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Amazon Fire HDX 8.9
Wi-Fi Only (2014)| Global Score | |
| 62.2 | 67.9 |
| Basic Information | |
| Apple | Amazon |
| iPadOS 18.x, 17.x, 16.x, 15.x, 14.x | Android 4.4 |
| 2020-09-18 | 2014-10-21 |
| 9.87 x 6.85 x 0.30 inches | 9.10 x 6.20 x 0.30 inches |
| 17.46 ounces | 13.23 ounces |
| Gold, Silver and Space gray | -- |
| Aluminum and Aluminum | -- |
| -- | $ 479.00 |
| Display / Screen | |
| 10.2 inches | 8.9 inches |
| 2160 x 1620 pixels | 2560 x 1600 pixels |
| IPS LCD | LCD |
| 265 pixels per inch | 339 pixels per inch |
| 500 cd/m2 brightness | -- |
| No touch screen | Capacitive, Multi-touch |
| 7.6 | 8.7 |
| Performance | |
| Apple A12 Bionic (7 nm) chipset | Qualcomm Snapdragon 805 APQ8084 chipset |
| processor | Krait 450 (Quad-Core 2500 MHz) processor |
| 3 GB RAM | 2 GB (800 MHz) RAM |
| Apple GPU 4 core GPU | Adreno 420 Blaze GPU |
| 6.21 | 9.09 |
| Storage | |
| 32 GB internal memory | 64 GB internal memory |
| No SD card slot | No SD card slot |
| 5.8 | 7.7 |
| Camera | |
| 8.00 MP + 1.20 MP | 8.00 MP |
| f/2.40 aperture | f/2.20 aperture |
| 1920 x 1080 (30 fps) (Full HD) video resolution | 1920 x 1080 (Full HD) video resolution |
| 1280 x 720 (120 fps) (HD) slow motion video | -- |
| 8.36 | 6.82 |
| Networks | |
| Wi-Fi | Wi-Fi |
| -- | Mobile Hotspot |
| LTE-A (4G), LTE (4G), HSPA+ (4G), HSDPA and HSUPA | LTE (4G), HSPA, EDGE and GPRS |
| Nano SIM, Dual SIM | -- |
| 6.1 | 6.3 |
| Battery Life | |
| Li - Ion Battery | -- |
| Non-Removable Battery | Removable Battery |
| 1.36 | 1.36 |
| Other Features | |
| Bluetooth 4.2 | Bluetooth 4.1 |
| GPS | GPS |
| Fingerprint ID Scanner | -- |
| Accelerometer, Barometer, Compass, Gyroscope and Light Sensor | Accelerometer, Gyroscope and Light Sensor |
Comparison review
Amazon Fire HDX 8.9 has a score of 67.9, which is a bit better than iPad 10.2 (2020)'s general score of 62.2. Amazon Fire HDX 8.9 comes with Android 4.4 operating system, and iPad 10.2 (2020) has iPadOS 18.x operating system. Amazon Fire HDX 8.9's body has the same thickness than iPad 10.2 (2020), but it's lighter.
Amazon Fire HDX 8.9 counts with a sharper display than iPad 10.2 (2020), because although it has a quite smaller display, it also counts with a little higher resolution of 1600 x 2560px and a greater pixel density. The Amazon Fire HDX 8.9 features a really superior performance than iPad 10.2 (2020), although it has 2 lesser CPU cores and a lower amount of RAM memory.
The iPad 10.2 (2020) has a lot better camera than Amazon Fire HDX 8.9, although it has a smaller aperture, they both have the same 1920x1080 video resolution, the same resolution camera and the same video frame rate. The Amazon Fire HDX 8.9 features a much greater memory to install applications and games than iPad 10.2 (2020), because it has 32 GB more internal memory.
Amazon Fire HDX 8.9's battery performance is just as good as the Apple iPad 10.2 (2020) one.
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