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Apple iPad mini
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Amazon Fire HDX 8.9
Wi-Fi Only (2014)| Global Score | |
| 68.1 | 67.9 |
| Basic Information | |
| Apple | Amazon |
| iOS 8.x, 7.x, 6.1, 6 | Android 4.4 |
| 0000-00-00 | 2014-10-21 |
| 7.87 x 5.30 x 0.28 inches | 9.10 x 6.20 x 0.30 inches |
| 11.01 ounces | 13.23 ounces |
| Black and White | -- |
| Aluminium | -- |
| $ 281.00 | $ 479.00 |
| Display / Screen | |
| 7.9 inches | 8.9 inches |
| 1024 x 768 pixels | 2560 x 1600 pixels |
| IPS LCD | LCD |
| 162 pixels per inch | 339 pixels per inch |
| Capacitive, Multi-touch | Capacitive, Multi-touch |
| 7.1 | 8.7 |
| Performance | |
| Apple A5 chipset | Qualcomm Snapdragon 805 APQ8084 chipset |
| ARM Cortex-A9 (Dual-Core 1000 MHz) processor | Krait 450 (Quad-Core 2500 MHz) processor |
| 512 MB RAM | 2 GB (800 MHz) RAM |
| PowerVR SGX543 MP2 (Dual-Core 200 MHz) GPU | Adreno 420 Blaze GPU |
| 8.01 | 9.09 |
| Storage | |
| 64 GB internal memory | 64 GB internal memory |
| No SD card slot | No SD card slot |
| 7.7 | 7.7 |
| Camera | |
| 5.00 MP + 1.20 MP | 8.00 MP |
| f/2.40 aperture | f/2.20 aperture |
| 33.00mm focal length | -- |
| 1920 x 1080 (30 fps) (Full HD) video resolution | 1920 x 1080 (Full HD) video resolution |
| 7.92 | 6.82 |
| Networks | |
| Wi-Fi | Wi-Fi |
| Mobile Hotspot | Mobile Hotspot |
| LTE (4G), HSPA+ (4G), HSDPA, UMTS, EDGE, GPRS, GSM and CDMA | LTE (4G), HSPA, EDGE and GPRS |
| Nano SIM | -- |
| 7 | 6.3 |
| Battery Life | |
| 4440mAh Li-Polymer Battery | -- |
| Non-Removable Battery | Removable Battery |
| 6.32 | 1.36 |
| Other Features | |
| Bluetooth 4.0 | Bluetooth 4.1 |
| GPS | GPS |
| Accelerometer, Compass, Gyroscope and Light Sensor | Accelerometer, Gyroscope and Light Sensor |
Comparison review
IPad mini has an overall score of 68.1, which is just a bit better than the Amazon Fire HDX 8.9's 67.9 general score. The iPad mini counts with iOS 8.x OS, and Amazon Fire HDX 8.9 works with Android 4.4 OS. The iPad mini construction is lighter and a little bit thinner than the Amazon Fire HDX 8.9.
The Amazon Fire HDX 8.9 features a much better screen than iPad mini, because it has a lot better number of pixels per inch in the screen, a much better 1600 x 2560 pixels resolution and a bit larger display. Amazon Fire HDX 8.9 has a superior processing power than Apple iPad mini, because although it has doesn't have a graphics processor, it also counts with a higher number of cores and more RAM.
Amazon Fire HDX 8.9 counts with as much storage for applications and games as the Apple iPad mini one, both of them have the same 64 GB internal memory capacity. The iPad mini features a superior camera than Amazon Fire HDX 8.9, although it has a lower video resolution, a back-facing camera with much less MP resolution and a tinier diafragm aperture which is not nice for shooting images or video in low-light situations.
The iPad mini features a superior battery life than Amazon Fire HDX 8.9.
Apple iPad mini not only is the best devices in our current comparison, but it's also a bargain compared to the other ones.
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