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| Global Score | |
| 62.2 | 58.6 |
| Basic Information | |
| Apple | Amazon |
| iPadOS 18.x, 17.x, 16.x, 15.x, 14.x | Android 9.0 Pie |
| 2020-09-18 | 2020-05-14 |
| 9.87 x 6.85 x 0.30 inches | 7.95 x 5.39 x 0.38 inches |
| 17.46 ounces | 12.52 ounces |
| Gold, Silver and Space gray | Black, Plum, Twilight blue and White |
| Aluminum and Aluminum | -- |
| -- | $ 90.00 |
| Display / Screen | |
| 10.2 inches | 8 inches |
| 2160 x 1620 pixels | 1280 x 800 pixels |
| IPS LCD | IPS LCD |
| 265 pixels per inch | 189 pixels per inch |
| 500 cd/m2 brightness | -- |
| No touch screen | No touch screen |
| 7.6 | 6.6 |
| Performance | |
| Apple A12 Bionic (7 nm) chipset | MediaTek MT8168 chipset |
| processor | Arm Cortex-A53, 64-bit, 12 nm (Quad-Core 2000 MHz) processor |
| 3 GB RAM | 2 GB RAM |
| Apple GPU 4 core GPU | Mali G52 MC1 GPU |
| 6.21 | 8.73 |
| Storage | |
| 32 GB internal memory | 32 GB internal memory |
| No SD card slot | microSDXC (up to 1000 GB) external memory slot |
| 5.8 | 11.08 |
| Camera | |
| 8.00 MP + 1.20 MP | 2.00 MP + 2.00 MP |
| f/2.40 aperture | -- |
| 1920 x 1080 (30 fps) (Full HD) video resolution | 1280 x 720 (HD) video resolution |
| 1280 x 720 (120 fps) (HD) slow motion video | -- |
| 8.36 | 5.28 |
| Networks | |
| Wi-Fi | Wi-Fi |
| LTE-A (4G), LTE (4G), HSPA+ (4G), HSDPA and HSUPA | -- |
| Nano SIM, Dual SIM | -- |
| 6.1 | 2.4 |
| Battery Life | |
| Li - Ion Battery | -- |
| Non-Removable Battery | Non-Removable Battery |
| 1.36 | 1.36 |
| Other Features | |
| Bluetooth 4.2 | Bluetooth 5.0 |
| GPS | GPS |
| Fingerprint ID Scanner | -- |
| Accelerometer, Barometer, Compass, Gyroscope and Light Sensor | Accelerometer and Light Sensor |
Comparison review
IPad 10.2 (2020) has a global score of 62.2, which is a bit better than Amazon Fire HD 8 (2020)'s score of 58.6. IPad 10.2 (2020)'s design is noticeably thinner but extremely heavier than the Amazon Fire HD 8 (2020), and both were only released 4 months apart. IPad 10.2 (2020) comes with iPadOS 18.x operating system, while Amazon Fire HD 8 (2020) has Android 9.0 Pie operating system.
Amazon Fire HD 8 (2020) counts with a much faster CPU than iPad 10.2 (2020), although it has a lower number of cores and a lower amount of RAM. Apple iPad 10.2 (2020) features a sharper screen than Amazon Fire HD 8 (2020), because it has a better screen pixels density, a bigger screen and a much better resolution of 1620 x 2160 pixels.
Amazon Fire HD 8 (2020) counts with a much better storage for games and applications than Apple iPad 10.2 (2020), and although they both have the same 32 GB internal storage capacity, the Amazon Fire HD 8 (2020) also has a slot for an SD memory card that admits a maximum of 1000 GB. The iPad 10.2 (2020) shoots much clearer photographs and videos than Amazon Fire HD 8 (2020), because it has a much higher resolution camera in the back and a lot higher (Full HD) video resolution.
The Amazon Fire HD 8 (2020) and iPad 10.2 (2020) have really similar batteries.
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