Nvidia Shield Tablet (Wi-Fi) vs Amazon Kindle Fire HDX 8.9 LTE

  • Nvidia Shield Tablet (Wi-Fi) was first released on 07/01/2014. The tablet has a touchscreen display of 8 inches with a resolution of 1920x1200 pixels, bringing the optimal experience for watching movies, reading newspapers, and playing games.

    Powering the Nvidia Shield Tablet (Wi-Fi) is the Nvidia Tegra K1 chip. Along with the powerful CPU, the RAM capacity is 2GB. With the above parameters, you can quickly handle daily tasks, run heavy applications or play some popular games smoothly.

    In terms of cameras, the Shield Tablet (Wi-Fi) on the rear packs a camera of 5-megapixel. It also has a front camera of 5-megapixel setup for selfies.

    It has 16GB of inbuilt storage, non-expandable via microSD up to 128GB. This is a dual SIM tablet, measuring 221.00 x 126.00 x 9.20 (height x width x thickness) and weighing 390.00g.

    Connectivity options on the Nvidia Shield Tablet (Wi-Fi) include Wi-Fi, Bluetooth, GPS, NFC. Sensors on the tablet include accelerometer, compass/magnetometer, proximity sensor, ambient light sensor.
  • Amazon Kindle Fire HDX 8.9 LTE was first released on 12/01/2013. The tablet has a touchscreen display of 8.9 inches with a resolution of 2560x1600 pixels, bringing the optimal experience for watching movies, reading newspapers, and playing games.

    Powering the Amazon Kindle Fire HDX 8.9 LTE is the Qualcomm Snapdragon 800 chip. Along with the powerful CPU, the RAM capacity is 2GB. With the above parameters, you can quickly handle daily tasks, run heavy applications or play some popular games smoothly.

    In terms of cameras, the Kindle Fire HDX 8.9 LTE on the rear packs a camera of 8-megapixel. It also has a front camera of 1.2-megapixel setup for selfies.

    It has 16GB of inbuilt storage, non-expandable. This is a single SIM tablet, measuring 158.00 x 231.00 x 7.80 (height x width x thickness) and weighing 384.00g.

    Connectivity options on the Amazon Kindle Fire HDX 8.9 LTE include Wi-Fi, Bluetooth, GPS, NFC. Sensors on the tablet include accelerometer, compass/magnetometer, proximity sensor, ambient light sensor.
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Model
Shield Tablet (Wi-Fi)
Kindle Fire HDX 8.9 LTE
Price
$359
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Release date
July 2014
December 2013
Dimensions (mm)
221.00 x 126.00 x 9.20
158.00 x 231.00 x 7.80
Weight (g)
390.00
384.00
Screen size (inches)
8
8.9
Touchscreen
No
No
Resolution
1920x1200 pixels
2560x1600 pixels
Pixels per inch (PPI)
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339
Processor
2.2GHz quad-core
2.2GHz quad-core
Processor make
Nvidia Tegra K1
RAM
Internal storage
Expandable storage
Expandable storage type
microSD
-
Expandable storage up to (GB)
128
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Rear camera
5-megapixel
8-megapixel
Front camera
5-megapixel
1.2-megapixel
Operating system
Wi-Fi
Yes
Yes
Wi-Fi standards supported
802.11 n
802.11 a/b/g/n
Bluetooth
Bluetooth version
4.00
4.00
USB OTG
No
No
Accelerometer
Ambient light sensor
No
No
Gyroscope