Air iPad 2 and Kindle Fire HDX 8.9 face to face
More and more users who decide to buy a tablet and for this very reason, it is increasingly difficult to achieve attention of potential buyers. Companies have to try to make a difference to others and that is not always easy. Although there are many options today in the world of tablets, Amazon has always considered its main enemy iPad Tim Cook .
So on this day we cast yourselves one question: Does it have anything to do Amazon’s latest tablet versus brand new Air iPad 2 ? If you do not know the answer, in this benchmarking , we facing the Technical Specifications of each to try to find out and get you out of doubt.
Differences and similarities between the Air iPad 2 and Kindle Fire HDX 8.9
Design
We all know that if we talk about design, Apple has always excelled, so this section is probably where The balance more leans on the side of iPad Air 2. Of course not only takes the victory for aesthetic reasons, but also as a matter of materials (aluminum Apple versus plastic Amazon ) and the high quality finishes that we can always enjoy in their products. Furthermore, we should mention that the tablet of Cupertino is aimed at use in portrait position, while Amazon is what to use in landscape position.
Dimensions
In this case, we can see that the iPad Air 2 Apple has a larger than his opponent screen about an inch, so the size difference is quite noticeable ( 24 x 16.95 cm vs 23.1 x 15.81 cm ). With the weight goes something like, since Apple tablet weighs 437 grams vs 375 grams ). Note that the Air iPad 2 , is quite thinner than the Kindle, with 6.1 mm vs. 7.9 mm.
Display
In addition to the differences in aspect ratio ( 4: 3 vs 16: 9 ) and size ( 9.7 inches vs 8.9 inches ), we have to mention that is in the screen resolution is a noticeable difference, which scales tip in favor of the Fire HDX 8.9 ( 1536 x 2048 vs 1600 x 2560 ) and, of course, also translates into a much higher density of pixels for Amazon ( 264 PPI vs 339 PPI ).
Performance
In general, whenever you some iPad compared to other tablets Android high-end The first post is usually for tablet for Amazon ( A8X triple-core 1.5 GHz vs Snapdragon 805 four cores 2.5 GHz ) but this time, we have to say that RAM is both same (2GB).
Storage Capacity
Fire HDX 8.9 will have to be enough 64GB Storage up, but still in need of more space will find it in the new Air iPad 2 , which reaches up to 128 GB . The model has the ability to choose can be quite important, as do not have option to expand via microSD card in any of the cough tablets.
Camera
The cameras of both devices reach 8 MP and are accompanied by a front camera for video calls. The only change we see is the addition of an LED flash on the tablet of Amazon.
Battery
Although not yet have evidence of independent autonomy, we can compare the estimates we get the companies themselves ( 10 hours for Air iPad 2 and 11 to 12 hours for Fire HDX 8.9 ). Although it is obvious that we will have to wait for the actual tests to see what the battery management of each of the devices.
Price
this section we have to mention, as we have said, the Air iPad 2 is nearly an inch larger and it is felt the price: the tablet Apple sold 489 euros in its cheapest version, while Amazon cost 379 euros .
see in this shared comparative TabletZone by the guys, there are some differences between them that can become key to a user when the final choice. Of course, there may be you come to like some of the tablets, but what is really is to look for the device that best suits our needs.
What do you appear the characteristics of each tablet? Does the victory is for Apple or Amazon? Share your thoughts in the comments below and do not forget to spread the word using the buttons have a little higher.
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