Kindle Fire 7 inch HDX, a gem for the media and ... - Home PC

thoroughly analyze one of the recent tablets launched by Amazon, the Kindle Fire 7 inch HDX. Its price makes us not believe the features that account, even more amazing in practice that the technical specifications sheet.

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as few companies dominate the internet world and the contents. And how could it be otherwise, had to be one that was going to go for the tablets, because today is the quintessential device for consuming multimedia content. Already in 2012 they released the first tablet, the Kindle Fire, which had some shortcomings, but it was perfectly integrated into the landscape of the company Jeff Bezos. This new Kindle Fire HDX solves many of the problems above, but retains the essence of Amazon. Perfect for those who want to play games and read books choice.

Design

note more than enough that Amazon has taken great care designing your Kindle Fire HDX. Is famous for its back cover, where all elements of the tablet reside, except the screen itself, which remains as the only component with the camera, the front of the tablet completely smooth. In the later section we found a plastic housing with rubber, which makes the tablet very easy to use, minimizing the possible sliding falls.

rear section also we have a bevel on the side, which again facilitates gripping, though not its only function, it also accommodates all buttons are there in this tablet, both of volume and power, making them fairly easy to use, and are always on hand when we are using the tablet in landscape mode.

Finally, the upper section of the back cover is finished in plastic, but polished, so shining, and just bevel. Here the stereo speakers are housed. It is possible that the situation of these on the front would have been more appropriate, but the truth is that it is not a bad option.

else, we have a Kindle Fire 7-inch HDX appears to have a really robust construction, and it is also very light, to have a magnesium structure that reduces its weight up to 303 grams.

situation connectors on the sides of the tablet, somewhat narrow indeed. However, we liked microUSB connector to be slightly angled, which makes it look quite sturdy. The same goes for the headphone jack, which is located on the right side. The best thing is, even when the sides are in the upper zone, which allows us to use the tablet to play perfectly even though we are charging the battery and listening through headphones.

Power and Performance

Regarding the operation of the tablet, we can give an A, because it has a quad-core processor, a Qualcomm Snapdragon 800, which is still the best available on the market, capable of reaching a frequency of Your clock 2.2 GHz 2 GB RAM also will make the operation of the tablet is completely fluid, and reduce the maximum possible slowdowns and crashes Kindle Fire HDX.

is available in three memory options, 16GB 32 GB and 64 GB. The memory can not be expanded, so it will be essential to choose the version that best suit us to use the tablet without we meet later with memory problems.

We especially liked your battery, which is capable of supporting up to 17 hours if we use it to read books. Not that I have much autonomy as a Kindle Paperwhite, but we will not have problems. Moreover, if we make normal use, watching movies and listening to music, or surfing the Internet, we can reach a range of 11 hours, which is not bad.

Display and graphics quality

But of course, one of the highlights of this Kindle Fire 7-inch HDX is its graphic quality. The tablet has a seven-inch screen with a resolution of 1,920 x 1,200 pixels, which leaves a pixel density of 323 PPI, with a brightness of 400 nits. However, not only stands for its technical data, but for its overall performance. Each of the tablets receives a calibration screen before leaving the factory, individually, which makes is optimized. The sharpness of the screen as well as the realism of the colors make it one of the best tablets for media consumption.

way, and although it has nothing to do with the graphics, the audio quality is truly remarkable, with speakers that perform well and do not distort too. Is at the level of the screen, so it makes it a very balanced tablet in regards to the multimedia world.

Fire OS 3.0

Your OS is based on Android, but it is a customized version by Amazon, called Fire OS 3.0, where the marquee that is always present on screen predominates, and allows us to see the installed applications or different books or movies have in the memory of the tablet.

become a full version that includes advertising, something that lowers the price of the tablet, you will meet the same when you ignite the screen and do not be using the Kindle Fire. It is very annoying, but when the time might have considered spending a little more to avoid the publicity.

Essentially Fire OS 3.0 is not too different from Android, with a top notification bar that gives us access to certain adjustments, and similar controls to get to the start menu or option. Yes it is true that it is much simpler. Not so complicated interface as in Android, it gives us so many options, and that is welcome if you want to use the tablet for browsing, watching movies and listening to music, or playing games.

its limitations, though, is that we have access to Google Play, so all we need to download applications from the Amazon store. There are other ways to install external applications, but the truth is that the Amazon App Store has enough applications.

Finally, do not forget we want to emphasize that some of the key services of Amazon in the U.S. are not available in Spain. This is what happens with the video service, for example. We can not buy our movies to Kindle Fire HDX, leaving us with few options. Chances are that most users end for downloading movies illegally. It’s funny, because that service Amazon movies unavailable in Spain due to the difficulty to negotiate with distributors of our country, who see the risk of losing sales. Thus, all that is achieved is that users get used to illegally download them to carry on your tablet. There will be problems with books, music, or video games, which it does have a good catalog.