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Amazon announces 7″ and 8.9″ Kindle Fire HD tablets

Amazon has announced two new tablets for its Kindle Fire series: a 7-inch and an 8.9-inch Kindle Fire HD. Let’s find out what these devices have to offer.

The 8.9-inch Kindle Fire HD has a 1920×1200 large screen IPS display at 254 ppi. It has dual-core 1.5GHz TI OMAP4 4470 processors, front-facing HD camera, dual speakers, HDMI out and dual band MIMO technology for faster WiFi connectivity.

Prices starts at $299PHP 17,547INR 25,340EUR 285CNY 2,176 for the 16GB version. 32GB and 64GB variants are also available. No 8GB versions here as Amazon considered it “not enough” for an HD tablet. There’s also a 4G LTE version with 32GB of storage but exclusive to AT&T’s network. Costs $499PHP 29,284INR 42,290EUR 475CNY 3,632 if you need to know.

The smaller 7-inch Kindle Fire HD has almost the same specs as its 8.9-inch brother except for the processor which is a dual-core 1.2GHz TI OMAP4 4460 and screen resolution which goes down to 1280×800, same resolution as the Nexus 7. Amazon claims 11 hours of battery life from this model. Prices starts at $199PHP 11,678INR 16,865EUR 190CNY 1,448 for the 16GB model.

The Kindle Fire HD is running Amazon’s version of Android 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich and will start shipping units on November 20.

Diangson Louie

This article was written by Louie Diangson, Managing Editor of YugaTech. You can follow him at @John_Louie.

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18 Comments

lhois says:

12 years ago

$199 for 16GB of the 7″? Really? if true then i’ll root for this instead of the Nexus 7.
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Elmo says:

12 years ago

It’s a shame we can’t send gadgets through balikbayan boxes from the states here in the Philippines anymore. Gray markets charge an arm and a leg for these types of items here.
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vhangell says:

12 years ago

bakit naman hinde? may nakakalusot pa din…
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John says:

12 years ago

Lol no thanks. Look at that bezel. Ugly as fuck. Nexus > shit
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Richard says:

12 years ago

8.9″ na 1920×1200 resolution? Looks doubtful kasi sobrang daming pixels at a small screen parang Acer Iconia A700 yan, pangit ang screen kasi hindi sufficient ang lighting.

Nexus 7 nalang ako, hirap na lalo pag nasira kasi walang warranty.
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Gerard says:

12 years ago

The great thing about this announcement is that it adds even more pressure for tablet manufacturers to compete harder on value per $. Thumbs up to Amazon for enforcing this bracket of tablets. Overall, it’s the consumers that win huge.

Hopefully, this affects the ultra-book economy as well, the 5-7 hour capacity becomes less and less attractive compared to tablets.
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Jen says:

12 years ago

Helo. I’d like to ask if you could transfer files directly from The computer to your kindle through a usb port. Is it detected as a removable drive? Thank you!
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Patrick says:

12 years ago

This would be great if Amazon Prime is available here in PH.
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Christopher says:

12 years ago

According to this – Kindle Fire HD products do not have GPS or Gyroscope which are quite a necessity nowadays. It is okay if it does not have NFC.

“reviews.cnet.com/8301-19736_7-57507776-251/kindle-fire-hd-vs-nexus-7-which-one-is-right-for-you/”
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Kevin says:

12 years ago

It might be cheap but it’s Ad-supported.I mean lots of them. I hate ads popping up in any device.
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Cling says:

12 years ago

Any idea how Kindle Fire HD will be used in the Philippines?

Can we access Amazon Prime? I would like to watch movies from there.

And will there be a disabler of auto-correct already?

Please help. Thanks.
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daniel says:

12 years ago

what will i choose? this or kindle fire hd?
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Zenix fone says:

12 years ago

I believe this is to compete against Apple iPad mini, the most feirce competition, and Nexus 7 sells well too. Finally Android tablet will lead the tablet PC industry.
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