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| Global Score | |
| 68.5 | 61.1 |
| Basic Information | |
| Amazon | |
| Android 4.2.2 | Android 14 |
| 2013-09-25 | 2024-09-16 |
| 9.09 x 6.22 x 0.31 inches | 10.81 x 7.11 x 0.23 inches |
| 13.55 ounces | 19.58 ounces |
| Black | Moonlight White, Sky Blue and Starry Black |
| -- | $ 600.00 |
| Display / Screen | |
| 8.9 inches | 12.3 inches |
| 2560 x 1600 pixels | 3000 x 1920 pixels |
| LCD | OLED |
| 339 pixels per inch | 290 pixels per inch |
| 400 cd/m2 brightness | 1600 cd/m2 brightness |
| Capacitive, Multi-touch | No touch screen |
| 9 | 8.6 |
| Performance | |
| Qualcomm Snapdragon 800 MSM8074 chipset | Qualcomm Snapdragon 8s Gen 3 SM8635 (4 nm) chipset |
| Krait 400 (Quad-Core 2200 MHz) processor | processor |
| 2 GB (800 MHz) RAM | 12 GB RAM |
| Adreno 330 (450 MHz) GPU | Adreno 735 GPU |
| 9.18 | 6.21 |
| Storage | |
| 64 GB internal memory | 256 GB internal memory |
| No SD card slot | No SD card slot |
| 7.7 | 13.3 |
| Camera | |
| 8.00 MP | 13.00 MP + 9.00 MP |
| f/2.20 aperture | f/2.00 aperture |
| 6.82 | 7.92 |
| Networks | |
| Wi-Fi | Wi-Fi |
| Mobile Hotspot | -- |
| LTE (4G), HSPA, UMTS, EDGE and GPRS | -- |
| 6.4 | 2.4 |
| Battery Life | |
| -- | 10050mAh Battery |
| Non-Removable Battery | Non-Removable Battery |
| 1.36 | 10.32 |
| Other Features | |
| Bluetooth | Bluetooth 5.1 |
| GPS | -- |
| Accelerometer, Gyroscope and Light Sensor | Accelerometer and Light Sensor |
Comparison review
The Amazon Kindle Fire HDX 8.9 is much better than Honor MagicPad 2 12.3, with a general score of 68.5 against 61.1. These tablets come with Android OS (operating system), but the Amazon Kindle Fire HDX 8.9 has a newer 4.2.2 version and Honor MagicPad 2 12.3 has Android 14. The Amazon Kindle Fire HDX 8.9 design is way lighter than the Honor MagicPad 2 12.3, although it's way thicker and was released 11 years before.
The Amazon Kindle Fire HDX 8.9 features a much more powerful CPU than Honor MagicPad 2 12.3, because although it has a lower amount of RAM, it also counts with a GPU and more cores. The Amazon Kindle Fire HDX 8.9 features a bit sharper screen than Honor MagicPad 2 12.3, because although it has a lot darker screen, a quite lower 1600 x 2560 resolution and a way smaller screen, it also counts with a bit greater screen density.
The Honor MagicPad 2 12.3 counts with a very superior memory capacity for applications and games than Amazon Kindle Fire HDX 8.9, because it has 256 GB internal memory. The Honor MagicPad 2 12.3 features a much longer battery lifetime than Amazon Kindle Fire HDX 8.9. The Honor MagicPad 2 12.3 has a superior camera than Amazon Kindle Fire HDX 8.9, because it has a back-facing camera with a lot higher resolution and a bigger aperture to take better photography and videos in low light situations.
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