android 8.0 Oreo |
| 2014-10-21 | 2018-06-12 |
| 9.10 x 6.20 x 0.30 inches | 10.19 x 6.76 x 0.29 inches |
| 13.23 ounces | 17.57 ounces |
| -- | Gold and Gray |
| -- | Metal |
| $ 479.00 | -- |
| Display / Screen | |
| 8.9 inches | 10.8 inches |
| 2560 x 1600 pixels | 1600 x 2560 pixels |
| LCD | IPS LCD |
| 339 pixels per inch | 280 pixels per inch |
| Capacitive, Multi-touch | No touch screen |
| 8.7 | 7.4 |
| Performance | |
| Qualcomm Snapdragon 805 APQ8084 chipset | HiSilicon Kirin 960 chipset |
| Krait 450 (Quad-Core 2500 MHz) processor | ARM Cortex-A73 and ARM Cortex-A53, 64-bit, 16 nm (Octa-Core 2360 MHz) processor |
| 2 GB (800 MHz) RAM | 4 GB RAM |
| Adreno 420 Blaze GPU | Mali-G71 MP8 GPU |
| 9.09 | 9.27 |
| Storage | |
| 64 GB internal memory | 128 GB internal memory |
| No SD card slot | microSDXC (up to 256 GB) external memory slot |
| 7.7 | 13.18 |
| Camera | |
| 8.00 MP | 13.00 MP + 8.00 MP |
| f/2.20 aperture | f/2.20 aperture |
| 1920 x 1080 (Full HD) video resolution | -- |
| 6.82 | 7.92 |
| Networks | |
| Wi-Fi | Wi-Fi |
| Mobile Hotspot | Mobile Hotspot |
| LTE (4G), HSPA, EDGE and GPRS | LTE (4G) |
| -- | Nano SIM |
| 6.3 | 5.4 |
| Battery Life | |
| -- | 7500mAh Li - Polymer Battery |
| Removable Battery | Non-Removable Battery |
| 1.36 | 8.64 |
| Other Features | |
| Bluetooth 4.1 | Bluetooth 4.2 |
| GPS | GPS |
| -- | Fingerprint ID Scanner |
| Accelerometer, Gyroscope and Light Sensor | Accelerometer, Compass, Gyroscope and Light Sensor |
Comparison review
Huawei MediaPad M5 10 is better than Amazon Fire HDX 8.9, with a 75.8 score against 67.9. Both tablets in our current comparison have Android OS (operating system), but the Huawei MediaPad M5 10 has newer 8.0 Oreo version and Amazon Fire HDX 8.9 has Android 4.4 version, so it gives a couple additional features and performance enhancements. Huawei MediaPad M5 10 is a newer and a little bit thinner tablet than Amazon Fire HDX 8.9, although it's also much heavier.
The Huawei MediaPad M5 10 features a little bit better hardware performance than Amazon Fire HDX 8.9, because it has 2 GB more RAM and a larger number of cores. The Amazon Fire HDX 8.9 counts with a more vivid display than Huawei MediaPad M5 10, because although it has a little bit smaller screen, and they both have the same 1600 x 2560 resolution, the Amazon Fire HDX 8.9 also counts with a quite greater pixels number in each screen inch.
Huawei MediaPad M5 10 has a way bigger memory capacity to install games and applications than Amazon Fire HDX 8.9, because it has 128 GB internal memory and an external memory card slot that holds a maximum of 256 GB. The Huawei MediaPad M5 10 counts with a superior battery performance than Amazon Fire HDX 8.9.
The Huawei MediaPad M5 10 has a superior camera than Amazon Fire HDX 8.9, and although they both have the same diafragm aperture, the Huawei MediaPad M5 10 also has a camera in the back with way more megapixels.
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