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| Global Score | |
| 38.8 | 54.1 |
| Basic Information | |
| Barnes & Noble | Amazon |
| Android 2.3 | Android 5.0 Lollipop |
| 2011-11-07 | 2015-09-30 |
| 8.10 x 5.00 x 0.48 inches | 8.43 x 5.04 x 0.30 inches |
| 14.10 ounces | 10.97 ounces |
| -- | Black, Blue, Orange and Pink |
| $ 170.00 | $ 170.00 |
| Display / Screen | |
| 7 inches | 8 inches |
| 1024 x 600 pixels | 1280 x 800 pixels |
| IPS LCD | IPS LCD |
| 170 pixels per inch | 189 pixels per inch |
| Capacitive, Multi-touch | No touch screen |
| 7.1 | 6.5 |
| Performance | |
| TI OMAP 4 chipset | MediaTek chipset |
| Dual-Core 1000 MHz processor | Quad-Core 1500 MHz processor |
| 1 GB RAM | 1 GB RAM |
| Yes GPU | Yes GPU |
| 7.65 | 8.37 |
| Storage | |
| 8 GB internal memory | 16 GB internal memory |
| microSD, microSDHC (up to 32 GB) external memory slot | microSDXC (up to 128 GB) external memory slot |
| 4.62 | 6.72 |
| Camera | |
| -- | 5.00 MP |
| -- | 1920 x 1080 (Full HD) video resolution |
| 0 | 5.5 |
| Networks | |
| Wi-Fi | Wi-Fi |
| 2.4 | 2.4 |
| Non-Removable Battery | Removable Battery |
| 1.36 | 1.36 |
| Other Features | |
| -- | Bluetooth |
| Accelerometer | Accelerometer and Gyroscope |
Comparison review
Amazon Fire HD 8 has a general score of 54.1, which is a lot better than the Barnes & Noble NOOK Tablet's 38.8 overall score. Both of these tablets come with Android operating system, but the Amazon Fire HD 8 has a newer 5.0 Lollipop version and Barnes & Noble NOOK Tablet has Android 2.3, providing you a lot of extra features. The Amazon Fire HD 8 body is incredibly newer, notably lighter and way thinner than Barnes & Noble NOOK Tablet.
Amazon Fire HD 8 has a little better hardware performance than Barnes & Noble NOOK Tablet, and although they both have a 1 GB RAM memory, the Amazon Fire HD 8 also has a larger number of cores. The Barnes & Noble NOOK Tablet features a little sharper screen than Amazon Fire HD 8, although it has a way worse 600 x 1024 resolution, a bit smaller display and a bit worse pixels number per screen inch.
The Amazon Fire HD 8 counts with a much better memory capacity to install applications and games or saving photos and videos than Barnes & Noble NOOK Tablet, because it has 16 GB internal memory capacity and a slot for external memory cards that supports up to 128 GB. Amazon Fire HD 8's battery life is very similar to the Barnes & Noble NOOK Tablet one.
The Amazon Fire HD 8 has a lot better camera than Barnes & Noble NOOK Tablet.
The Amazon Fire HD 8 and the Barnes & Noble NOOK Tablet cost the same, which makes this tablet a very good choice.
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