end of September introduced its new tablet models, there was talk only of the sale in the United States. Now the company has announced to take orders from Germany now. The new Kindle Fire HDX with seven-inch screen, 13 November and sent to the larger model with 8.9 inch two weeks later.
Technically this new edition of the Kindle Fire HD has to offer the fewest changes. The dual core processor has been measured from 1.2 to 1.5 accelerated processor, half the memory of the standard version from 16 to eight GB and omitted the webcam. This is cheaper than its direct predecessor, it costs only 129 Euro. For the first Kindle HD you had to initially shell out 199 euros (with twice as much space), as it was offered for 139 Euros.
The new middle class is the Amazon Kindle Fire HDX for 229 euros. For the same screen size as the Kindle Fire HD, seven inches diagonally, it shows at 1920 x 1200 pixels, or more than a full-HD TV. It is powered by Qualcomm’s new HDX 800 quad-core Snapdragon processor, clocked at 2.2 GHz. According to Amazon, the HDX models are the first tablets, the processor runs at more than two GHz.
multi-colorA special feature of the screen is that it can represent the entire so-called sRGB color space according to the company and achieved a particularly accurate color representation. A report of “color dot” according to the display of the Fire HD only 86 percent, the iPad mini even only 62 percent of this color space.
The same trick is to succeed and the 8.9 inch screen of the Kindle Fire HDX 8.9. 2560, even though this 1600 pixels displayed on the HDX to the only slightly larger screen. While this model is the same quad-core processor works, it has in addition to the webcam over an eight-megapixel camera in the back. In both HDX Models are ordered not only with wireless, but at an additional cost with LTE module. Their mobile fitness is limited to the Vodafone network according to Amazon.
business customers in mindis
All three devices have in common that they are with Fire OS 3.0, a new version of the Amazon adaptation of Google’s Android system, equipped. The features on the one hand through its own user interface, which has nothing in common with the normal Android. Secondly, they added some features. A special feature is about the free-time fashion, with parents can control what content their children can access and how long they must deal daily with the device.
While the new Kindle tablets are primarily focused on making it as easy as possible Amazon customers to use Amazon to buy content and, at the same time, the Group switched to business customers. Thus, the new Amazon tablet, for example, by VPN (Virtual Private Network) set up an encrypted data connection to the corporate network and protect data by encryption hardware from unauthorized access.
Whether Amazonso in grand style winning corporate customers, appears questionable. It is clear, however, that attacks rival Amazon with the new models. The Kindle Fire costs about HDX exactly in the 16-GB version as much as the new Google Nexus 7, but which has a few more features. The Fire HDX 8.9, however, rather competes with the iPad mini. For the 50 euro premium over the Apple product brings with it a much better, slightly larger screen and a faster processor.
| Amazon Tablets in 2013 | |||
| Manufacturer | Amazon | Amazon | Amazon |
| name | Kindle Fire HD | Kindle Fire HDX | Kindle Fire HDX 8.9 |
| Operating System | Fire OS 3.0 | Fire OS 3.0 | Fire OS 3.0 |
| processor | 1.5 GHz Dual Core | 2.2 GHz quad-core | 2.2 GHz quad-core |
| Memory | n | n | n |
| Storage | 8/16 GB | 16/32/64 GB | 16/32/64 GB |
| Display Size | 7 inch | 7 inch | 8.9 inch |
| display resolution | 1280 x 800 | 1920 x 1200 | 2560 x 1600 |
| Wireless | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Bluetooth | n | Yes | Yes |
| NFC | No | No | No |
| HDMI | No | No | No |
| mobile | No | optional LTE | optional LTE |
| memory card slot | No | No | No |
| webcam | No | Yes | Yes |
| Digital Camera | No | No | Yes, 8 megapixels |
| Weight | 345 grams | 303 (LTE 311) grams | 374 (LTE: 384) grams |
| Dimensions | 191 X 128 X 10.6 mm | 186 X 128 X 9.0 mm | 231 X 158 X 7.8 mm |
| price with wireless | from 129 € | from 229 € | from 379 € |
| price with wireless and mobile | not available | from 309 € | from 479 € |
However, it is expected that a new version of the Apple iPad mini will bring high-resolution display on the market shortly. On 22 October, the Group intends to introduce new products. Be that new iPads to belong, is considered safe.
also remains to be seen what will become of the “Mayday” button, the Amazon advertises as a big plus the Fire HDX models in the USA. After a finger tap on the virtual emergency button, the user is connected through video chat with the Kindle Customer Service. The chat with an Amazon employee to assist in solving problems with the device. In the German Kindle models, it will not give this button – at least not yet
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