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| Global Score | |
| 55.7 | 65 |
| Basic Information | |
| Amazon | Apple |
| Android 4.0 | iPadOS 15.x |
| 2012-09-06 | 2021-09-24 |
| 9.40 x 6.40 x 0.35 inches | 7.69 x 5.31 x 0.25 inches |
| 20.00 ounces | 10.34 ounces |
| Black | Pink, Purple, Space Gray and Starlight |
| -- | Aluminum and Aluminum |
| Scratch-Resistant Glass | -- |
| $ 499.00 | -- |
| Display / Screen | |
| 8.9 inches | 8.3 inches |
| 1920 x 1200 pixels | 2266 x 1488 pixels |
| IPS LCD | IPS LCD |
| 254 pixels per inch | 327 pixels per inch |
| -- | 500 cd/m2 brightness |
| Capacitive, Multi-touch | No touch screen |
| 7.5 | 8 |
| Performance | |
| TI OMAP4470 chipset | Apple A15 Bionic (5 nm) chipset |
| ARM Cortex-A9 (Dual-Core 1500 MHz) processor | processor |
| 1 GB (466 MHz) RAM | -- |
| PowerVR SGX544 (384 MHz) GPU | Yes GPU |
| 8.37 | 5.85 |
| Storage | |
| 64 GB internal memory | 64 GB internal memory |
| No SD card slot | No SD card slot |
| 7.7 | 7.7 |
| Camera | |
| 1.30 MP | 12.00 MP + 12.00 MP |
| -- | f/1.80 aperture |
| -- | 3840 x 2160 (60 fps) (4K) video resolution |
| -- | 1920 x 1080 (240 fps) (Full HD) slow motion video |
| 0.55 | 9.9 |
| Networks | |
| Wi-Fi | Wi-Fi |
| LTE (4G), HSPA, UMTS, EDGE and GPRS | 5G, 5G, LTE-A (4G), LTE (4G), HSPA+ (4G) and HSDPA |
| -- | Nano SIM, Dual SIM |
| 5.8 | 10 |
| Battery Life | |
| -- | 5078mAh Li - Polymer Battery |
| Non-Removable Battery | Non-Removable Battery |
| 1.36 | 6.8 |
| Other Features | |
| Bluetooth | Bluetooth 5.0 |
| GPS | GPS |
| -- | Fingerprint ID Scanner |
| Accelerometer, Compass, Gyroscope and Light Sensor | Accelerometer, Barometer, Compass, Gyroscope and Light Sensor |
Comparison review
The iPad mini (6th Gen) has a global score of 65, which is better than Amazon Kindle Fire HD 8.9 4G LTE's 55.7 score. The iPad mini (6th Gen) comes with iPadOS 15.x OS, while Amazon Kindle Fire HD 8.9 4G LTE has Android 4.0 OS. The iPad mini (6th Gen) construction is a lot newer, much lighter and noticeably thinner than the Amazon Kindle Fire HD 8.9 4G LTE.
The Amazon Kindle Fire HD 8.9 4G LTE features a much powerful processing unit than iPad mini (6th Gen), because although it has an inferior number of cores , it also counts with an extra graphics processor. The Apple iPad mini (6th Gen) has a bit more vivid screen than Amazon Kindle Fire HD 8.9 4G LTE, because although it has a little smaller display, it also counts with a higher resolution of 1488 x 2266 and a higher display pixel density.
The iPad mini (6th Gen) counts with a very superior camera than Amazon Kindle Fire HD 8.9 4G LTE. IPad mini (6th Gen)'s storage capacity to install applications and games is very similar to Amazon Kindle Fire HD 8.9 4G LTE's one, both of them have exactly the same 64 GB internal memory capacity. IPad mini (6th Gen) features a much longer battery lifetime than Amazon Kindle Fire HD 8.9 4G LTE.
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