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Amazon Fire HDX 8.9
Wi-Fi Only (2014)| Global Score | |
| 70.4 | 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 |
| 21.76 ounces | 13.23 ounces |
| Blue, Purple, Space Gray and Starlight | -- |
| -- | $ 479.00 |
| Display / Screen | |
| 13 inches | 8.9 inches |
| -- | 2560 x 1600 pixels |
| IPS LCD | LCD |
| -- | 339 pixels per inch |
| 600 cd/m2 brightness | -- |
| No touch screen | Capacitive, Multi-touch |
| 3.8 | 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 | |
| 9705mAh Battery | -- |
| Non-Removable Battery | Removable Battery |
| 10.08 | 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 iPad Air 13-inch (M3, 2025) is a little bit better than Amazon Fire HDX 8.9, getting a global score of 70.4 against 67.9. Apple iPad Air 13-inch (M3, 2025) works with iPadOS 18.x operating system, while Amazon Fire HDX 8.9 has Android 4.4 operating system. The Apple iPad Air 13-inch (M3, 2025) design is incredibly newer and notably thinner, but noticeably heavier than the Amazon Fire HDX 8.9.
Amazon Fire HDX 8.9 has a lot better hardware performance than Apple iPad Air 13-inch (M3, 2025), although it has less cpu cores (although they are faster) and a lower amount of RAM. Amazon Fire HDX 8.9 counts with a lot better display than Apple Apple iPad Air 13-inch (M3, 2025), although it has a really smaller display.
Apple iPad Air 13-inch (M3, 2025) has a way better camera than Amazon Fire HDX 8.9, because it has a bigger aperture for better low-light captures and video, a way higher (4K) video resolution and a lot more MP back facing camera. The Apple Apple iPad Air 13-inch (M3, 2025) counts with a much better storage for games and applications than Amazon Fire HDX 8.9, because it has more internal memory capacity.
The Apple iPad Air 13-inch (M3, 2025) counts with a much longer battery life than Amazon Fire HDX 8.9.
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