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Amazon Fire HDX 8.9
Wi-Fi Only (2014)| Global Score | |
| 76.6 | 67.9 |
| Basic Information | |
| Apple | Amazon |
| iPadOS 16.x | Android 4.4 |
| 0000-00-00 | 2014-10-21 |
| 9.83 x 6.99 x 0.25 inches | 9.10 x 6.20 x 0.30 inches |
| 15.73 ounces | 13.23 ounces |
| Silver and Space Black | -- |
| Aluminum and Aluminum | -- |
| $ 999.00 | $ 479.00 |
| Display / Screen | |
| 11 inches | 8.9 inches |
| 2420 x 1688 pixels | 2560 x 1600 pixels |
| OLED | LCD |
| 268 pixels per inch | 339 pixels per inch |
| No touch screen | Capacitive, Multi-touch |
| 6.8 | 8.7 |
| Performance | |
| Apple M4 chipset | Qualcomm Snapdragon 805 APQ8084 chipset |
| processor | Krait 450 (Quad-Core 2500 MHz) processor |
| 8 GB RAM | 2 GB (800 MHz) RAM |
| Apple 10-core GPU GPU | Adreno 420 Blaze GPU |
| 6.3 | 9.09 |
| Storage | |
| 256 GB internal memory | 64 GB internal memory |
| No SD card slot | No SD card slot |
| 13.3 | 7.7 |
| Camera | |
| 12.00 MP + 12.00 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 |
| 5G, 5G, LTE-A (4G), LTE (4G), HSPA+ (4G) and HSDPA | LTE (4G), HSPA, EDGE and GPRS |
| 10 | 6.3 |
| Battery Life | |
| Li - Polymer Battery | -- |
| Non-Removable Battery | Removable Battery |
| 1.36 | 1.36 |
| Other Features | |
| Bluetooth 5.3 | Bluetooth 4.1 |
| GPS | GPS |
| Accelerometer, Barometer, Compass, Gyroscope and Light Sensor | Accelerometer, Gyroscope and Light Sensor |
Comparison review
Apple iPad Pro 11-inch (M4, 2024) has a score of 76.6, which is better than Amazon Fire HDX 8.9's 67.9 overall score. Apple iPad Pro 11-inch (M4, 2024) comes with iPadOS 16.x operating system, and Amazon Fire HDX 8.9 works with Android 4.4 operating system. Apple iPad Pro 11-inch (M4, 2024) is a somewhat thinner but somewhat heavier tablet than Amazon Fire HDX 8.9.
Amazon Fire HDX 8.9 counts with an incredibly better looking screen than Apple iPad Pro 11-inch (M4, 2024), because although it has a quite smaller screen, it also counts with a bit higher 1600 x 2560px resolution and a greater pixel quantity per inch of screen. The Apple iPad Pro 11-inch (M4, 2024) has a much better memory capacity to store more apps and games than Amazon Fire HDX 8.9, because it has 256 GB internal storage.
The Amazon Fire HDX 8.9 counts with a much better performance than Apple iPad Pro 11-inch (M4, 2024), although it has lesser RAM and 4 lesser processing cores. Amazon Fire HDX 8.9's battery performance is just as good as Apple iPad Pro 11-inch (M4, 2024)'s battery life. Apple iPad Pro 11-inch (M4, 2024) features a way better camera than Amazon Fire HDX 8.9, because it has a camera in the back with much more megapixels, a bigger diafragm aperture to capture better low light images and video and a lot higher (4K) video resolution.
Although Apple iPad Pro 11-inch (M4, 2024) 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 Amazon Fire HDX 8.9. So if you want that extra features, you can buy the Apple iPad Pro 11-inch (M4, 2024), otherwise you can save a couple dollars and get the Amazon Fire HDX 8.9, resigning some specs and features.
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