After the tablet craze started, Amazon jumped and and built a solid tablet lineup with the Kindle Fire, which is still one of the most dominant Android tablets in the market today, and according to BGR Amazon is going to make some major improvements to their tablets by the end of the year to stay competitive. There will be three new tablets to replace current models on the market, which includes the Kindle Fire, Kindle Fire HD, and Kindle Fire HD 8.9″.
The biggest improvements will be the screen resolutions. The Kindle Fire is getting bumped up from a 1,024 x 600 screen to a 1,280 x 800 screen, the Kindle Fire HD is getting a new 1,920 x 1200 panel, and the 8.9″ version of the Kindle Fire is jumping from a 1,920 x 1200 resolution to a whopping 2,560 x 1,600, like what we’ve seen in the Nexus 10 tablets. The key difference here, though, is the Kindle Fire has a smaller screen than the Nexus 10, which makes it all the more impressive.
In addition to the significantly better screens, the tablets are said to be receiving a design overhaul, including less rounded corners and a more angled aesthetic. The power and volume buttons are also supposedly moving to the back slope of the device as opposed to the sides of the tab. It’s definitely going to be a bold change for Amazon’s successful lineup, but hopefully the changes will be well received.
Of course, Amazon didn’t sell tons of these tablets based on flagship specs. The biggest draw of the Kindle Fire tablets is the extremely affordable price tags, with the base Kindle Fire running $159 and the HD 8.9″ costing $269, or $399 with LTE. Amazon is supposedly working hard to keep the new tablets in those same price points to stay competitive, and I could definitely see some other specs (internal storage space, anyone?) getting axed to keep prices low. I’m sure it won’t be too much longer before we hear more details about these new devices, though.
source: BGR
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