Few days ago I was talking about one of the most popular Android tablet which is Amazon Kindle Fire and now they have released a new tablet with HD display. But that’s not the whole story.
They set the trend of 7 inch tablet and made it viral. Now they have come up with a full HD Android tablet and planning to make it viral with an amazing price tag. The device I’m going to talk about is Amazon Kindle HD 8.9 which is under NOG Spotlight today
Features Highlight
Display
This is the main attraction here. Its IPS panel with 1920 x 1200 px resolution will give it 254 ppi of pixel density. The capacitive touch sensor is capable of accepting 10 finger input at the same time. This is very rare among Android tablets, a true full HD display.
Processor and Storage
In Kindle Fire HD 8.9 you can find slightly improved hardware specification than 7 inch version. Processor is 1.5 GHz Dual Core running on TI OMAP 4470 chipset and GPU is PowerVR SGX544. It’s a Perfect combination for a high end high resolution Android tablet.
Internal storage is 16/32 GB, but non expandable since there you can’t find a microSD card slot. RAM is 1 GB which is pretty much standard for Smartphone as well as high end tablets.
Operating System
Same as all other Kindle devices, Fire HD 8.9 is also coming with Android 4.0. Again it’s highly customized and Amazon branded.
Camera
Making a big change to Kindle Fire, they include a 1.3 MP front facing camera in Kindle Fire HD. They have included same hardware in Kindle Fire HD 8.9 as well.
Connectivity
There are two versions of Kindle Fire HD 8.9. The basic version is not having GSM or LTE radio. It’s bundled with Wi-Fi, Bluetooth and USB 2.0. Another version is coming with built-in LTE and GSM radio. So you can access data networks through HSDPA or lightning fast LTE.
As long as it’s having GSM quad band support, you should be able to make calls with it. If it won’t come with Android dialer, you can always install it manually. To verify that, you have to wait till it hits the market.
Battery Life
Same as Kindle Fire HD, the specification of battery is not officially released. Kindle Fire HD is having nearly 11 hours of battery life. With larger display, high performance processor Kindle Fire HD 8.9 will be have lesser battery life and it will probably settle for around 8 hours.
Wrapping Up
Kindle Fire HD 8.9 is another great tablet from Kindle. It’s light weight- only 567g, thin body design and having great Full HD display. All the other hardware specifications are high end too. I’m not a big fan of themed and customized Android. I love pure Android flavor. Highly customized ICS is one drawback for me, yet it’s your personal choice.
Let’s take a look at price tags. It’s $299 for Kindle Fire HD 8.9 and $449 for LTE version. You have to decide whether you should pay extra 200 bucks for 3G and LTE or stick to Wi-fi.
There are very few Full HD android tablets in the market yet. Asus Transformer Infinity and Acer Iconia A700 are some of them. Kindle Fire HD 8.9 will be able to give them a solid competition in the market with its powerful hardware muscle and attractive price tag.
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