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Amazon Fire HDX 8.9
Wi-Fi Only (2014)| Global Score | |
| 64.4 | 67.9 |
| Basic Information | |
| Amazon | |
| Android 13 | Android 4.4 |
| -- | 2014-10-21 |
| 9.70 x 6.15 x 0.30 inches | 9.10 x 6.20 x 0.30 inches |
| 15.84 ounces | 13.23 ounces |
| Plastic and Plastic | -- |
| -- | $ 479.00 |
| Display / Screen | |
| 10.4 inches | 8.9 inches |
| 1200 x 1200 pixels | 2560 x 1600 pixels |
| IPS LCD | LCD |
| 163 pixels per inch | 339 pixels per inch |
| 330 cd/m2 brightness | -- |
| No touch screen | Capacitive, Multi-touch |
| 6.7 | 8.7 |
| Performance | |
| Unisoc Tiger T606 (12 nm) chipset | Qualcomm Snapdragon 805 APQ8084 chipset |
| Octa-Core 1600 MHz processor | Krait 450 (Quad-Core 2500 MHz) processor |
| 8 GB RAM | 2 GB (800 MHz) RAM |
| Mali-G57 MC1 GPU | Adreno 420 Blaze GPU |
| 8.91 | 9.09 |
| Storage | |
| 256 GB internal memory | 64 GB internal memory |
| microSDXC (up to 512 GB) external memory slot | No SD card slot |
| 17.34 | 7.7 |
| Camera | |
| 13.00 MP + 16.00 MP | 8.00 MP |
| -- | f/2.20 aperture |
| -- | 1920 x 1080 (Full HD) video resolution |
| 7.04 | 6.82 |
| Networks | |
| Wi-Fi | Wi-Fi |
| -- | Mobile Hotspot |
| -- | LTE (4G), HSPA, EDGE and GPRS |
| 2.4 | 6.3 |
| Battery Life | |
| 8280mAh Battery | -- |
| Non-Removable Battery | Removable Battery |
| 9.2 | 1.36 |
| Other Features | |
| Bluetooth 5.0 | Bluetooth 4.1 |
| GPS | GPS |
| Accelerometer and Light Sensor | Accelerometer, Gyroscope and Light Sensor |
| FM Radio | -- |
Comparison review
Amazon Fire HDX 8.9 is a little bit better than OSCAL Pad 15, with a 67.9 score against 64.4. Amazon Fire HDX 8.9 is a lighter device than the OSCAL Pad 15, but both of them are equally thin. Both of these devices come with Android OS (operating system), but the Amazon Fire HDX 8.9 has the older 4.4 version and OSCAL Pad 15 has Android 13.
The Amazon Fire HDX 8.9 counts with a much better looking display than OSCAL Pad 15, because although it has a little bit smaller display, it also counts with a lot higher 1600 x 2560 resolution and a lot better pixels number per display inch. OSCAL Pad 15 counts with much more storage capacity to store more apps and games than Amazon Fire HDX 8.9, because it has 256 GB internal memory and an external SD slot that admits a maximum of 512 GB.
The Amazon Fire HDX 8.9 counts with a bit superior processor than OSCAL Pad 15, although it has an inferior number of cores (but faster) and a lower amount of RAM. The OSCAL Pad 15 has a slightly better camera than Amazon Fire HDX 8.9, because it has a back-facing camera with a much higher resolution.
The OSCAL Pad 15 features a much longer battery life than Amazon Fire HDX 8.9.
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