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| Global Score | |
| 68.5 | 72.3 |
| Basic Information | |
| Amazon | Apple |
| Android 4.2.2 | iPadOS 15.x |
| 2013-09-25 | 0000-00-00 |
| 9.09 x 6.22 x 0.31 inches | 9.72 x 7.03 x 0.24 inches |
| 13.55 ounces | 16.26 ounces |
| Black | Blue, Purple and Starlight ,Space Gray |
| -- | Aluminum |
| Display / Screen | |
| 8.9 inches | 11 inches |
| 2560 x 1600 pixels | 2360 x 1640 pixels |
| LCD | IPS LCD |
| 339 pixels per inch | 261 pixels per inch |
| 400 cd/m2 brightness | 500 cd/m2 brightness |
| Capacitive, Multi-touch | No touch screen |
| 9 | 7.6 |
| Performance | |
| Qualcomm Snapdragon 800 MSM8074 chipset | Apple M2 chipset |
| Krait 400 (Quad-Core 2200 MHz) processor | processor |
| 2 GB (800 MHz) RAM | 8 GB RAM |
| Adreno 330 (450 MHz) GPU | 10-core GPU GPU |
| 9.18 | 6.3 |
| Storage | |
| 64 GB internal memory | 128 GB internal memory |
| No SD card slot | No SD card slot |
| 7.7 | 10.1 |
| Camera | |
| 8.00 MP | 12.00 MP + 12.00 MP |
| f/2.20 aperture | f/1.80 aperture |
| 6.82 | 7.92 |
| Networks | |
| Wi-Fi | Wi-Fi |
| Mobile Hotspot | -- |
| LTE (4G), HSPA, UMTS, EDGE and GPRS | 5G, 5G, LTE-A (4G), LTE (4G), HSPA+ (4G) and HSDPA |
| 6.4 | 10 |
| Non-Removable Battery | Non-Removable Battery |
| 1.36 | 1.36 |
| Other Features | |
| Bluetooth | Bluetooth 5.3 |
| GPS | GPS |
| -- | Fingerprint ID Scanner |
| Accelerometer, Gyroscope and Light Sensor | Accelerometer, Barometer, Gyroscope and Light Sensor |
Comparison review
IPad Air 11-inch (M2, 2024) has an overall score of 72.3, which is slightly better than Amazon Kindle Fire HDX 8.9's 68.5 general score. The iPad Air 11-inch (M2, 2024) body is somewhat heavier but much thinner than the Amazon Kindle Fire HDX 8.9. IPad Air 11-inch (M2, 2024) has iPadOS 15.x OS, and Amazon Kindle Fire HDX 8.9 comes with Android 4.2.2 OS.
The Amazon Kindle Fire HDX 8.9 has a much better display than Apple iPad Air 11-inch (M2, 2024), because although it has much more opaque screen and a little smaller display, it also counts with a slightly higher resolution of 1600 x 2560px and a better pixel number in each inch of display. The Amazon Kindle Fire HDX 8.9 counts with a really superior performance than Apple iPad Air 11-inch (M2, 2024), because although it has lesser cpu cores and a lower amount of RAM, it also counts with an extra graphics processor.
IPad Air 11-inch (M2, 2024) features a way bigger storage to install applications and games or saving photos and videos than Amazon Kindle Fire HDX 8.9, because it has 128 GB internal memory. IPad Air 11-inch (M2, 2024) has a much better camera than Amazon Kindle Fire HDX 8.9, because it has a much more megapixels back-facing camera and a larger camera aperture to capture better low light images and video.
Apple iPad Air 11-inch (M2, 2024)'s battery performance is just as good as Amazon Kindle Fire HDX 8.9's battery life.
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