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Amazon outs Kindle Fire HDX 7 and Fire HDX 8.9

Amazon has just announced their new Kindle Fire tablets that sports quad-core processors and high resolution displays – the Kindle Fire HDX 7 and the Kindle Fire HDX 8.9.

The Fire HDX 7 sports a 7-inch “HDX” (1920 x 1200) display that packs a pixel density of 323 ppi. It has a front-facing HD camera, comes in 16, 32, and 64GB storage variants, and powered by a 2.2GHz quad-core CPU with 2GB of RAM.

kindle fire hdx 7

Kindle Fire HDX 7 specs:
7″ HDX (1920 x 1200) display, 323ppi
2.2GHz Quad-core Snapdragon 800 CPU
Adreno 330 GPU
2GB of RAM
Internal storage variants of:
* 16GB (8.8GB available to user)
* 32GB (25.6GB available to user)
* 64GB (54.3GB available to user)
HD front-facing camera
Dual-band, dual-antenna WiFi (MIMO+HT40)
4G LTE (Optional: AT&T and Verizon)
HSPA+, HSDPA
Bluetooth with A2DP support
GPS, a-GPS
dual-speakers Dolby Digital Plus audio engine
186 x 128 x 9.0 mm
303 grams (WiFi)
11-hour battery life
Android-based Fire OS aka “Mojito”

Prices start at $229 for the 16GB WiFi-only variant with Special Offers (sponsored ads on lock screen). If you don’t like the Special Offers you can shell out an additional $15 to remove the ads.

Next is the Fire HDX 8.9 which sports an 8.9-inch “HDX” (2560 x 1600) display that packs a pixel density of 339 ppi. It has an 8 megapixel rear camera with LED flash, front-facing camera, comes in 16, 32, and 64GB storage variants, and powered by a 2.2GHz quad-core CPU with 2GB of RAM.

kindle fire hdx 8.9

Kindle Fire HDX 8.9 specs:
8.9″ HDX (2560 x 1600) display, 339ppi
2.2GHz Quad-core Snapdragon 800 CPU
Adreno 330 GPU
2GB of RAM
Internal storage variants of:
* 16GB (8.8GB available to user)
* 32GB (25.6GB available to user)
* 64GB (54.3GB available to user)
8 megapixel rear camera with LED flash
Electronic Image Stabilization with 5P f/2.2 lens
HD front-facing camera
Dual-band, dual-antenna WiFi (MIMO+HT40)
4G LTE (Optional: AT&T and Verizon)
HSPA+, HSDPA
Bluetooth with A2DP support
GPS, a-GPS
dual-speakers Dolby Digital Plus audio engine
231 X 158 X 7.8 mm
374 grams (WiFi)
12-hour battery life
Android-based Fire OS aka “Mojito”

Prices start at $379 for the 16GB WiFi-only variant with Special Offers (sponsored ads on lock screen. Plus $15 for no ads).

Both devices are now available for pre-order with the Kindle Fire HDX 7 coming out on October 18, 2013 and the Kindle Fire HDX 8.9 on November 7, 2013.

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

5 Responses

  1. Avatar for YunOh! YunOh! says:

    naduduling lang ba ako or talagang hindi lang talaga expandable yung storage nya? sarap sana kung expandable… hehehe

  2. Avatar for IOS7 IOS7 says:

    NBA 2K14……. hehehehe
    Bibili ako ng kindle fire HDX pag available na sa pinas :)

  3. Avatar for abuzalzal abuzalzal says:

    Questions

    1. Can you install .APK files?
    2. Is there any way to hack it to become PLAY STORE-compliant?

    • Avatar for al al says:

      yes you can download your apk file. just go to settings tap “on” from unknown sources and you can download all apps from all android apps and games

  4. Avatar for Luigi Luigi says:

    The software is bloated (10 gb!) like the S4

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