09/12/2013
Amazon’s Kindle Fire HDX 8.9 shows the test a class display and plenty of power. The fact that it is fully aligned with the Amazon content, curse and a blessing at the same time.
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Amazon Kindle Fire HDX 8.9
- manufacturer
- Amazon
- MSRP
- € 379.00
- rating
- 396.0 points
- test method
- 1.0
+ flat, light and handy
+ rich content
+ very good pixel density
+ extremely stable viewing angle
+ light weight
+ good endurance
+ 16 gigabytes of ROM memory
– no third party content
– decreasing supply in the App Store
– no Micro SD slot
Kindle Fire HDX 8.9 is slim, light and thereby very handy. At the same time it offers a top performance and the usual wide choice of content, especially at E-Books . For his latest Tablet has Ama n improved at critical points.
butOutstanding is the extremely high contrast and very bright screen of the HDX 9.8, which deals with a diagonal of 8.9 inches between the current standard 7 -. placed and 10-inch models
Overview: Ebook reader tests
It dissolves with 2560 x 1600 pixels, thus achieving a very good pixel density of 339 ppi. Writings he draws very sharp, colors are vivid and very natural. In addition, the display is very viewing angle stable , as our measurements show.
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. The 8.9-inch screen of the Kindle Fire triggers with 2560 x 1600 pixels. It is extremely stable viewing angle and offers very good contrast -. A top screen
There is practically no matter from where you look at the screen – the content will always be displayed correctly. This is especially important if several people look at the same time from different locations on the screen, such as videos or slideshows. Without a doubt, the display of the Kindle Fire HDX 8.9 is one of the best currently on the tablet market.
design and handling
The case is distinguished by its pleasant handling. It weighs only 374 grams and is thus good 100 grams lighter than the Apple iPad Air . Due to the low weight and the low profile of 8 mm, the HDX can be kept for a longer time without any problems in hands.
The back of the Kindle Fire HDX 9.8 is almost fully rubberised, only the upper narrow strips sit behind the camera, LED and speaker, appears shiny and smooth. The plastic housing is solid, the feel appealing. Disturbing edges there’s none.
In direct comparison, the HDX is its processing and material technology between iPad and Air Samsung Galaxy Note 10.1 . Unlike most tablets off switch and volume control are not attached to the edges, but on the back and slightly recessed in the housing, so you can feel for good.
The placement is unusual, but practical. At least, if one Kindle Fire HDX 9.8 used in Landscape – because then the two index fingers already are almost automatically on the keys. Once you get used to it, the operation works without problems.
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little more complicated is when you turn the tablet into portrait about to read. Then the controls are not to feel easily. In the test, this fact has not bothered us, however, when reading the volume and power button are not necessary anyway.
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All other important controls – such as font size, background color, or bookmarks – can be found as softkeys on the touchscreen . The Amazon’s own user interface can also be controlled entirely via the touch screen.
surface and Content
The user interface of the Kindle Fire HDX 9.8 called Mojito is aligned with large, self-explanatory icons and some text almost perfectly to the tablet operation. Amazon calls the system Fire OS 3.0 .
That it 4.2 is based on Google’s mobile operating system Android , falls as well as not because Amazon heavily reworked the surface and the Scots made tight to the outside. Content is available exclusively from Amazon, third party are excluded.
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Home Screen is dominated by a kind of content carousel, where you can switchen with a horizontal wiping gesture between the last-used content. Books are here with apps, music, videos and audio books in a row.
Wipes you up, you get to view all on the Kindle Fire HDX 9.8 installed applications . Calendar, contacts, email client and web browser Silk are standard equipment.
top of the screen sits the menu bar that provides access to existing and new content. The entry “ shopping ” to get to the Amazon site and can not just buy digital (ie, e-books, apps, videos, music and audio books), but also physical products.
runs everything about the Amazon Account , with the HDX is already associated with delivery on request. The range of content available springs as I said purely the Amazon repertoire.
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This also applies to Apps : Additional software can be loaded only from the app store Amazon’s own. In it, there are some well-known applications such as Skype, Facebook or barcode scanner. With the offer in Apple App Store or Google Play , the Amazon App Store but not keep far.
Buyer’s Guide: Tablet or ebook reader
Since Android is the basis for Fire OS, access to the Play Store would be possible and desirable – and would increase the attractiveness of the HDX in each case
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Who uses adjacent to the Kindle and other mobile devices, such smartphone or tablet, has over the Kindle app (available for Android, iOS and Windows Phone) also access on the Amazon cloud, and hence all over the Kindle Fire HDX 8.9 purchased digital products.
and Price
For a smooth operating speed of the potent processor Qualcomm Snapdragon with four cores each with 2.2 GHz clock frequency provides. He does an excellent job, seems adapted to clean the rest of the hardware architecture and allows for a smooth, fast work with the Kindle Fire HDX 9.8.
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The Amazon App Store offers some well-known mainstream apps, but can not keep up with the offer of Apple and Google in terms of diversity. The store operation goes easy on the hand.
we had
performance issues with our review unit no. The battery offers 6000 mAh capacity and a typical endurance of 6:47 hours. This is more than neat and goes for such a large, bright and high resolution display absolutely fine.
Amazon offers the Kindle Fire HDX 8.9 in various memory and radio configurations; disaggregated in the table are the variants and prices
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Our review unit without LTE module will cost 379 euros fair and brings a 16-gigabyte ROM, available from the nearly 11 GB. A memory card slot for Micro SD Cards does not exist, nor are there Micro-HDMI port , GPS and NFC. Two cameras at Frontund back for chats and fun images in the friends and family round out the sound equipment package
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shopping in the Kindle Store works intuitively and according to the same pattern as in the Amazon online store.
Conclusion: Limited but good
Kindle Fire HDX 8.9 is a special tablet. Since it is completely tailored to Amazon, it offers little room for free design; compared to other tablets, it is clearly limited
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Top 10 – The best tablet in the test
But who already regularly lived in the Amazon world Books and Music refers via the Internet giants, no need for a broad app offer and would like to consume as comfortable as possible with the HDX, which is right place to have fun.
The system is intuitive, optimized for tablet usage and powerful. The excellent display and the easy handling are good reasons to buy – especially since the price-performance ratio is right. Amazon clearly knows what want customers.
All data and test results to the Amazon Kindle Fire HDX 8.9
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