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| Global Score | |
| 55.7 | 62.7 |
| Basic Information | |
| Amazon | Apple |
| Android 4.0 | iOS 7.x, 6.1, 6 |
| 2012-09-06 | 2012-09-12 |
| 9.40 x 6.40 x 0.35 inches | 4.86 x 2.31 x 0.24 inches |
| 20.00 ounces | 3.10 ounces |
| Black | Black and White |
| Scratch-Resistant Glass | Scratch-Resistant Glass |
| $ 499.00 | $ 265.00 |
| Display / Screen | |
| 8.9 inches | 4 inches |
| 1920 x 1200 pixels | 640 x 1136 pixels |
| IPS LCD | IPS LCD |
| 254 pixels per inch | 326 pixels per inch |
| Capacitive, Multi-touch | Capacitive, Multi-touch |
| 7.5 | 8.3 |
| Performance | |
| TI OMAP4470 chipset | Apple A5 chipset |
| ARM Cortex-A9 (Dual-Core 1500 MHz) processor | ARM Cortex-A9 (Dual-Core 1000 MHz) processor |
| 1 GB (466 MHz) RAM | 512 MB RAM |
| PowerVR SGX544 (384 MHz) GPU | PowerVR SGX543 MP2 (Dual-Core 200 MHz) GPU |
| 8.37 | 8.01 |
| 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 | 5.00 MP + 1.20 MP |
| -- | f/2.40 aperture |
| -- | 1920 x 1080 (30 fps) (Full HD) video resolution |
| 0.55 | 7.92 |
| Networks | |
| Wi-Fi | Wi-Fi |
| LTE (4G), HSPA, UMTS, EDGE and GPRS | -- |
| 5.8 | 2.4 |
| Battery Life | |
| -- | 1030mAh Li-Ion Battery |
| Non-Removable Battery | Non-Removable Battery |
| 1.36 | 2.64 |
| Other Features | |
| Bluetooth | Bluetooth 4.0 |
| GPS | -- |
| Accelerometer, Compass, Gyroscope and Light Sensor | Accelerometer and Gyroscope |
Comparison review
The iPod Touch 5th Generation is much better than Amazon Kindle Fire HD 8.9 4G LTE, having a overall score of 62.7 against 55.7. The iPod Touch 5th Generation comes with iOS 7.x operating system, and Amazon Kindle Fire HD 8.9 4G LTE counts with Android 4.0 operating system. The iPod Touch 5th Generation is a a lot lighter and incredibly thinner device than the Amazon Kindle Fire HD 8.9 4G LTE, although both of them were released only 0 months apart.
Apple iPod Touch 5th Generation has a brighter screen than Amazon Kindle Fire HD 8.9 4G LTE, because although it has a lot lower resolution of 1136 x 640 and a lot smaller display, it also counts with a greater pixels density. The Amazon Kindle Fire HD 8.9 4G LTE has a bit faster processor than Apple iPod Touch 5th Generation, because although it has a worse graphics co-processor running at 384 megahertz, and they both have the same number of cores, the Amazon Kindle Fire HD 8.9 4G LTE also counts with 512 MB more RAM memory.
The iPod Touch 5th Generation features as much memory for games and applications as Amazon Kindle Fire HD 8.9 4G LTE, both of them have exactly the same internal storage. IPod Touch 5th Generation features a much better battery lifetime than Amazon Kindle Fire HD 8.9 4G LTE. The iPod Touch 5th Generation counts with a greater camera than Amazon Kindle Fire HD 8.9 4G LTE.
Even being the best tablet of the ones we compare here, the iPod Touch 5th Generation is also a bargain compared to others, which makes this tablet an obvious call.
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