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Amazon has announced Kindle Fire HDX , the new versions of its successful tablet, which is renewed in 2013 with the two known sizes, 7 and 8.9 inches. The name HDX we anticipated that their screens are higher resolution, and a major redesign, which mainly makes them lighter.

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third generation of Kindle Fire, Amazon has decided that it was necessary screen with 1,900 × 1,200 pixels in the 7-inch model, which represents a density 323ppi pixel. Set to the new Google Nexus 7 and ASUS . If we go to the 8.9-inch model, the resolution is even more remarkable, with 2,560 × 1,600 pixels , 339ppi.

Amazon boasts the color accuracy – 100% sRGB – which also draw the attention of professionals, such as photographers, and premiered new algorithms that adjust the color of each pixel according to ambient conditions, looking for the highest levels of brightness and contrast for each time.

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Fire version 3.0 OS , the operating system created based Amazon Android, known internally as Mojito. With it come up to a hundred updates. Let’s get to know both tablets in his video presentation:

Snapdragon 800 for the two models

which was concerned that the renewal would not be in, Amazon has chosen the last thing on the market, neither more nor less than a Qualcomm Snapdragon 800 , which operates at 2.2 GHz – the lower model – with a processing power three times the current model.

hardware is more than welcome to manage the new high-resolution screens guarantees. The famous four-core processor Qualcomm be accompanied by 2GB of RAM class=”caps”> – doubling memory – and GPU Adreno 330 .

cameras have forgotten, at least from the front which is present in both models, with ability to record HD quality video calls. In the case of the Kindle Fire HDX 8.9, we found a main camera eight megapixels , with very good features: 1080p video recording, flash LED , or f/2.2 aperture lens.

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Also noteworthy is the presence of a pair of stereo speakers – should be mandatory in tablets – which are certified Dolby Digital Plus, and the ability to create virtual 5.1 sound.

Lighter, more autonomous

Leveraging new technologies in the manufacture of screens, the Fire HDX integrate layers in society so that the weight is reduced significantly. The weight of seven-inch model is 303 grams , while the 8.9-inch is only 374 grams . In both cases, the versions LTE connectivity are slightly heavier.

If we go to the dimensions, are also noteworthy, with 186 × 128 × 9 mm for the small model, and interestingly, the HDX 8.9 inch has better numbers – especially in the thick – with 231 × 158 mm X 7.8 . In the latter case we could say that has helped the new unibody magnesium body.

Turning to the battery, also have very good figures, with eleven hours of general use seven-inch tablet, which passes over seventeen hours when it comes to reading. The Kindle Fire HDX larger, it also gains in autonomy, with 12 and 18 hours in the cases described.

Introducing

Mayday

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Amazon calls as Mayday button is a gateway to online support, 365 days a year, free of charge. We press a button, and in about fifteen seconds, an expert guides you through the features you do not know, drawing on your screen, or doing it for you.

Without having tried, and we anticipate that the less is an added value that others do not offer, and is where Amazon makes a difference.

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HDX , price and availability

As we learned

Rates and Availability for the models in Spain, we can tell you that what Amazon asks for them is a pretty fair price, since by $ 229 have the seven-inch model , which will be available on October 18 in the United States.

will version LTE connectivity , to be the $ 329 and will be available on November 14. Definitely a face to face with Nexus 7, the main difference is seen in an Amazon best hardware and software “more Android” with Google product.

Going to the next size, $ 379 have the Kindle Fire HDX 8.9, which will be available on November 7th. If what you want is the 4G version, the price rises to $ 479, and will be in the market on December 10.

In all cases

talk 16GB base model, but there will be options 32 and 64GB . The Kindle Fire is not possible to extend memory cards. We also highlight the new covers Origami , which allows placing standing tablets in landscape or portrait position and magnetic bind

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