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Amazon Fire HDX 8.9
Wi-Fi Only (2014)| Global Score | |
| 67.9 | 61.5 |
| Basic Information | |
| Amazon | Samsung |
| Android 4.4 | -- |
| 2014-10-21 | 2015-11-08 |
| 9.10 x 6.20 x 0.30 inches | 17.79 x 10.86 x 0.47 inches |
| 13.23 ounces | 93.48 ounces |
| -- | 16 777 216 |
| $ 479.00 | $ 599.00 |
| Display / Screen | |
| 8.9 inches | 18.4 inches |
| 2560 x 1600 pixels | 1080 x 1920 pixels (Full HD) |
| LCD | TFT |
| 339 pixels per inch | 120 pixels per inch |
| Capacitive, Multi-touch | No touch screen |
| 8.7 | 5.9 |
| Performance | |
| Qualcomm Snapdragon 805 APQ8084 chipset | Samsung Exynos 7 Octa 7580 chipset |
| Krait 450 (Quad-Core 2500 MHz) processor | ARM Cortex-A53, 64-bit, 28 nm (Octa-Core 1600 MHz) processor |
| 2 GB (800 MHz) RAM | 2 GB RAM |
| Adreno 420 Blaze GPU | Mali-T720 MP2 GPU |
| 9.09 | 8.73 |
| Storage | |
| 64 GB internal memory | 64 GB internal memory |
| No SD card slot | microSDXC (up to 128 GB) external memory slot |
| 7.7 | 10.02 |
| Camera | |
| 8.00 MP | 2.10 MP |
| f/2.20 aperture | -- |
| 1920 x 1080 (Full HD) video resolution | -- |
| 6.82 | 0.55 |
| Networks | |
| Wi-Fi | Wi-Fi |
| Mobile Hotspot | Mobile Hotspot |
| LTE (4G), HSPA, EDGE and GPRS | LTE-A (4G), LTE (4G) and HSUPA |
| -- | Nano SIM |
| 6.3 | 5.7 |
| Battery Life | |
| -- | 5700mAh Li - Ion Battery |
| Removable Battery | Removable Battery |
| 1.36 | 7.36 |
| Other Features | |
| Bluetooth 4.1 | Bluetooth 4.1 |
| GPS | GPS |
| Accelerometer, Gyroscope and Light Sensor | Accelerometer and Light Sensor |
Comparison review
Amazon Fire HDX 8.9 has an overall score of 67.9, which is better than Samsung Galaxy View's overall score of 61.5. Amazon Fire HDX 8.9's design is notably thinner and way lighter than the Samsung Galaxy View, although it was released around a year before. Amazon Fire HDX 8.9 features a bit faster processor than Samsung Galaxy View, although it has 4 lesser CPU cores , they both have a 2 GB RAM.
The Amazon Fire HDX 8.9 has an incredibly better display than Galaxy View, because although it has a really smaller display, it also counts with a higher resolution of 1600 x 2560 and a way better pixels count per screen inch. Amazon Fire HDX 8.9 captures much better pictures and videos than Galaxy View.
Galaxy View features a much bigger memory capacity to install games and applications than Amazon Fire HDX 8.9, and although they both have equal 64 GB internal storage capacity, the Galaxy View also has an external memory slot that holds a maximum of 128 GB. The Galaxy View features a really longer battery life than Amazon Fire HDX 8.9.
In addition to being the best tablet between the ones we are comparing here, Amazon Fire HDX 8.9 is also very cheap compared to the other devices, making it very easy to pick between these devices.
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