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Amazon Fire HDX 8.9
Wi-Fi Only (2014)| Global Score | |
| 71.5 | 67.9 |
| Basic Information | |
| Huawei | Amazon |
| -- | Android 4.4 |
| 2016-09-29 | 2014-10-21 |
| 8.48 x 4.89 x 0.29 inches | 9.10 x 6.20 x 0.30 inches |
| 10.93 ounces | 13.23 ounces |
| 16 777 216 | -- |
| Metal | -- |
| -- | $ 479.00 |
| Display / Screen | |
| 8.4 inches | 8.9 inches |
| 2560 x 1600 pixels | 2560 x 1600 pixels |
| IPS LCD | LCD |
| 359 pixels per inch | 339 pixels per inch |
| No touch screen | Capacitive, Multi-touch |
| 7.9 | 8.7 |
| Performance | |
| HiSilicon Kirin 950 chipset | Qualcomm Snapdragon 805 APQ8084 chipset |
| ARM Cortex-A72 and ARM Cortex-A53, 64-bit (Octa-Core 2300 MHz) processor | Krait 450 (Quad-Core 2500 MHz) processor |
| 4 GB RAM | 2 GB (800 MHz) RAM |
| Mali-T880 MP4 GPU | Adreno 420 Blaze GPU |
| 9.27 | 9.09 |
| Storage | |
| 64 GB internal memory | 64 GB internal memory |
| microSDXC (up to 128 GB) external memory slot | No SD card slot |
| 10.02 | 7.7 |
| Camera | |
| 8.00 MP + 8.00 MP | 8.00 MP |
| -- | f/2.20 aperture |
| -- | 1920 x 1080 (Full HD) video resolution |
| 6.49 | 6.82 |
| Networks | |
| Wi-Fi | Wi-Fi |
| -- | Mobile Hotspot |
| LTE (4G) and HSPA | LTE (4G), HSPA, EDGE and GPRS |
| Nano SIM | -- |
| 5.4 | 6.3 |
| Battery Life | |
| 5100mAh Li - Polymer Battery | -- |
| Non-Removable Battery | Removable Battery |
| 6.88 | 1.36 |
| Other Features | |
| Bluetooth | Bluetooth 4.1 |
| GPS | GPS |
| Fingerprint ID Scanner | -- |
| Accelerometer, Compass, Gyroscope and Light Sensor | Accelerometer, Gyroscope and Light Sensor |
Comparison review
The Huawei MediaPad M3 has a general score of 71.5, which is a little bit better than the Amazon Fire HDX 8.9's overall score of 67.9. The Huawei MediaPad M3 is a newer tablet, and it is also lighter and just a little thinner than Amazon Fire HDX 8.9. The Amazon Fire HDX 8.9 counts with a more vivid screen than Huawei MediaPad M3, because although it has a little lower pixels density, and they both have the same 1600 x 2560 pixels resolution, the Amazon Fire HDX 8.9 also counts with a little bit larger screen.
Huawei MediaPad M3 counts with a bit superior CPU than Amazon Fire HDX 8.9, because it has more processing cores and 2 GB more RAM memory. The Amazon Fire HDX 8.9 captures just a bit better pictures and videos than Huawei MediaPad M3. Both have a 8 mega-pixels back camera. Huawei MediaPad M3 features a superior memory capacity to install applications and games than Amazon Fire HDX 8.9, and although they both have the same internal storage capacity, the Huawei MediaPad M3 also has a SD memory slot that admits a maximum of 128 GB.
The Huawei MediaPad M3 counts with a way better battery performance than Amazon Fire HDX 8.9.
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