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| Global Score | |
| 68.5 | 73.6 |
| Basic Information | |
| Amazon | Samsung |
| Android 4.2.2 | -- |
| 2013-09-25 | 2015-09-03 |
| 9.09 x 6.22 x 0.31 inches | 7.82 x 5.31 x 0.22 inches |
| 13.55 ounces | 9.59 ounces |
| Black | -- |
| -- | Metal |
| -- | Scratch-Resistant Glass |
| Display / Screen | |
| 8.9 inches | 8 inches |
| 2560 x 1600 pixels | 2048 x 1536 pixels |
| LCD | Super AMOLED |
| 339 pixels per inch | 320 pixels per inch |
| 400 cd/m2 brightness | -- |
| Capacitive, Multi-touch | No touch screen |
| 9 | 7.6 |
| Performance | |
| Qualcomm Snapdragon 800 MSM8074 chipset | Samsung Exynos 7 Octa 5433 chipset |
| Krait 400 (Quad-Core 2200 MHz) processor | ARM Cortex-A57 and ARM Cortex-A53, 64-bit (Octa-Core 1900 MHz) processor |
| 2 GB (800 MHz) RAM | 3 GB RAM |
| Adreno 330 (450 MHz) GPU | Mali-T760 MP6 GPU |
| 9.18 | 9 |
| Storage | |
| 64 GB internal memory | 64 GB internal memory |
| No SD card slot | microSDXC (up to 128 GB) external memory slot |
| 7.7 | 10.02 |
| Camera | |
| 8.00 MP | 8.00 MP + 2.10 MP |
| f/2.20 aperture | -- |
| -- | 2560 x 1440 (Quad HD / 2K) video resolution |
| 6.82 | 6.38 |
| Networks | |
| Wi-Fi | Wi-Fi |
| Mobile Hotspot | -- |
| LTE (4G), HSPA, UMTS, EDGE and GPRS | LTE-A (4G), LTE (4G), HSPA and HSUPA |
| 6.4 | 5.7 |
| Battery Life | |
| -- | 4000mAh Battery |
| Non-Removable Battery | Non-Removable Battery |
| 1.36 | 5.92 |
| Other Features | |
| Bluetooth | Bluetooth 4.1 |
| GPS | GPS |
| -- | Fingerprint ID Scanner |
| Accelerometer, Gyroscope and Light Sensor | Accelerometer, Compass, Gyroscope and Light Sensor |
Comparison review
The Samsung Galaxy Tab S2 8.0-inch is a bit better than the Amazon Kindle Fire HDX 8.9, with a 73.6 score against 68.5. The Samsung Galaxy Tab S2 8.0-inch is a newer tablet, and it is also notably thinner and noticeably lighter than Amazon Kindle Fire HDX 8.9. The Amazon Kindle Fire HDX 8.9 counts with a better screen than Samsung Galaxy Tab S2 8.0-inch, because it has a quite better 1600 x 2560 resolution, a quite higher quantity of pixels per display inch and a little larger display.
The Samsung Galaxy Tab S2 8.0-inch has a very superior memory to install applications and games than Amazon Kindle Fire HDX 8.9, and although they both have exactly the same internal memory capacity, the Samsung Galaxy Tab S2 8.0-inch also has an external memory card slot that allows a maximum of 128 GB.
The Amazon Kindle Fire HDX 8.9 features a little bit better performance than Galaxy Tab S2 8.0-inch, because although it has a lower amount of RAM and an inferior number of cores , it also counts with an extra GPU. The Amazon Kindle Fire HDX 8.9 counts with just a bit better camera than Galaxy Tab S2 8.0-inch. Both of them have a back facing camera with an 8 megapixels.
Galaxy Tab S2 8.0-inch counts with a superior battery lifetime than Amazon Kindle Fire HDX 8.9.
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