Amazon Fire, formerly called the Kindle Fire, is a line of tablet computers developed by Amazon.
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10 Facts About Kindle Fire
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The Kindle Fire HD followed in September 2012, and the Kindle Fire HDX in September 2013.
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In later generations, the Kindle Fire tablet is able to convert into a Smart speaker turning on the "Show Mode" options, which the primary interaction will be by voice command through Alexa.
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The Kindle Fire HDX had an improved graphics engine, double the memory, and triple the processor speed of the previous model.
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In September 2015, Amazon announced the release of the Kindle Fire 7, priced at for the 8GB version that displays advertisements on the lock screen.
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An upgraded model of Kindle Fire 7 was announced in May 2019, with a scheduled release in June 2019 and keeping the US$49.
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Kindle Fire hardware is manufactured by Quanta Computer, which originally helped design the BlackBerry PlayBook, using it as a hardware template for the Kindle Fire.
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Colour display technologies consume much more power than monochrome electronic paper types; Fire offer a typical battery life of 8 hours of mixed usage, while monochrome Kindles offer 15 to 30 hours' use without WiFi—"battery lasts weeks on a single charge"—with a much lower-capacity battery.
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Amazon Kindle Fire helped the company beat their 2012 first quarter estimates and boosted the company's stock in extended trading.
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Beyond this usage, Kindle Fire is used for explicit phone devices and for TV add-on sticks.
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