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Amazon Fire HDX 8.9
Wi-Fi Only (2014)| Global Score | |
| 71.7 | 67.9 |
| Basic Information | |
| Apple | Amazon |
| iPadOS 14.x | Android 4.4 |
| 2020-10-16 | 2014-10-21 |
| 9.75 x 7.03 x 0.24 inches | 9.10 x 6.20 x 0.30 inches |
| 16.23 ounces | 13.23 ounces |
| Green, Rose gold, Silver, Sky blue and Space gray | -- |
| Aluminum | -- |
| $ 729.00 | $ 479.00 |
| Display / Screen | |
| 10.9 inches | 8.9 inches |
| 2360 x 1640 pixels | 2560 x 1600 pixels |
| IPS LCD | LCD |
| 264 pixels per inch | 339 pixels per inch |
| 500 cd/m2 brightness | -- |
| No touch screen | Capacitive, Multi-touch |
| 7.8 | 8.7 |
| Performance | |
| Apple A14 Bionic chipset | Qualcomm Snapdragon 805 APQ8084 chipset |
| 64-bit Firestorm and Icestorm, 64-bit, 5 nm (Hexa-Core 3100 MHz) processor | Krait 450 (Quad-Core 2500 MHz) processor |
| -- | 2 GB (800 MHz) RAM |
| Apple 4-core GPU GPU | Adreno 420 Blaze GPU |
| 10.26 | 9.09 |
| Storage | |
| 64 GB internal memory | 64 GB internal memory |
| No SD card slot | No SD card slot |
| 7.7 | 7.7 |
| Camera | |
| 12.00 MP + 7.00 MP | 8.00 MP |
| f/1.80 aperture | f/2.20 aperture |
| 3840 x 2160 (60 fps) (4K) video resolution | 1920 x 1080 (Full HD) video resolution |
| 1920 x 1080 (240 fps) (Full HD) slow motion video | -- |
| 9.9 | 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 5.0 | Bluetooth 4.1 |
| GPS | GPS |
| Fingerprint ID Scanner | -- |
| Accelerometer, Barometer, Compass, Gyroscope and Light Sensor | Accelerometer, Gyroscope and Light Sensor |
Comparison review
The Apple iPad Air (2020) is just a bit better than the Amazon Fire HDX 8.9, getting a 71.7 score against 67.9. The Apple iPad Air (2020) comes with iPadOS 14.x OS, and Amazon Fire HDX 8.9 counts with Android 4.4 OS. The Apple iPad Air (2020) design is extremely newer and notably thinner than Amazon Fire HDX 8.9's, although it's somewhat heavier.
The Amazon Fire HDX 8.9 has a more vivid screen than iPad Air (2020), because although it has a quite smaller screen, it also counts with a bit higher resolution of 1600 x 2560 and a better pixel count in each inch of display. The iPad Air (2020) and the Amazon Fire HDX 8.9 have very similar memory for applications, games, photos and videos, both of them have the same internal memory capacity.
Apple iPad Air (2020) has a superior performance than Amazon Fire HDX 8.9, because it has a greater number of cores and a 64-bit processing unit. The iPad Air (2020) and the Amazon Fire HDX 8.9 count with similar battery performance. The Apple iPad Air (2020) counts with a very superior camera than Amazon Fire HDX 8.9, because it has a much higher video resolution, a back facing camera with much more mega-pixels and a larger aperture to capture better low light images and videos.
Although iPad Air (2020) is a better device, it costs a lot more than the Amazon Fire HDX 8.9, and it doesn't have such a good quality/price relation as the Amazon Fire HDX 8.9. If you want to save some money, you can get Amazon Fire HDX 8.9, letting go a few features and specifications, but you will get the most out of your money.
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