Amazon Fire HD 8 vs Apple iPhone 7 Plus

Amazon Fire HD 8

Apple iPhone 7 Plus

Network
2G network

GSM 850, 900, 1800, 1900; CDMA 800, 1900, 2100
3G network

-

HSDPA 850, 900, 1700(AWS), 1900, 2100; CDMA2000 1xEV-DO & TD-SCDMA
4G network

-

LTE frequency band 1(2100), 2(1900), 3(1800), 4(1700/2100), 5(850), 7(2600), 8(900), 12(700), 13(700), 17(700), 18(800), 19(800), 20(800), 25(1900), 26(850), 27(800), 28(700), 29(700), 30(2300), 38(2600), 39(1900), 40(2300), 41(2500)
HSDPA speed

-

42.2 Mbps
HSUPA speed

-

5.76 Mbps
EV-DO speed

-

3.1 Mbps
LTE speed

-

LTE, Cat9, 450 Mbps download, 50 Mbps upload
GPRS

Yes
EDGE

Yes

Design
SIM

No

Nano-SIM
Height

214 mm

158.2 mm
Width

128 mm

77.9 mm
Thickness

7.7 mm

7.3 mm
Weight

311 g

188 g
Payment

-

Apple Pay(Visa, MasterCard, AMEX certified)
Waterproof

-

1m and 30 minutes
Colors

Black, Blue, Magenta, Tangerine

Black, Gold, Jet Black, Rose Gold, Silver

Display
Display type

IPS LCD capacitive touchscreen

LED-backlit IPS LCD, capacitive touchscreen
Physical size

8.0 inches

5.5 inches
Resolution

800 x 1280 pixels

1080 x 1920 pixels
Pixel density

189 ppi

401 ppi
Display colors

16777216

16777216
Multitouch

-

Yes

Main camera
Camera type

-

Dual
Main camera

5 MP

12 MP, f/1.8 , 28 mm, 2x optical zoom
12 MP, f/2.8 , 56 mm
Primary camera resolution

2592 x 1944 pixels

-
Primary camera video

1080p

2160p@30fps, 1080p@30/60/120fps, 720p@240fps
Primary camera Autofocus

-

phase detection autofocus
Primary camera flash

-

quad-LED (dual tone) flash
Primary camera optical image stabilization

-

optical image stabilization
Camera features

Yes

Geo-tagging, HDR (photo/panorama), face/smile detection, simultaneous 4K video and 8MP image recording, touch focus
DxOMark photo

-

90
DxOMark video

-

84
DxOMark camera score

-

88

Connectivity
WLAN

Wi-Fi 802.11a, 802.11b, 802.11g, 802.11n, 802.11ac

Wi-Fi 802.11a, 802.11b, 802.11g, 802.11n, 802.11ac
WLAN WiFi Hotspot

-

Yes
WLAN WiFi Dual Band

Yes

-
USB

microUSB 2.0

Lightning, USB 2.0
Bluetooth

Yes

v4.2
Bluetooth A2DP

Yes

Yes
bluetooth LE

Yes

Yes
NFC

-

Yes (Apple Pay only)
GPS

No

Yes, with A-GPS
GLONASS

-

Yes

Features
Messaging SMS

-

iMessage(threaded view)
Messaging MMS

-

MMS
Messaging Email

Email

Email
Messaging IM

IM

-
Messaging iMessage

-

iMessage
Messaging Push Email

Push Email

Push Email
Java

No

No
Sensors

Accelerometer, gyro

Fingerprint, accelerometer, barometer, compass, gyro, proximity