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| Global Score | |
| 56.1 | 58.6 |
| Basic Information | |
| Blackberry | Amazon |
| BlackBerry Tablet OS | Android 9.0 Pie |
| -- | 2020-05-14 |
| 7.60 x 5.10 x 0.40 inches | 7.95 x 5.39 x 0.38 inches |
| 14.99 ounces | 12.52 ounces |
| -- | Black, Plum, Twilight blue and White |
| -- | $ 90.00 |
| Display / Screen | |
| 7 inches | 8 inches |
| 1024 x 600 pixels | 1280 x 800 pixels |
| -- | IPS LCD |
| 170 pixels per inch | 189 pixels per inch |
| Capacitive, Multi-touch | No touch screen |
| 6.7 | 6.6 |
| Performance | |
| TI OMAP4460 chipset | MediaTek MT8168 chipset |
| ARM Cortex-A9 (Dual-Core 1500 MHz) processor | Arm Cortex-A53, 64-bit, 12 nm (Quad-Core 2000 MHz) processor |
| 1 GB RAM | 2 GB RAM |
| PowerVR SGX540 (384 MHz) GPU | Mali G52 MC1 GPU |
| 8.37 | 8.73 |
| Storage | |
| 32 GB internal memory | 32 GB internal memory |
| No SD card slot | microSDXC (up to 1000 GB) external memory slot |
| 5.8 | 11.08 |
| Camera | |
| 5.00 MP + 3.00 MP | 2.00 MP + 2.00 MP |
| -- | 1280 x 720 (HD) video resolution |
| 6.05 | 5.28 |
| Networks | |
| Wi-Fi | Wi-Fi |
| HSPA+ (4G), HSDPA, UMTS, EDGE and GPRS | -- |
| 3.8 | 2.4 |
| Battery Life | |
| 4800mAh Battery | -- |
| Non-Removable Battery | Non-Removable Battery |
| 6.64 | 1.36 |
| Other Features | |
| Bluetooth 2.1, EDR | Bluetooth 5.0 |
| GPS | GPS |
| NFC | -- |
| Accelerometer, Compass and Gyroscope | Accelerometer and Light Sensor |
Comparison review
The Amazon Fire HD 8 (2020) has an overall score of 58.6, which is just a bit better than the BlackBerry PlayBook 3G+'s 56.1 overall score. Amazon Fire HD 8 (2020) is a lighter and just a bit thinner tablet device than BlackBerry PlayBook 3G+. The Amazon Fire HD 8 (2020) has Android 9.0 Pie operating system, and BlackBerry PlayBook 3G+ has BlackBerry Tablet OS operating system.
The Amazon Fire HD 8 (2020) has a bit better performance than BlackBerry PlayBook 3G+, because although it has doesn't have a GPU, it also counts with more RAM and more cores. BlackBerry PlayBook 3G+ has a little sharper display than Amazon Fire HD 8 (2020), although it has a way lower 600 x 1024 pixels resolution, a little bit smaller screen and a just a bit worse number of pixels per screen inch.
BlackBerry PlayBook 3G+ captures much better photographs and videos than Amazon Fire HD 8 (2020), because it has a back-facing camera with much more mega pixels. Amazon Fire HD 8 (2020) features a way bigger memory capacity to install applications and games or saving photos and videos than BlackBerry PlayBook 3G+, and although they both have the same internal memory capacity, the Amazon Fire HD 8 (2020) also has an external memory slot that supports up to 1000 GB.
The BlackBerry PlayBook 3G+ has a really longer battery life than Amazon Fire HD 8 (2020).
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