Without a doubt, the launch of the new Kindle Fire or Kindle Fire 2 is good news for Spanish consumers. Spain was not among the countries in which the first Amazon tablet was marketed, something that we accepted with some resignation. Now that we will be among those who enjoy its renewed version, it is interesting to know what we lost with the old one and what we gained with this new device. Here we explain how Kindle Fire has improved.
The two tablets are almost the same. Have 7 inch LCD screen with IPS panel with a resolution of 1024 x 600 pixels and protected with glass Gorilla Corning Glass, nothing to write home about but more than enough.
The processor has improved in power not in processor type. Both have a dual-core OMAP 4430 from Texas Instruments, although the old one had 1 GHz of power and this 1,2 GHz. Both have a Modified Android OS although the current one is a bit more advanced as it is based on Android 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich.
The main difference is that RAM has been doubled. 512 MB by 1 GB of RAM that gives the tablet 40% more speed in performance. The storage is still the same 8 GB to which we must add all the cloud storage that we want of content purchased in the Amazon store.
Will also have more autonomy until 9 o'clock for the previous 7 and above weight less keeping the same thickness of 11,4 mm. We went from 410 grams to 400 grams, almost nothing but interesting.
The best thing is the price. It's crazy that we are going to get a better tablet at a lower price than its predecessor. We went from $ 179 to $ 159. For the Spanish and Europeans directly 159 Euros from next October 25 although we can reserve it in presale from now on on the Amazon website. It is a scandal price, although more scandalous is the Kindle Fire HD, but we will talk about that another time.