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| Global Score | |
| 68.5 | 61 |
| Basic Information | |
| Amazon | Apple |
| Android 4.2.2 | iPadOS 15.x |
| 2013-09-25 | -- |
| 9.09 x 6.22 x 0.31 inches | -- |
| 13.55 ounces | -- |
| Black | -- |
| -- | Aluminum and Aluminum |
| Display / Screen | |
| 8.9 inches | 8.3 inches |
| 2560 x 1600 pixels | 2266 x 1488 pixels |
| LCD | IPS LCD |
| 339 pixels per inch | 327 pixels per inch |
| 400 cd/m2 brightness | 500 cd/m2 brightness |
| Capacitive, Multi-touch | No touch screen |
| 9 | 8 |
| Performance | |
| Qualcomm Snapdragon 800 MSM8074 chipset | Apple A16 Bionic (5 nm) chipset |
| Krait 400 (Quad-Core 2200 MHz) processor | processor |
| 2 GB (800 MHz) RAM | -- |
| Adreno 330 (450 MHz) GPU | Yes GPU |
| 9.18 | 5.85 |
| 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 + 12.00 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 | 5G, 5G, LTE-A (4G), LTE (4G), HSPA+ (4G) and HSDPA |
| -- | Nano SIM, Dual SIM |
| 6.4 | 10 |
| Battery Life | |
| -- | Li - Polymer Battery |
| 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, Compass, Gyroscope and Light Sensor |
Comparison review
Amazon Kindle Fire HDX 8.9 has a general score of 68.5, which is much better than the Apple iPad mini (7th Gen)'s global score of 61. Amazon Kindle Fire HDX 8.9 works with Android 4.2.2 operating system, and Apple iPad mini (7th Gen) has iPadOS 15.x operating system. The Amazon Kindle Fire HDX 8.9 has a way better hardware performance than Apple iPad mini (7th Gen), because although it has an inferior number of cores , it also counts with an extra graphics processor.
Amazon Kindle Fire HDX 8.9 counts with a more vivid screen than Apple iPad mini (7th Gen), because although it has much darker screen, it also counts with a little bigger display, a quite higher pixels number per inch of screen and a slightly better 1600 x 2560 pixels resolution. The Apple iPad mini (7th Gen) shoots much clearer videos and photos than Amazon Kindle Fire HDX 8.9, because it has a back camera with much more MP and a bigger camera aperture.
The Amazon Kindle Fire HDX 8.9 and the Apple iPad mini (7th Gen) have extremely similar storage capacity to store more games and applications, they have equal 64 GB internal storage. The Amazon Kindle Fire HDX 8.9 and the Apple iPad mini (7th Gen) feature really similar batteries performance.
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