Amazon Kindle Fire HD 8.9 offers a larger display than the basic Kindle Fire HD (8.9-inch vs 7-inch). It is designed for users who require a larger display. The display is also full HD (1080p), making it great for viewing movies and TV shows. Gaming will also be fun on this gadget.
Where to Buy Kindle Fire HDX 8.9
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Kindle Fire HD vs Kindle Fire HD 8.9
The display size and quality are the only difference between the two tablets. While Kindle Fire HD offers a 7-inch 1280 x 800 pixels, Kindle Fire HD 8.9 features an 8.9-inch 1920 x 1200 pixel touch display, capable of full HD (1080p) rendering. According to Amazon, the quality of the display is so good that individual pixels are indistinguishable to the human eye.
In order to handle the higher graphics quality, Kindle Fire HD 8.9 also features a more powerful processor: 1.5GHz dual-core processor. Kindle Fire HD 8.9 is also bigger and heavier.
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Pricing and Availability
The price of the 16GB model is $299, while Kindle Fire HD 8.9 32GB costs $369. Amazon Kindle Fire HD 8.9 is available at Amazon in the United States. It will go on sale in the US on November 20, 2012.
Amazon Kindle Fire HD 8.9 Tablet Specs
- 8.9-inch IPS multi-touch display, 1920 x 1200 pixels, 254ppi (1080p HD)
- OMAP4470 1.5GHz Dual-Core Processor
- Built-in Storage: 16GB or 32GB
- Size: 240 mm x 164 mm x 8.8 mm
- Weight: 567g
- over 120,000 movies and TV shows
- over 1.2 million books and magazines with over 180,000 Kindle exclusive
- over 20 million songs
- Front facing HD Camera
- Dolby Digital Plus
- Dual Stereo Speakers
- Wi-Fi 802.11 a/b/g/n (Dual-band, dual-antenna)
- USB 2.0
- USB Charging
- Micro-HDMI
- Wi-Fi Positioning
- Proximity Sensor
- Accelerometer
- Gyroscope
- Bluetooth (AD2P)
- 3.5mm jack
- Free cloud storage (for contents you buy from Amazon)
- HD Games
- Whispersync (for movies, books, games, and voice)
- X-Ray (for books, movies)
- 1-click shopping
- Amazon AppStore
- Amazon Silk Browser
- Kindle FreeTime (for parental control)
- Skype App pre-installed (Free Skype Video Calls)
- email/push email: Gmail, Yahoo!, Hotmail
- Twitter & Facebook Integration
- One Month Amazon Prime membership
- Kindle Fire HD 8.9 Wi-Fi
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