Thanks to some leaks that have occurred in the last hours, we can be more sure of what we will find tomorrow at the press conference that Amazon will give. There has been talk of 6 different models of the Kindle Fire 2, it seems that there will only be one. It was also said that it would carry 3G this will not be either. They will only present a renewed version of Kindle Fire and the new Kindle Fire 2 that will keep the 7 inches.
Since the rumor that said they were coming 6 Kindle Fire 2 devices there was talk of the possibility of the 10-inch screen to compete with the iPad, there was even talk of a strange 8,9-inch model. According to a person who has already had contact with the tablets and who has spoken with CNET, none of this is true. Nor that there will be 3G or 4G in Kindle Fire 2.
What we will see tomorrow, September 6, is a renewed Kindle Fire and a new model, the Kindle Fire 2 that will already bring some of the improvements that have been talked about.
El Refurbished Kindle Fire it will improve in the user interface and in the design, being a thinner and lighter tablet. It seems that it will also bring a couple of hardware improvements and little else. What Amazon will do is lower its price even more, that is, we will have a better tablet than the Kindle Fire for less than $ 199.
With the new Kindle Fire 2 arrive at a more advanced processor, more RAM, one camera and a HDMI output. The camera will be rear and not front: it seems strange but it is not intended to be used in video conferencing but rather as barcode reader to assist in shopping.
It will also arrive with GPS and the maps application Nokia Maps, rejecting Google Maps as a predefined map application.
The price will be that of its predecessor, that is, Kindle Fire 2 will cost $199 and at least it will have 8 GB storage although more options and expansion are expected by microSD.
In this way, Amazon focuses its battle on tablets of reduced size, 7 inches, and reaffirms its competition with Nexus 7 and iPad mini in the event that it is confirmed. But this news also indicates something else: that Amazon does not enter the competition to sell tablets, something with which it does not expect to make money, but remains focused on the competition for the sale of content. Kindle Fire 2 will continue to be cheap consumer access to Amazon content.
Source: CNET