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Amazon Fire HDX 8.9
Wi-Fi Only (2014)| Global Score | |
| 71.3 | 67.9 |
| Basic Information | |
| Apple | Amazon |
| iPadOS 15.x | Android 4.4 |
| 2024-05-07 | 2014-10-21 |
| 11.05 x 8.46 x 0.24 inches | 9.10 x 6.20 x 0.30 inches |
| 21.80 ounces | 13.23 ounces |
| Aluminum | -- |
| -- | $ 479.00 |
| Display / Screen | |
| 13 inches | 8.9 inches |
| 2732 x 2048 pixels | 2560 x 1600 pixels |
| -- | LCD |
| 263 pixels per inch | 339 pixels per inch |
| No touch screen | Capacitive, Multi-touch |
| 6.8 | 8.7 |
| Performance | |
| Apple M2 chipset | Qualcomm Snapdragon 805 APQ8084 chipset |
| processor | Krait 450 (Quad-Core 2500 MHz) processor |
| 8 GB RAM | 2 GB (800 MHz) RAM |
| 10-core GPU 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 |
| -- | 1920 x 1080 (Full HD) video resolution |
| 7.92 | 6.82 |
| Networks | |
| Wi-Fi | Wi-Fi |
| -- | Mobile Hotspot |
| 5G, 5G, LTE-A (4G), LTE (4G), HSPA+ (4G) and HSDPA | LTE (4G), HSPA, EDGE and GPRS |
| 10 | 6.3 |
| Non-Removable Battery | Removable Battery |
| 1.36 | 1.36 |
| Other Features | |
| Bluetooth 5.3 | Bluetooth 4.1 |
| GPS | GPS |
| Fingerprint ID Scanner | -- |
| Accelerometer, Barometer, Gyroscope and Light Sensor | Accelerometer, Gyroscope and Light Sensor |
Comparison review
The Apple iPad Air 13-inch (6th Gen) is slightly better than Amazon Fire HDX 8.9, getting a score of 71.3 against 67.9. The Apple iPad Air 13-inch (6th Gen) counts with iPadOS 15.x OS, and Amazon Fire HDX 8.9 has Android 4.4 OS. Although Apple iPad Air 13-inch (6th Gen) is notably heavier than Amazon Fire HDX 8.9, it's extremely thinner and much newer.
Amazon Fire HDX 8.9 features a way better performance than Apple iPad Air 13-inch (6th Gen), although it has a lower amount of RAM and an inferior number of cores. The Amazon Fire HDX 8.9 has a lot better display than Apple iPad Air 13-inch (6th Gen), because although it has a quite lower resolution of 1600 x 2560 pixels and a really smaller display, it also counts with more pixels per inch in the display.
The iPad Air 13-inch (6th Gen) features a much bigger storage capacity for applications, games, photos and videos than Amazon Fire HDX 8.9, because it has more internal storage. IPad Air 13-inch (6th Gen) counts with a better camera than Amazon Fire HDX 8.9, because it has a larger aperture and a much higher resolution camera in the back.
The iPad Air 13-inch (6th Gen) and the Amazon Fire HDX 8.9 both have similar batteries duration.
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