Amazon Kindle Fire HD 8.9 vs Apple iPad Air 13 (2024)

Amazon Kindle Fire HD 8.9

Amazon Kindle Fire HD 8.9

Announced On:September, 2012

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Apple iPad Air 13 (2024)

Apple iPad Air 13 (2024)

Announced On:May, 2024

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Amazon Kindle Fire HD 8.9 vs Apple iPad Air 13 (2024)

Amazon Kindle Fire HD 8.9	Apple iPad Air 13 (2024)

Price
EUR: €200	EUR: €950
USD: N/A	USD: N/A
GBP: N/A	GBP: N/A
INR: N/A	INR: N/A
PKR: N/A	PKR: N/A

Form Factor
Body
Candybar, Touchscreen, Tablet PC	Candybar, Touchscreen, Tablet PC
Dimensions
240 x 164 x 8.8 mm (9.45 x 6.46 x 0.35 in)	280.6 x 214.9 x 6.1 mm (11.05 x 8.46 x 0.24 in)
Weight
567 g (1.25 lb)	617 g (Wi-Fi) / 618 g (5G) (1.36 lb)
Build
	Glass front, aluminum back, aluminum frame Stylus support (Apple Pencil Pro, Apple Pencil 2)
Colors
Black	Space Gray, Starlight, Purple, Blue
Models
	A2898, A2903, A2904, iPad14,10, iPad14,11

Type
Display
IPS LCD	Liquid Retina IPS LCD, 600 nits (typ)
Size
8.9 inches, 229.7 cm² (~58.4% screen-to-body ratio)	13.0 inches, 519.3 cm² (~86.1% screen-to-body ratio)
Resolution
1920 x 1200 pixels, 16:10 ratio (~254 ppi density)	2048 x 2732 pixels, 4:3 ratio (~264 ppi density)
Multitouch
Yes, up to 10 fingers
Protection
	Scratch-resistant glass, oleophobic coating

Technology
Network
No cellular connectivity	GSM / HSPA / LTE / 5G
2G Bands
	GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900
3G Bands
	HSDPA 850 / 900 / 1700(AWS) / 1900 / 2100
4G Bands
	1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 7, 8, 11, 12, 13, 14, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 25, 26, 28, 29, 30, 32, 34, 38, 39, 40, 41, 42, 48, 66, 71 A2903
5G Bands
	1, 2, 3, 5, 7, 8, 12, 14, 20, 25, 26, 28, 29, 30, 38, 40, 41, 48, 66, 70, 71, 75, 76, 77, 78, 79 SA/NSA/Sub6 A2903, A2904

Alert Types
Notifications
Vibration, MP3, WAV ringtones

Internal Memory
Memory
16GB ROM, 1GB RAM 32GB ROM, 1GB RAM	128GB ROM, 8GB RAM 256GB ROM, 8GB RAM 512GB ROM, 8GB RAM 1TB ROM, 8GB RAM
Card Slot
No	No

GPRS
Connectivity
No
EDGE
No
Speed
	HSPA, LTE (CA), 5G
WLAN
Wi-Fi 802.11 a/b/g/n, dual-band	Wi-Fi 802.11 a/b/g/n/ac/6e, dual-band, hotspot
Bluetooth
Yes	5.3, A2DP, LE
USB
2.0	USB Type-C 3.1 Gen2, DisplayPort, magnetic connector
GPS
No
NFC
	No

Main Camera
Camera
1.3 MP	12 MP, f/1.8, (wide), 1/3.0", 1.22µm, dual pixel PDAF
Camera Features
	HDR
Video
No	4K@24/25/30/60fps, 1080p@25/30/60/120/240fps, gyro-EIS
Selfie Camera
	12 MP, f/2.4, 122" (ultrawide) Features: HDR Video: 1080p@25/30/60fps, gyro-EIS

Audio Format Support
Multimedia
MP3/WAV/AAC/OGG/E-AC-3
Video Format Support
MP4/VP8/H.263
Radio
No	No

Operating System (OS)
Software
Android OS, v4.0 (customized)	iPadOS 17.4
Browser
HTML5 (Amazon Silk)
Messaging
Email, Push Email, IM

Chipset
Hardware
TI OMAP 4470	Apple M2
CPU
Dual-core 1.5 GHz Cortex-A9	Octa-core (4 performance cores and 4 efficiency cores)
GPU
PowerVR SGX544	Apple GPU (10-core graphics)
Sensors
Accelerometer, gyro	Fingerprint (top-mounted), accelerometer, gyro, compass, barometer
SIM
No	eSIM
Speakers
Yes, with stereo speakers	Yes, with stereo speakers
Audio Jack
3.5 mm	No

Battery Type
Battery
Non-removable Li-Ion battery	Li-Po (36.59 Wh), non-removable

Features
Additional Features
HDMI port Document viewer Photo viewer/editor Free cloud storage for all Amazon content Text-to-Speech english-language content reader Predictive text input

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