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Amazon Fire HDX 8.9
Wi-Fi Only (2014)| Global Score | |
| 69.6 | 67.9 |
| Basic Information | |
| Apple | Amazon |
| iPadOS 18.x | Android 4.4 |
| 2025-03-04 | 2014-10-21 |
| -- | 9.10 x 6.20 x 0.30 inches |
| 16.23 ounces | 13.23 ounces |
| Blue, Purple, Space Gray and Starlight | -- |
| -- | $ 479.00 |
| Display / Screen | |
| 11 inches | 8.9 inches |
| -- | 2560 x 1600 pixels |
| IPS LCD | LCD |
| -- | 339 pixels per inch |
| 500 cd/m2 brightness | -- |
| No touch screen | Capacitive, Multi-touch |
| 3.7 | 8.7 |
| Performance | |
| Apple M3 chipset | Qualcomm Snapdragon 805 APQ8084 chipset |
| processor | Krait 450 (Quad-Core 2500 MHz) processor |
| 8 GB RAM | 2 GB (800 MHz) RAM |
| Apple GPU 9-core GPU | Adreno 420 Blaze GPU |
| 6.3 | 9.09 |
| Storage | |
| 128 GB internal memory | 64 GB internal memory |
| No SD card slot | No SD card slot |
| 10.1 | 7.7 |
| Camera | |
| 12.00 MP + 12.00 MP | 8.00 MP |
| f/1.80 aperture | f/2.20 aperture |
| 0.33 inches (1/3") sensor | -- |
| 3840 x 2160 (60 fps) (4K) video resolution | 1920 x 1080 (Full HD) video resolution |
| 9.9 | 6.82 |
| Networks | |
| -- | Wi-Fi |
| -- | Mobile Hotspot |
| 5G, 5G, LTE-A (4G), LTE (4G), HSPA+ (4G) and HSDPA | LTE (4G), HSPA, EDGE and GPRS |
| 7.6 | 6.3 |
| Battery Life | |
| 7606mAh Battery | -- |
| Non-Removable Battery | Removable Battery |
| 8.72 | 1.36 |
| Other Features | |
| Bluetooth 5.3 | Bluetooth 4.1 |
| GPS | GPS |
| Fingerprint ID Scanner | -- |
| Accelerometer, Barometer, Compass, Gyroscope and Light Sensor | Accelerometer, Gyroscope and Light Sensor |
Comparison review
Apple Apple iPad Air 11-inch (M3, 2025) has a global score of 69.6, which is a little bit better than Amazon Fire HDX 8.9's 67.9 global score. Although Apple Apple iPad Air 11-inch (M3, 2025) is somewhat heavier than Amazon Fire HDX 8.9, it's a lot thinner and extremely newer. Apple Apple iPad Air 11-inch (M3, 2025) has iPadOS 18.x OS, while Amazon Fire HDX 8.9 has Android 4.4 OS.
The Amazon Fire HDX 8.9 counts with an incredibly better looking screen than Apple iPad Air 11-inch (M3, 2025), although it has a quite smaller display. The Apple iPad Air 11-inch (M3, 2025) has a lot bigger storage capacity to install applications and games than Amazon Fire HDX 8.9, because it has more internal storage capacity.
The Amazon Fire HDX 8.9 has a much better performing processing unit than Apple iPad Air 11-inch (M3, 2025), although it has 4 less processing cores and lesser RAM. The Apple iPad Air 11-inch (M3, 2025) counts with a greater camera than Amazon Fire HDX 8.9, because it has a camera in the back with much more mega-pixels, a bigger camera aperture to take better low light images and video and a much higher (4K) video resolution.
The Apple Apple iPad Air 11-inch (M3, 2025) features a very superior battery life than Amazon Fire HDX 8.9.
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