Amazon spearheads Kindle revival with $ 50 Fire tablet, and new 8-inch and 10 … – Digital Trends

Amazon HAS Launched a completely refreshed range of Kindle Fire tablets, with four new versions in total, soon after rumors Began gathering of Their impending arrival. The headliner is a low-cost 7-inch model, Which is joined by a new Fire HD 8 and Fire HD 10 model, alongwith a revamped Kids Edition.

New Fire costs just $ 50

The new Fire tablet is Amazon’s entry level device, and costs an almost impossibly cheap $ 50 Early leaks warned the tablet would not have a high spec, and sure enough, this is A very basic tablet – but it does have some interesting additions We were not expecting.

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It’s a 7 -inch display for a start, rather than the rumored 6-inches, but the basic 1024 x 600 pixel resolution is not going to win it many fans. Inside is a 1.3GHz quad-core processor that’s likely built by MediaTek, and a total of 8GB storage space. However, the good news is the Tablet Has a MicroSD card slot thatwill add up to 128GB of space to this figure.

There are overpriced two cameras, a 2 megapixel on the rear and a VGA cam on the front . Amazon’s mayday feature is installed, alongwith the latest version of Fire OS, named Bellini, complete with an updated UI and new features.

Fire HD 8 and Fire HD 10

The Fire is joined by the Fire HD 8 and the Fire HD 10. Both use the same quad-core 1.5GHz processor, 5-megapixel rear cameras, and 720p video recording front cams, plus providesprofessional dual- band Wi-Fi over the Fire’s single band connection.

The difference comes in the screen size, Which is either 8-inches or 10-inches – the resolution stays at 1280 x 800 – and the storage space. The Fire HD 8 HAS either 8GB or 16GB of space, while the Fire HD 10 HAS 16GB or 32GB. Both have microSD card slots to Increase this, and an average battery life of 8 hours.

Unsurprisingly, They cost more than the basic Fire, and you’ll need to part with $ 150 upwards for the Fire HD 8, and at least $ 230 for the HD 10, depending on your choice of storage space and Amazon Offers’s preference.

Amazon Fire Kids Edition

> Finally, there’s the New Kids Edition, Which wraps the basic Fire tablet up in a tough, kid-proof casing, and comes with a two-year guarantee That if your kids break it, Amazon will replace it for free. The tablet Also comes with a year’s subscription to Amazon FreeTime Unlimited, Which contains more than 10,000 apps, games, movies, and other media that’s ideally suited to little ones. The Fire Kids Edition costs $ 100th

All Amazon’s new tablets are available for pre-order right now, and have a release date of September 30

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