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Apple iPad Air
16 GBAmazon Fire HD 7
8 GB
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| Global Score | |
| 72.8 | 53.9 |
| Basic Information | |
| Apple | Amazon |
| iOS 8.x, 7.x | Android 4.4 |
| 2013-10-22 | 2014-10-02 |
| 9.45 x 6.67 x 0.30 inches | 7.50 x 5.00 x 0.42 inches |
| 16.86 ounces | 11.89 ounces |
| Black, Gray and White | Black, Blue, Pink, White and Yellow |
| Aluminium | -- |
| $ 194.00 | $ 195.00 |
| Display / Screen | |
| 9.7 inches | 7 inches |
| 2048 x 1536 pixels | 800 x 1280 pixels |
| IPS LCD | IPS LCD |
| 264 pixels per inch | 216 pixels per inch |
| Capacitive, Multi-touch | Capacitive, Multi-touch |
| 8.2 | 7.7 |
| Performance | |
| Apple A7 chipset | -- |
| 64-bit Cyclone (Dual-Core 1400 MHz) processor | Quad-Core 1500 MHz processor |
| 1 GB RAM | 1 GB RAM |
| PowerVR G6430 (600 MHz) GPU | Yes GPU |
| 9.27 | 8.37 |
| Storage | |
| 16 GB internal memory | 8 GB internal memory |
| No SD card slot | No SD card slot |
| 4.4 | 3.3 |
| Camera | |
| 5.00 MP + 1.20 MP | 2.00 MP + 0.30 MP |
| f/2.40 aperture | -- |
| 33.00mm focal length | -- |
| 1920 x 1080 (30 fps) (Full HD) video resolution | 1920 x 1080 (Full HD) video resolution |
| 7.92 | 5.17 |
| Networks | |
| Wi-Fi | Wi-Fi |
| Mobile Hotspot | Mobile Hotspot |
| LTE (4G), HSPA, UMTS, EV-DO A, EV-DO B, EDGE, GPRS, GSM and CDMA | -- |
| Nano SIM | -- |
| 6.7 | 3 |
| Battery Life | |
| 8820mAh Li-Polymer Battery | -- |
| Non-Removable Battery | Removable Battery |
| 9.52 | 1.36 |
| Other Features | |
| Bluetooth 4.0 | Bluetooth |
| GPS | -- |
| Accelerometer, Compass, Gyroscope and Light Sensor | Accelerometer and Gyroscope |
Comparison review
The iPad Air has a general score of 72.8, which is a lot better than the Amazon Fire HD 7's 53.9 general score. The iPad Air is an older and much heavier tablet than the Amazon Fire HD 7, but Apple made it much thinner anyway. IPad Air works with iOS 8.x OS, and Amazon Fire HD 7 comes with Android 4.4 OS.
IPad Air counts with a quite better processing power than Amazon Fire HD 7, because although it has 2 lesser and slower cores, and they both have 1 GB of RAM, the iPad Air also counts with a 64-bit processor and a graphics processing unit. The iPad Air counts with a slightly better screen than Amazon Fire HD 7, because it has a way bigger screen, a bit higher pixels amount per inch in the screen and a way higher resolution of 1536 x 2048 pixels.
IPad Air counts with a greater camera than Amazon Fire HD 7, and although they both have the same video frame rate and the same video definition, the iPad Air also has a lot more mega-pixels camera in the back. IPad Air counts with a superior memory to store more apps and games than Amazon Fire HD 7, because it has 8 GB more internal storage.
IPad Air has a very superior battery duration than Amazon Fire HD 7.
Despite of being the best tablet between the ones we are comparing, the iPad Air is also cheaper, which makes it an easy choice.
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