Amazon has finally announced the Kindle Fire refresh. The Kindle Fire HDX has a 7-inch ( 1920 x 1200 pixels) full HD display, powered by a 2.2 GHz Snapdragon 800 processor and runs on the new Fire OS 3.0 Mojito based on Android Jelly Bean. It has a front-facing 720p HD camera, built-in dual microphones and Dual stereo speakers with Dolby Digital Plus audio and virtual 5.1 multi-channel surround sound. It has 2GB of RAM and comes in 16GB, 32GB and 64GB variants.
Amazon Kindle Fire HDX Specifications
- 7 ( 1920 x 1200 pixels) full HD display at 323 ppi, over 400 nits brightness
- 2.2GHz Quad-core Snapdragon 800 CPU with Adreno 330 GPU
- Dimensions – 186 mm x 128 mm x 9.0 mm, Weight – 303 grams (WiFi) and 311 grams (4G LTE + WiFi)
- front-facing 720p HD camera
- 3.5 mm stereo jack, stereo speakers with Dolby Digital Plus audio engine
- 2GB of RAM, 16GB (8.8GB available to user) / 32GB (25.6GB available to user), / 64 GB (54.3GB available to user) of internal storage
- 4G LTE / HSPA+, Wi-Fi Dual-band, dual-antenna Wi-Fi (MIMO+HT40), Bluetooth with A2DP, USB 2.0
- Ambient light sensor, accelerometer, gyroscope, GPS with aGPS (4G)
- Battery Life Up to 11 hours of mixed use and up to 17 hours when reading
The Kindle Fire HDX starts at $229. and is available for pre-order from Amazon in the US. It would ship in the U.S starting from October 18th. The 4G version starts at $329 and would ship in the U.S starting from November 14th.