I really didn’t expect to see Amazon put out another variant of their Kindle Fire tablets this soon, but it looks like they most certainly have. The recent news touts off a new Kindle Fire HDX in a 7-inch and 8.9-inch variety and they pack the latest Fire OS 3.0.
There’s quite a bit of info here to cover, but we all know you guys drool for specs, even if it isn’t a Nexus. The new HDX line certainly has some impressive sounding attributes to it for the Amazon centric person. For starters, both pack in a Snapdragon 800 quad-core processors clocked at 2.2 GHz with a Adreno 330 graphics engine, 2GB of RAM, 11 hours of battery life and dual stereo speakers with Dolby Digital Plus Audio.
They are stating the HDX screen resolution is “beyond HD” the 7-inch sporting a 1920 x 1200 res scree with a ppi of 323. The 8.9-inch version sports a 2560×1600 res screen with a ppi of 339. Not to mention the claim of “perfect 100% sRGB color accuracy, reduced glare, dynamic image contrast and improved brightness for those outdoorsy types. We can’t forget to mention the rear and front facing cameras. The rear shooter is 8MP with LED flash and capable of 1080p video recording
The battery life is sporting off at 11 hours of mixed use and 17 hours of just reading. Both the 7-inch and 8.9-inch HDX tablets will also have LTE provided rom AT&T and, surprisingly enough, Verizon.
If none of that sounds at least a little bit interesting to you, how about some of the other crazy new things they added. Like a MayDay button to get live 24/7 support. Second Screen to let you fling what you are watching on your tablet to Playstation 3 and Samsung TVs with Playstation 4 support coming later. It will also support any Miracast-enabled device as well.
Seriously, where the heck did this thing come from?
The new Kindle Fire HDX 7 pre orders start today with shipments scheduled for October 18th. Price wise, you get all that’s mentioned above plus a whole heck of a lot more with a starting price of $229. That would be the one with 16GB of storage, with the special offers and Wi-Fi only. Of course you can mix up your preferred configuration to include up to 64GB of storage, without the special offers. If you are shooting for a LTE version, your shipping date is pushed back to November 14th.
On the Kindle Fire HDX 8.9-inch variety, pre orders also start today. However, their shipments aren’t scheduled until November 7th. The standard model with offers, 16GB of storage and Wi-Fi only starts at $379. It goes up from their based on your storage size choice, special offer choice and if you want LTE. If you happen to go with the a LTE variant, you will be waiting a while on this one as shipments aren’t scheduled until December 10th.
If you are curious to check into them a bit more, or even just plop on in with your pre-order today, hit the link below and get it going. Yes, it only says the 7-inch model, just go there and change over to the 8.9 if you must.
Via Amazon News Room