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| Global Score | |
| 68.5 | 71.7 |
| Basic Information | |
| Amazon | Apple |
| Android 4.2.2 | iPadOS 14.x |
| 2013-09-25 | 2020-10-16 |
| 9.09 x 6.22 x 0.31 inches | 9.75 x 7.03 x 0.24 inches |
| 13.55 ounces | 16.23 ounces |
| Black | Green, Rose gold, Silver, Sky blue and Space gray |
| -- | Aluminum |
| -- | $ 729.00 |
| Display / Screen | |
| 8.9 inches | 10.9 inches |
| 2560 x 1600 pixels | 2360 x 1640 pixels |
| LCD | IPS LCD |
| 339 pixels per inch | 264 pixels per inch |
| 400 cd/m2 brightness | 500 cd/m2 brightness |
| Capacitive, Multi-touch | No touch screen |
| 9 | 7.8 |
| Performance | |
| Qualcomm Snapdragon 800 MSM8074 chipset | Apple A14 Bionic chipset |
| Krait 400 (Quad-Core 2200 MHz) processor | 64-bit Firestorm and Icestorm, 64-bit, 5 nm (Hexa-Core 3100 MHz) processor |
| 2 GB (800 MHz) RAM | -- |
| Adreno 330 (450 MHz) GPU | Apple 4-core GPU GPU |
| 9.18 | 10.26 |
| Storage | |
| 64 GB internal memory | 64 GB internal memory |
| No SD card slot | No SD card slot |
| 7.7 | 7.7 |
| Camera | |
| 8.00 MP | 12.00 MP + 7.00 MP |
| f/2.20 aperture | f/1.80 aperture |
| -- | 3840 x 2160 (60 fps) (4K) video resolution |
| -- | 1920 x 1080 (240 fps) (Full HD) slow motion video |
| 6.82 | 9.9 |
| Networks | |
| Wi-Fi | Wi-Fi |
| Mobile Hotspot | -- |
| LTE (4G), HSPA, UMTS, EDGE and GPRS | LTE-A (4G), LTE (4G), HSPA+ (4G), HSDPA and HSUPA |
| -- | Nano SIM, Dual SIM |
| 6.4 | 6.1 |
| Battery Life | |
| -- | Li - Ion Battery |
| Non-Removable Battery | Non-Removable Battery |
| 1.36 | 1.36 |
| Other Features | |
| Bluetooth | Bluetooth 5.0 |
| GPS | GPS |
| -- | Fingerprint ID Scanner |
| Accelerometer, Gyroscope and Light Sensor | Accelerometer, Barometer, Compass, Gyroscope and Light Sensor |
Comparison review
The iPad Air (2020) has a score of 71.7, which is slightly better than the Amazon Kindle Fire HDX 8.9's global score of 68.5. The iPad Air (2020) body is newer and thinner than Amazon Kindle Fire HDX 8.9's, but it's heavier. The iPad Air (2020) works with iPadOS 14.x OS, while Amazon Kindle Fire HDX 8.9 counts with Android 4.2.2 OS.
IPad Air (2020) features a better processing power than Amazon Kindle Fire HDX 8.9, because although it has doesn't have an additional graphics processing unit, it also counts with a higher number of cores and a 64 bits processing unit. Amazon Kindle Fire HDX 8.9 counts with a sharper screen than Apple iPad Air (2020), because although it has a lot darker display and a quite smaller screen, it also counts with a greater pixels density and a bit higher 1600 x 2560px resolution.
IPad Air (2020) captures greater photos and videos than Amazon Kindle Fire HDX 8.9, because it has a bigger diafragm aperture to take better low-light images and video and a back camera with a much better 12 MP resolution. IPad Air (2020)'s storage capacity for applications and games is very similar to the Amazon Kindle Fire HDX 8.9 one, both have the same internal memory capacity.
The iPad Air (2020) features a battery lifetime that's just as good as the battery life in Amazon Kindle Fire HDX 8.9.
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