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Amazon Fire HDX 8.9
Wi-Fi Only (2014)| Global Score | |
| 66.9 | 67.9 |
| Basic Information | |
| Microsoft | Amazon |
| Windows 10 | Android 4.4 |
| 2019-10-23 | 2014-10-21 |
| 11.50 x 7.91 x 0.33 inches | 9.10 x 6.20 x 0.30 inches |
| 27.94 ounces | 13.23 ounces |
| Matte Black and Platinum | -- |
| Metal | -- |
| $ 749.00 | $ 479.00 |
| Display / Screen | |
| 12.3 inches | 8.9 inches |
| 1824 x 2736 pixels | 2560 x 1600 pixels |
| -- | LCD |
| 267 pixels per inch | 339 pixels per inch |
| No touch screen | Capacitive, Multi-touch |
| 7.4 | 8.7 |
| Performance | |
| Intel Core i3 1005G1 chipset | Qualcomm Snapdragon 805 APQ8084 chipset |
| 64-bit, 10 nm (Dual-Core 3400 MHz) processor | Krait 450 (Quad-Core 2500 MHz) processor |
| 4 GB RAM | 2 GB (800 MHz) RAM |
| Intel UHD Graphics GPU | Adreno 420 Blaze GPU |
| 9.27 | 9.09 |
| Storage | |
| 128 GB internal memory | 64 GB internal memory |
| No SD card slot | No SD card slot |
| 10.1 | 7.7 |
| Camera | |
| 8.00 MP + 5.00 MP | 8.00 MP |
| -- | f/2.20 aperture |
| 1920 x 1080 (Full HD) video resolution | 1920 x 1080 (Full HD) video resolution |
| 6.49 | 6.82 |
| Networks | |
| Wi-Fi | Wi-Fi |
| -- | Mobile Hotspot |
| -- | LTE (4G), HSPA, EDGE and GPRS |
| 2.4 | 6.3 |
| Non-Removable Battery | Removable Battery |
| 1.36 | 1.36 |
| Other Features | |
| Bluetooth 5.0 | Bluetooth 4.1 |
| -- | GPS |
| Accelerometer, Compass, Gyroscope and Light Sensor | Accelerometer, Gyroscope and Light Sensor |
Comparison review
The Amazon Fire HDX 8.9 has an overall score of 67.9, which is slightly better than Microsoft Surface Pro 7's score of 66.9. The Amazon Fire HDX 8.9 is an older portable tablet than the Microsoft Surface Pro 7, but Amazon was able to build it a little thinner and incredibly lighter anyway. The Amazon Fire HDX 8.9 works with Android 4.4 operating system, while Microsoft Surface Pro 7 counts with Windows 10 operating system.
The Microsoft Surface Pro 7 features a little faster CPU than Amazon Fire HDX 8.9, because although it has an inferior number of cores , it also counts with a higher amount of RAM. The Amazon Fire HDX 8.9 has a sharper display than Microsoft Surface Pro 7, because although it has a really smaller display and a quite lower 1600 x 2560 resolution, it also counts with more pixels per inch of display.
Amazon Fire HDX 8.9 captures a little bit better videos and photos than Microsoft Surface Pro 7. Both of them have a back facing camera with an 8 mega pixels, the same (Full HD) video resolution and the same video frame rates. The Microsoft Surface Pro 7 features a way bigger memory capacity to install applications and games than Amazon Fire HDX 8.9, because it has 64 GB more internal memory capacity.
The Microsoft Surface Pro 7 and the Amazon Fire HDX 8.9 both have similar batteries.
In addition to being the best tablet of the ones we are comparing here, Amazon Fire HDX 8.9 is also a bargain compared to others.
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