Amazon It is becoming, along with Apple, the most fearsome rival of Google and its Android ecosystem. This morning the virtual library presented its new generation of tablets equipped with outstanding features and made things very difficult for the competitors. We bring you a comparison of the Kindle Fire HDX 7 with one of his most imposing rivals, the new nexus 7.
Google launched its new Nexus 7 back in June setting a new standard within the range of compact tablets, thanks to its screen Full HD already a powerful processor Snapdragon S4 Pro. However, competition is soon taking hold. The LG G Pad 8.3 already showed performance at the same height or even higher, and now the Kindle Fire HDX 7 It is a new headache for the company of the search engine.
Screen
Both tablets have a screen with similar characteristics: their 7 inches and Full HD resolution 1920 × 1200. Both Amazon and Google have always been at the forefront in terms of resolution and pixels, and the new generations of the Kindle Fire and Nexus 7 only confirm this trend. The sale of content is closely linked to the commercial development of the two franchises and offering a perfect display it has become one of the fundamental premises of these firms.
Unlimited
It is in this aspect where the Kindle Fire HDX seems to have left out of the game new nexus 7. The Google tablet mounts a Snapdragon S4 Pro at 1,5 GHz, a fairly conservative choice, while Amazon's team runs on a Snapdragon 800 at 2,2 GHz, the all-powerful Qualcomm chip that is carried today by all devices with aspirations to the high end.
Even so, the processor of the new Nexus 7 is not bad and both in benchmarks and in real use it has shown great qualities, however, the Snapdragon 800 usually exceeds the 30.000 points en AnTuTu while the S4 Pro usually stays close to 20.000.
On the other hand, both tablets have 2 GB of RAM.
Operating system
Here, on the contrary, the new Nexus 7 is ahead, at least in our judgment. The tablet manufactured by ASUS always receives the new versions of Android after its release. Currently running version Jelly Bean 4.3 and the 4.4 Kitkat is coming shortly. The android lovers They have little to do with a Kindle Fire, unless they decide to root it (with the consequent risks that this entails).
Just like we told you a few hours ago, the Kindle Fire HDX It runs a new operating system called Fire OS. We do not know how much this Android has or to what extent it is a Own elaboration from Amazon, in any case, its interface is absolutely personalized and is poorly customizable.
Ecosystem
This point can be controversial. While the new Nexus 7 gives access to Google Play and the number of potentially installable applications is infinitely greater, Amazon is much more careful when it comes to making its app store and it only has room for services of accredited quality.
Either way, we still keep the Play Store, despite the fact that Amazon is becoming more and more interesting for developers.
Camera
It turns out to a good degree questionable the usefulness of cameras on tablets, beyond the practical use that they can facilitate when conducting videoconferences. Even so, Google prevailed to integrate a rear camera of 5 Mpx in his team above other aspects and also comes out victorious in this section (despite how little useful it may be to many of us), since the Kindle Fire HDX has no camera some on its back.
Price and conclusions
In tablets, better value for money we will not find. Remember that both teams are subsidized by Google and Amazon, eager to attract users to their ecosystems, and the 229 Euros initial price are unattainable for any manufacturer seeking to make a profit from the sale of hardware.
However, the dispute over these two tablets seems clear. On the one hand we have performance and on the other one more operating system versatile. The Kindle Fire HDX offers a next-generation processor, the most advanced ever seen in mobile devices. The new Nexus 7, meanwhile, offers an OS always updated and fast as it is free from layers of customization.
We should also highlight that the model with LTE 4G it is cheaper in the case of the Kindle Fire HDX, (329 euros for 349 euros for the Nexus 7). So those who want a tablet to use a high-speed mobile connection have another advantage in the amazon team.