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Amazon Fire HDX 8.9
Wi-Fi Only (2014)| Global Score | |
| 61.5 | 67.9 |
| Basic Information | |
| Samsung | Amazon |
| -- | Android 4.4 |
| 2015-11-08 | 2014-10-21 |
| 17.79 x 10.86 x 0.47 inches | 9.10 x 6.20 x 0.30 inches |
| 93.48 ounces | 13.23 ounces |
| 16 777 216 | -- |
| $ 599.00 | $ 479.00 |
| Display / Screen | |
| 18.4 inches | 8.9 inches |
| 1080 x 1920 pixels (Full HD) | 2560 x 1600 pixels |
| TFT | LCD |
| 120 pixels per inch | 339 pixels per inch |
| No touch screen | Capacitive, Multi-touch |
| 5.9 | 8.7 |
| Performance | |
| Samsung Exynos 7 Octa 7580 chipset | Qualcomm Snapdragon 805 APQ8084 chipset |
| ARM Cortex-A53, 64-bit, 28 nm (Octa-Core 1600 MHz) processor | Krait 450 (Quad-Core 2500 MHz) processor |
| 2 GB RAM | 2 GB (800 MHz) RAM |
| Mali-T720 MP2 GPU | Adreno 420 Blaze GPU |
| 8.73 | 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 | |
| 2.10 MP | 8.00 MP |
| -- | f/2.20 aperture |
| -- | 1920 x 1080 (Full HD) video resolution |
| 0.55 | 6.82 |
| Networks | |
| Wi-Fi | Wi-Fi |
| Mobile Hotspot | Mobile Hotspot |
| LTE-A (4G), LTE (4G) and HSUPA | LTE (4G), HSPA, EDGE and GPRS |
| Nano SIM | -- |
| 5.7 | 6.3 |
| Battery Life | |
| 5700mAh Li - Ion Battery | -- |
| Removable Battery | Removable Battery |
| 7.36 | 1.36 |
| Other Features | |
| Bluetooth 4.1 | Bluetooth 4.1 |
| GPS | GPS |
| Accelerometer and Light Sensor | Accelerometer, Gyroscope and Light Sensor |
Comparison review
The Amazon Fire HDX 8.9 has a global score of 67.9, which is much better than the Galaxy View's global score of 61.5. The Amazon Fire HDX 8.9 is an older device than Galaxy View, but Amazon managed to build it incredibly lighter and notably thinner. The Amazon Fire HDX 8.9 has a much sharper screen than Samsung Galaxy View, because although it has a way smaller display, it also counts with a higher 1600 x 2560 pixels resolution and a much higher display density.
The Amazon Fire HDX 8.9 has just a bit better hardware performance than Galaxy View, although it has an inferior number of cores , they both have the same RAM amount. Amazon Fire HDX 8.9 features a lot better camera than Galaxy View. Galaxy View counts with much more storage capacity for apps and games than Amazon Fire HDX 8.9, and although they both have exactly the same internal memory capacity, the Galaxy View also has a slot for an external memory card that holds a maximum of 128 GB.
The Galaxy View counts with a superior battery lifetime than Amazon Fire HDX 8.9.
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 the other ones, making this tablet an obvious call.
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