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Amazon's New Kindle Fire Coming Mid-September With 'Faster Processor, Double The Ram', And $160 Price Tag

Cameron Summerson2012/09/06
11:23am PDTSep 6, 2012

Amazon's just announced not one, but ~~two~~ a few new Kindle Fires: the Fire and Fire HD 7/8.9. The former is a slight bump in spec and drop in price from its predecessor:

Faster 1.2GHz OMAP4430 dual-core processor
7" 1024x600 IPS LCD display, 169ppi
2-point multi-touch
1GB RAM
8GB storage
Android 4.0 underpinning
Stereo speakers
802.11a/b/g/n Wi-Fi (single-band), though no support for ad-hoc networks
Longer battery life (8.5 hours of continuous use)
MicroUSB
No camera or microphone
14.1oz (400 grams)
Free month of Amazon Prime
X-Ray for Movies and Books, Immersion Reading, Whispersync for Voice, and more

Other than that, Amazon was very scant on details.

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