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Amazon Fire HDX 8.9
Wi-Fi Only (2014)Samsung Galaxy Tab S 8.4
16 GBSM-T705
| Global Score | |
| 67.9 | 73.3 |
| Basic Information | |
| Amazon | Samsung |
| Android 4.4 | Android 4.4.2 |
| 2014-10-21 | 2014-06-12 |
| 9.10 x 6.20 x 0.30 inches | 8.38 x 4.94 x 0.26 inches |
| 13.23 ounces | 10.51 ounces |
| -- | Black and White |
| $ 479.00 | $ 166.00 |
| Display / Screen | |
| 8.9 inches | 8.4 inches |
| 2560 x 1600 pixels | 1600 x 2560 pixels |
| LCD | Super AMOLED |
| 339 pixels per inch | 359 pixels per inch |
| Capacitive, Multi-touch | Capacitive, Multi-touch |
| 8.7 | 8.7 |
| Performance | |
| Qualcomm Snapdragon 805 APQ8084 chipset | Exynos 5 Octa 5420 chipset |
| Krait 450 (Quad-Core 2500 MHz) processor | ARM Cortex-A15 (Quad-Core 1900 MHz + Quad-Core 1300 MHz) processor |
| 2 GB (800 MHz) RAM | 3 GB (933 MHz) RAM |
| Adreno 420 Blaze GPU | ARM Mali-T628 MP6 GPU |
| 9.09 | 8.82 |
| Storage | |
| 64 GB internal memory | 16 GB internal memory |
| No SD card slot | microSD, microSDHC, microSDXC (up to 128 GB) external memory slot |
| 7.7 | 6.72 |
| Camera | |
| 8.00 MP | 8.00 MP + 2.10 MP |
| f/2.20 aperture | -- |
| 1920 x 1080 (Full HD) video resolution | 1920 x 1080 (30 fps) (Full HD) video resolution |
| 6.82 | 7.48 |
| Networks | |
| Wi-Fi | Wi-Fi |
| Mobile Hotspot | Mobile Hotspot |
| LTE (4G), HSPA, EDGE and GPRS | LTE (4G), HSPA, UMTS, EDGE, GPRS and GSM |
| -- | Micro SIM |
| 6.3 | 6.4 |
| Battery Life | |
| -- | 4900mAh Battery |
| Removable Battery | Non-Removable Battery |
| -- | 29 hours talk time |
| 1.36 | 6.72 |
| Other Features | |
| Bluetooth 4.1 | Bluetooth 4.0 |
| GPS | GPS |
| -- | Fingerprint ID Scanner |
| Accelerometer, Gyroscope and Light Sensor | Accelerometer, Compass, Gyroscope, Light Sensor and Proximity Sensor |
Comparison review
Galaxy Tab S 8.4 has a global score of 73.3, which is slightly better than the Amazon Fire HDX 8.9's 67.9 global score. Both of these devices work with Android OS (operating system), but the Galaxy Tab S 8.4 has the newer 4.4.2 version and Amazon Fire HDX 8.9 has Android 4.4 version, giving a lot of extra features and better performance. Galaxy Tab S 8.4 is a incredibly lighter and somewhat thinner tablet than the Amazon Fire HDX 8.9, even when both were released with only 4 months difference.
The Galaxy Tab S 8.4 and Amazon Fire HDX 8.9 feature very similar screens, because although the Galaxy Tab S 8.4 has a little smaller screen, and they both have exactly the same resolution of 2560 x 1600 pixels, it also counts with a just a bit higher display pixel density. Amazon Fire HDX 8.9 counts with a quite bigger storage to install games and applications than Galaxy Tab S 8.4, because although it has no slot for an external memory card, it also counts with 48 GB more internal storage capacity.
Amazon Fire HDX 8.9 features just a bit better hardware performance than Galaxy Tab S 8.4, although it has a lower number of cores and 1 GB lesser RAM. The Galaxy Tab S 8.4 features a very superior battery duration than Amazon Fire HDX 8.9. Samsung Galaxy Tab S 8.4 has a slightly better camera than Amazon Fire HDX 8.9. They have a back camera with an 8 mega-pixels resolution, the same video resolution and the same video frame rate.
Galaxy Tab S 8.4 not only is the best devices of the ones we compare here, but it's also very cheap compared to the other ones, making it a no doubt choice.
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