You know, since Google introduced the Nexus 7, fire lighting and its $199 price tag has ceased to be a major problem. Of course, it is totally understandable, bearing in mind that Nexus 7 is a full bar with a quad-core processor and all the gadgets one would expect of a modern tablet. And it is also available for $199. The original Kindle fire, on the other hand, is a little more specialized, limited, tightly integrated device with content ecosphere of the Amazon. With two devices for $199, it does not take a genius to know that users will buy the most powerful tablet, which also comes with the full Google experience and the latest version of Android.
But the times they are a-changine. One day you're on top, the other... not so much. And the original Kindle fire is still commanding some 20 ++ % of the Android Tablet market. This is because Amazon has this scope at the retail giant and Google, well, let's just say that is not Google who is good at retail. A fact is a fact: the Nexus 7 is the best device compared to Kindle Fire. Amazon is stupid, though. He knows its strengths and weaknesses. So, what the new Amazon Kindle Fire HD do for the company models now, they will be that Amazon must beat the Nexus 7?
Although Google is not really well placed as will retail, it is always in a position to "people's champion". This is why we have said that it will be very difficult for Amazon to preserve his significant lead in the market. And although his head can not remain as large, the HDs from Kindle Fire are a good reason to believe that Amazon will remain at least a major player.
Amazon has just announced some very cool devices. It will begin to offer an improved version of the original Kindle fire for $159, and add more later a 7 "Kindle Fire HD and a 8.9" Kindle Fire HD, with the first available for $199 and the latter for $299, which is not really breathtaking. "Finally, there is the 4 G LTE model 8.9 version", which will be conveys 32 GB of storage (other models will have 16 GB) and will sell for $499, as well as an iPad 16 GB Wi - Fi. Well, the prices are not shocking that the price $199, the original Kindle Fire once tag, but they of course competition. Yes, 7 Nexus is the material that is the best, and a better, richer in features of software experience, but don't forget that its $199 version has only 8 GB of internal storage, and the 16 GB is $ 249. Thus, in terms of specifications, it is relatively safe to say that the Kindle Fire HD is an offer from Google in advance, but when it comes to software, well, we're sure that one could have a better experience with stock Jelly Bean, compared to the Kindle user interface custom carousel. As a fact mattery, we still do know exactly what version of Android software on the HD of fire will be based on, but assumes that this will be Android 4.0 ICS.
What matters, however, is whether this "Android full experience" will be important for the regular consumer. And the answer is probably "no". With its huge range of retail, Amazon will easily Kindle Fire HD front and Centre, it offers to all types of customers visiting its ecosystem. The Nexus 7? It will probably remain more than a geek product. In fact, the geek-products is something that Google does not seem ready to flee, and it is a bit sad, because the company has the potential to achieve great things in the hardware and business. In any event, these two companies have traveled different roads and are extremely different ways (although the two happen to sell tablets, among other things). Now, Amazon seems to prove that he is more that just an excellent product to succeed in the market. This is a lesson that Google will learn I hope, but it is not clear exactly when this will happen.
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