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Amazon Fire HDX 8.9
Wi-Fi Only (2014)| Global Score | |
| 67.9 | 78.2 |
| Basic Information | |
| Amazon | Samsung |
| Android 4.4 | -- |
| 2014-10-21 | 2020-05-05 |
| 9.10 x 6.20 x 0.30 inches | 9.63 x 6.07 x 0.28 inches |
| 13.23 ounces | 16.47 ounces |
| -- | Angora blue, Chiffon pink and Oxford gray |
| -- | Aluminum |
| $ 479.00 | $ 349.00 |
| Display / Screen | |
| 8.9 inches | 10.4 inches |
| 2560 x 1600 pixels | 2000 x 1200 pixels |
| LCD | IPS LCD |
| 339 pixels per inch | 224 pixels per inch |
| Capacitive, Multi-touch | No touch screen |
| 8.7 | 7 |
| Performance | |
| Qualcomm Snapdragon 805 APQ8084 chipset | Samsung Exynos 9611 chipset |
| Krait 450 (Quad-Core 2500 MHz) processor | Arm Cortex-A73 and Arm Cortex-A53, 64-bit, 10 nm (Octa-Core 2300 MHz) processor |
| 2 GB (800 MHz) RAM | 4 GB RAM |
| Adreno 420 Blaze GPU | Mali-G72 MP3 GPU |
| 9.09 | 9.27 |
| Storage | |
| 64 GB internal memory | 64 GB internal memory |
| No SD card slot | microSDXC (up to 1000 GB) external memory slot |
| 7.7 | 12.98 |
| Camera | |
| 8.00 MP | 8.00 MP + 5.00 MP |
| f/2.20 aperture | f/1.90 aperture |
| 1920 x 1080 (Full HD) video resolution | 1920 x 1080 (30 fps) (Full HD) video resolution |
| 6.82 | 8.47 |
| Networks | |
| Wi-Fi | Wi-Fi |
| Mobile Hotspot | Mobile Hotspot |
| LTE (4G), HSPA, EDGE and GPRS | LTE-A (4G), LTE (4G), HSPA+ (4G), HSDPA and HSUPA |
| -- | Nano SIM |
| 6.3 | 6.7 |
| Battery Life | |
| -- | 7040mAh Battery |
| Removable Battery | Non-Removable Battery |
| 1.36 | 8.32 |
| Other Features | |
| Bluetooth 4.1 | Bluetooth 5.0 |
| GPS | GPS |
| Accelerometer, Gyroscope and Light Sensor | Accelerometer, Gyroscope and Light Sensor |
Comparison review
The Galaxy Tab S6 Lite is much better than the Amazon Fire HDX 8.9, with a 78.2 score against 67.9. The Galaxy Tab S6 Lite construction is way newer and a little bit thinner, but also heavier than Amazon Fire HDX 8.9. The Samsung Galaxy Tab S6 Lite counts with a bit better performance than Amazon Fire HDX 8.9, because it has 4 more processing cores (although slower) and more RAM.
Amazon Fire HDX 8.9 features a lot better screen than Samsung Galaxy Tab S6 Lite, because although it has a little smaller screen, it also counts with a way higher display pixel density and a higher resolution of 1600 x 2560px. Galaxy Tab S6 Lite shoots way better photographs and videos than Amazon Fire HDX 8.9, and although they both have a same resolution back facing camera, the same video frame rate and the same 1920x1080 video resolution, the Galaxy Tab S6 Lite also has a bigger camera aperture.
The Galaxy Tab S6 Lite counts with a much greater memory for apps and games than Amazon Fire HDX 8.9, and although they both have exactly the same 64 GB internal memory capacity, the Galaxy Tab S6 Lite also has a slot for an external memory card that admits a maximum of 1000 GB. The Galaxy Tab S6 Lite features a way better battery life than Amazon Fire HDX 8.9.
Samsung Galaxy Tab S6 Lite not only is the best tablets of the ones we are comparing, but it's also very cheap compared to the other ones.
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