One of the biggest players in the market of e-commerce, the corporation Amazon, has announced three new tablet family Kindle Fire: Fire HD, Fire HDX and Fire HDX 8.9. Compared with last year’s models, in HDX-plates Amazon seriously improved as hardware and software, while maintaining low prices.
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youngest model, Kindle Fire HD , a revision of the last tablet of the same name, in which the company has replaced a system on a chip OMAP 4460 dual-core processor with a frequency of 1.2 GHz, an unnamed chip with dual-core processor at a frequency of 1.5 GHz. In other characteristics are basically the same, but the price is set at $ 139 USD. The tablet is already available for order on the company’s official website.
But the other two tablet is much more interesting. Kindle Fire HDX has a 7-inch screen has an array technology IPS, 1200×1920 pixels resolution. System on a chip performs modern Qualcomm Snapdragon 800 quad-core Krait 400 at a frequency of 2.2 GHz, Adreno 330 video accelerator and memory capacity of 2 GB. Regarding the user store, then Amazon will release three versions – at 16, 32 and 64 GB, but without the memory expansion. As for communications, there is almost a standard set: Wi-Fi 802.11 a / b / g / n, Bluetooth, 3G/LTE (optional), but there is no NFC in the plate. For positioning in the space provided for an accelerometer, a gyroscope, GPS and some other sensors. Fire HDX has a rear camera with a 1.3 megapixel camera without flash. The price of the tablet is set at $ 229. Deliveries for pre-order is scheduled for October 15.
Kindle Fire HDX 8.9 in the area of ??on-chip storage options and a set of communication with the sensors is identical to the seven-inch model, but the screen Amazon pleasantly surprised. 8.9-inch display has a resolution of 1600×2560 pixels crazy, finally allowing the plates to take the mark of 300 ppi density of dots per inch: the novelty it reached 339 ppi. At the back of the camera also features improved – 8 megapixel camera with autofocus and flash, and there was a front camera for video calls with HD-resolution. Of course, these characteristics have influenced the price: for younger configuration (Wi-Fi +16 GB) will have to pay is $ 329, and the tablet will be shipped from warehouses Amazon on November 7. LTE-version will have to wait until December.
As for the software part, despite the rumors that Amazon is looking for its own system, used in tablets Android Jelly Bean unnamed version with its own shell, called the Fire OS 3.0. The new version of the company pays special attention to corporate functions, such as the expansion of support for VPN, comfortable Policy MDM (Mobile Device Management), Kerberos-authenticated, as well as full encryption of the whole device. However, Amazon is known primarily for its entertainment features – a huge library of movies, TV shows, music, books, audio books, tightly integrated with each other, apart from the impressive catalog of Android-apps and games. Another significant innovation was the function of the system Mayday , representing a clock support, the user can get a touch of a button. Amazon Specialists will help solve the problem remotely tablet, showing right on the screen of the device the necessary sequence of actions. This feature is free for all users of Fire OS 3.0. However, it is worth noting that the tablets do not have certification of Google Play, so the tablet functionality outside of the U.S. and Europe may be severely limited due to regional policy holders.
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