Amazon Fire HD 8 (2020) vs Samsung Galaxy A15 5G Specs Comparison

Availability

Officially announced
May 13, 2020	Dec 11, 2023
Prices (MSRP)
$90	$200

Design

Dimensions
7.95 x 5.39 x 0.38 inches 202 x 137 x 9.7 mm	6.30 x 3.02 x 0.33 inches 160.1 x 76.8 x 8.4 mm
Weight
12.52 oz / 355.0 g	7.05 oz / 200.0 g
Materials
	Back: Plastic Frame: Plastic
Biometrics
	Fingerprint (touch)
Keys
	Right: Volume control, Lock/Unlock key
Colors
White, Black, Twilight blue, Plum	Blue Black, Light Blue

Display

Size
8.0-inch, 67.13% screen-to-body	6.5-inch, 84.49% screen-to-body
Type
IPS LCD	Super AMOLED, 90Hz, 800 nits
Resolution
1280x800px, 16:10 ratio, 189 PPI	2340x1080px, 19.5:9 ratio, 396 PPI

PhoneArena Display Test

Bright Max (20% APL)
Untested	1072 (Average)
Bright Min
Untested	1.7 (Good)

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Hardware

System chip
MediaTek MT8168 (12 nm)	Mediatek Dimensity 6100+ (6 nm)
Processor
Quad-core 2000 MHz Arm Cortex-A53	Octa-core 2x2.2GHz Cortex-A76 6x2.0G​Hz Cortex-A55
GPU
Mali G52 MC1	Mali-G57 MC2
Memory
2GB/32GB 2GB/64GB	4GB/128GB
Storage expansion
microSDXC up to 1000 GB	microSDXC up to 1000 GB
OS
Android (9.0 Pie)	Android (14)

PhoneArena Performance Test

GeekBench 6 Single
Untested	683
GeekBench 6 Multi
Untested	1728
3D Mark High
Untested	340
3D Mark Low
Untested	335

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Battery

Type
	5000 mAh
Charging
	Fast charging
Charge speed
	Wired: 25.0W

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Battery Life Estimate

Untested

Browsing

Untested

Video

Untested

Gaming

Untested

Battery Life Estimate

6h 43min

Browsing

10h 41min

Video

12h 15min

Gaming

10h 19min

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Camera

Rear
Single camera	Triple camera
Main camera
2 MP	50 MP (Autofocus) Aperture size: F1.8
Second camera
	5 MP (Ultra-wide) Aperture size: F2.2
Third camera
	2 MP (Macro) Aperture size: F2.4
Flash
	LED
Video recording
720p	1080p (30 fps)
Front
2 MP	13 MP Video capture: 1080p

PhoneArena Camera Tests

N/A

Overall

N/A

Photo

N/A

Video

122

Overall

136

Photo

107

Video

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Connectivity & Features

Bluetooth
5.0	5.3
WLAN
a,b,g,n,ac,dual-band Wi-Fi Direct 802.11 a, b, g, n, ac	a,b,g,n,ac,dual-band Wi-Fi Direct, Hotspot 802.11 a, b, g, n, ac
USB
Type-C	Type-C, USB 2.0
Sensors
Accelerometer, Ambient light sensor	Accelerometer, Gyroscope, Compass, Ambient light sensor, Proximity sensor
Location
GPS, A-GPS	GPS, A-GPS, Glonass, Galileo, BeiDou, Cell ID, Wi-Fi positioning
Other
Tethering, Computer sync, OTA sync	NFC

Multimedia

Headphones
3.5mm jack	3.5mm jack
Speakers
Multiple speakers	Earpiece, Multiple speakers
Features
Dolby Atmos
Screen mirroring
	Wireless screen share
Additional microphone(s)
	Noise cancellation

Cellular

5G Bands
	n1, n3, n5, n7, n8, n28, n40, n41, n66, n71, n77, n78, SA, NSA, Sub-6
4G (FDD) Bands
	1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 7, 8, 12, 17, 20, 26, 28, 66
4G (TDD) Bands
	38, 40, 41
3G Bands
	1, 2, 4, 5, 8
Data Speed
	LTE-A
Dual SIM
	Yes
SIM type
	Dual Nano SIM
HD Voice
	Yes
VoLTE
	Yes

Alternative variants

with 64GB storage

Memory	64GB
Prices (MSRP)	$120

Links

Full specifications
Amazon Fire HD 8 (2020) Specs	Samsung Galaxy A15 5G Specs
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