Amazon Introduces New Kindle Fire with HDX Snapdragon 800 - HDblog (Blog)

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Li’ve been waiting for months now and finally Amazon renews its range of tablet with the third generation of Kindle Fire, adding only the letter X as the previous generation but markedly changing the cards on the table as regards the hardware, all focusing on the new Qualcomm Snapdragon processor 800 and also greatly extending the resolution of the display between Full HD and “UltraHD”.

Starting from the small Kindle Fire HDX 7 , changes affecting virtually the entire platform from the processor, through the RAM, the display and also the weight.

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FullHD display (1920 × 1200), 323 ppi color rendition and maximum (100% sRGB)

800 2.2 Ghz Qualcomm Snapdragon processor

GPU Adreno 330

2GB RAM

16,32,64 GB of internal memory

Fire OS 3.0 developed around the Android system

Front Camera HD

Connectivity Dual band and dual-antenna (MIMO) Wi-Fi, 4G (optional)

proximity sensor, accelerometer, gyroscope, GPS

USB 2.0 port, 3.5mm

Dolby Audio, Dual Stereo Speakers

Dimensions: (186 X 128 X 9.0mm)

Weight: 303g

Range up to 11 hours, extended to 17 hours in version ebook reader

Amazon Kindle Fire HDX 8.9 takes up a large part of the technical specifications of the smaller model, however, adopting a 2560 × 1600 pixel display , an 8MP rear Mpxl and weighs 34% less than the previous generation.

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UltraHD Display (2560 x 1600), 339 ppi color rendition and maximum (100% sRGB)

800 2.2 Ghz Qualcomm Snapdragon processor

GPU Adreno 330

2GB RAM

16,32,64 GB of internal memory

Fire OS 3.0 developed around the Android system

8 megapixel rear camera, HD front

Connectivity Dual band and dual-antenna (MIMO) Wi-Fi, 4G (optional)

proximity sensor, accelerometer, gyroscope, GPS

USB 2.0 port, 3.5mm

Dolby Audio, Dual Stereo Speakers

Dimensions: (231 X 158 X 7.8mm)

Weight: 374 grams

Range up to 12 hours to 18 hours extended version of ebook reader

As for the software side, the new tablet using HDX FireOS 3.0 “Mojito” , developed around the Android system introduces many new features arising from the deep customization desired always from Amazon as X-Ray for Music that lets you keep in the foreground the text of each song, Prime Instant Video and download updates for all pre-installed applications. Also interesting is the new “MayDay Button” that allows you to receive dedicated technical assistance in case of problems 24 hours on 24 and 7 days out of 7.

But let’s get to the prices and especially the availability Kindle Fire HDX 7 starts at $ 229 for 16GB in the cut, adding $ 40 you can get to 32GB and with additional $ 40 all to 64GB Wi-Fi only version, for models with 4G connectivity (Verizon and AT & T at the moment) are required $ 100 more.

Finally Kindle Fire HDX 8.9 -inch has a starting price of $ 379 in the denomination of 16 GB, with the possibility of doubling the storage memory by adding $ 50 more more only in Wi-Fi version and to add 4G connectivity (Verizon and AT & T at the moment) are required $ 100 more.

price drop instead of the 7-inch model of the previous generation, Kindle Fire HD 7 from the now $ 139 while did not change the version to 8.9-inch HD. All new models are already preordinabili for the moment only on Amazon.com with availability from October 18 to November 7 by 7 inches and for the Kindle Fire HDX 8.

HDX 7-inch Kindle Fire (Amazon)

HDX 8.9-inch Kindle Fire (Amazon)

New Kindle Fire 7-inch HD (Amazon)

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