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Amazon Fire HDX 8.9
Wi-Fi Only (2014)| Global Score | |
| 73.2 | 67.9 |
| Basic Information | |
| Apple | Amazon |
| iPadOS 15.x | Android 4.4 |
| 2021-09-24 | 2014-10-21 |
| 9.84 x 6.85 x 0.30 inches | 9.10 x 6.20 x 0.30 inches |
| 17.18 ounces | 13.23 ounces |
| 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 |
| 7.8 | 8.7 |
| Performance | |
| Apple A13 Bionic APL1W85 (7 nm) chipset | Qualcomm Snapdragon 805 APQ8084 chipset |
| 64-bit Lightning and Thunder, 64-bit (Hexa-Core 2650 MHz) processor | Krait 450 (Quad-Core 2500 MHz) processor |
| -- | 2 GB (800 MHz) RAM |
| Yes GPU | Adreno 420 Blaze GPU |
| 9.99 | 9.09 |
| Storage | |
| 64 GB internal memory | 64 GB internal memory |
| No SD card slot | No SD card slot |
| 7.7 | 7.7 |
| Camera | |
| 8.00 MP + 12.00 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 | -- |
| 8.58 | 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 | |
| 8526mAh Li - Ion Battery | -- |
| Non-Removable Battery | Removable Battery |
| 9.36 | 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
The iPad 10.2-inch (2021) has an overall score of 73.2, which is just a bit better than the Amazon Fire HDX 8.9's 67.9 score. IPad 10.2-inch (2021) is a noticeably heavier tablet than Amazon Fire HDX 8.9, but both are equally thin. The iPad 10.2-inch (2021) counts with iPadOS 15.x OS, and Amazon Fire HDX 8.9 comes with Android 4.4 OS.
The iPad 10.2-inch (2021) counts with a bit better CPU than Amazon Fire HDX 8.9, because it has a higher number of cores (and faster) and a 64-bits processing unit. Amazon Fire HDX 8.9 has a sharper display than iPad 10.2-inch (2021), because although it has a little smaller display, it also counts with a better pixels quantity per inch in the display and a quite better resolution of 1600 x 2560 pixels.
IPad 10.2-inch (2021) and Amazon Fire HDX 8.9 have incredibly similar memory capacity to install applications and games or saving photos and videos, both have exactly the same internal memory. IPad 10.2-inch (2021) has a way better camera than Amazon Fire HDX 8.9, although it has a smaller aperture which is not recommended for low-light photography and video, they both have the same video frame rate, a camera in the back with an 8 megapixels and the same (Full HD) video definition.
IPad 10.2-inch (2021) counts with a much better battery lifetime than Amazon Fire HDX 8.9.
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