iFixit: Kindle Fire HDX is full of high-end components - ZDNet.de

iFixit has just launched in the U.S. Amazon Kindle Fire Tablet 7 HDX apart and put together an impressive list of components. However, it assigns for the repair ability only 3 of 10 possible points: As difficult as this was according to him no Kindle Tablet to disassemble

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Amazon Kindle Fire 7 HDX disassembled (Image: iFixit)

The 7-inch tablet uses a system-on-a-chip by Qualcomm Snapdragon 800 of the type that probably counts with its 2.2 GHz quad-core CPU to the currently best performing semiconductors for tablets. Qualcomm, according to iFixit get the power management circuits PM8841 and PM8941, the audio chip WCD9320 and QCA6234XH Atheros wireless chip with integrated 802.11n dual-band WLAN, IEEE, and support for Bluetooth 4.0.

LPDDR3 The 2 GB of main memory, however comes from Samsung , the NAND flash (16 GB of space for OS, apps and data) provides Toshiba. As a manufacturer of the touch controller Synaptics iFixit has identified.

disadvantage iFixit provides that the tablet battery can replace only with great difficulty, as it was glued to the housing. Also on the motherboard there is no easy access, should it break, and the LCD screen has Amazon’s name not known manufacturing partners merged with front glass cover. So if the glass cracked, both parts are replaced.

Overall, Amazon’s offer presents it as a high-end tablet in the 7-inch format at a very competitive price: In the U.S., you pay $ 7229 for the end of September introduced Kindle Fire HDX. The only drawback: The adjusted Amazon Android OS is no access to Googles Play Store and there may already be purchased by the user apps. A launch date or price for Germany is not yet known.

[With material by Adrian Kingsley-Hughes ZDNet.com]

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