Amazon Kindle Fire HD 7 & 8.9 make Indian Debut, heats up tablet space! Hands on inside!
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Well the tablet space in India is getting more and more interesting by the day.
A couple of months ago the Nexus 7 made its debut in the Indian market space which is crowded by Chinese rebranded tablets and direct imports. And now Amazon is taking the next big step by introducing its flagship tablets in India
Kindle Fire HD 7" Specifications are as follows
Amazon Kindle Fire HD 8.9″ specifications
The tablets run a highly customised version of Android 4.0.3 with apps available through Amazon's Appstore, instead of Google Play. Kindle Fire HD tablets can also consume content from Amazon's large library of audio, video and books content, though only books are available in India at this stage.
Amazon notes that "purchases of apps, games and books will be completed on Amazon.com in either Rupees or American Dollars, pending what credit or debit card you use", though your credit card must be internationally enabled.
Kindle Fire HD 7" review by Detroitblog
The 16GB variants of the Kindle Fire HD and Kindle Fire HD 8.9 tablets will be available for 15,999INR and 21,999INR respectively. The 32GB storage variants of the Kindle Fire HD and Kindle Fire HD 8.9 tablets will be available for 18,999INR and 25,999INR respectively.
"Not only does Kindle Fire feature advanced hardware, it's also a service," said Dave Limp, Vice President, Amazon Kindle. "The combination of the leading apps, the largest book selection, great email and browsing and top rated customer service, we hope our customers in India will agree that Kindle Fire HD is the best tablet for a great price."
Kindle Fire HD 8.9" review by Detroitblog
The tablets will be available online at Amazon.in and all leading electronics retail outlets across India including Croma, Reliance Digital, E-Zone and Vijay Sales stores located in Delhi, Mumbai, Chennai, Kolkata, Bangalore, Hyderabad, Chandigarh, Ahmedabad and Pune, starting June 27.
A couple of months ago the Nexus 7 made its debut in the Indian market space which is crowded by Chinese rebranded tablets and direct imports. And now Amazon is taking the next big step by introducing its flagship tablets in India
Kindle Fire HD 7" Specifications are as follows
- 7-inch (1280×720 pixels) display LCD
- 1.2 GHz TI OMAP4460 Dual Core CPU with 307 MHz PowerVR SGX540 GPU
- 10.3mm thick and weighs 395g
- Dolby Audio with Stereo speakers
- Dual-band WiFi 802.11 b/g/n with dual-antennas / MIMO which is 40% faster
- Bluetooth with A2DP
- micro USB and micro HDMI out
- 16GB / 32GB internal memory, No micro SD slot
- Up to 11 hours of battery life
- 8.9-inch (1920 x 1200 pixels) display with 254 ppi, polarizing filter and anti-glare technology
- 1.5 GHz dual-core OMAP4470 CPU with 299 MHz PowerVR SGX544 GPU
- 8.8 mm thick and weighs 567 grams
- Dual-band WiFi 802.11 b/g/n with dual-antennas / MIMO which is 40% faster
- 3.5 mm stereo jack, micro USB, Micro-HDMI
- Bluetooth with A2DP
- Integrated stereo speakers with exclusive Dolby audio engine
- 16GB / 32GB , No micro SD slot
- Up to 10 hours of battery life
The tablets run a highly customised version of Android 4.0.3 with apps available through Amazon's Appstore, instead of Google Play. Kindle Fire HD tablets can also consume content from Amazon's large library of audio, video and books content, though only books are available in India at this stage.
Amazon notes that "purchases of apps, games and books will be completed on Amazon.com in either Rupees or American Dollars, pending what credit or debit card you use", though your credit card must be internationally enabled.
Kindle Fire HD 7" review by Detroitblog
The 16GB variants of the Kindle Fire HD and Kindle Fire HD 8.9 tablets will be available for 15,999INR and 21,999INR respectively. The 32GB storage variants of the Kindle Fire HD and Kindle Fire HD 8.9 tablets will be available for 18,999INR and 25,999INR respectively.
"Not only does Kindle Fire feature advanced hardware, it's also a service," said Dave Limp, Vice President, Amazon Kindle. "The combination of the leading apps, the largest book selection, great email and browsing and top rated customer service, we hope our customers in India will agree that Kindle Fire HD is the best tablet for a great price."
Kindle Fire HD 8.9" review by Detroitblog
The tablets will be available online at Amazon.in and all leading electronics retail outlets across India including Croma, Reliance Digital, E-Zone and Vijay Sales stores located in Delhi, Mumbai, Chennai, Kolkata, Bangalore, Hyderabad, Chandigarh, Ahmedabad and Pune, starting June 27.
