Amazon announced today in a press release that it is lowering the
price of its the largest tablet in the U.S., the Kindle Fire HD 8.9″. The price of the entry level
WiFi only model drops from $299 to $269, while the 4G variant will now sell for
$399 (down from $499 previously). In addition, the company is also rolling out
the device to a handful of new countries including: the UK, France, Germany,
Japan, Spain, and Italy.
The
8.9-inch tablet includes a1920x1200, 254 ppi display, TI OMAP4470
processor, 1GB of RAM, Custom Dolby audio and dual stereo speakers, 10 hours of
battery life, and of course access to Amazon’s ecosystem of content.
You can
already find the updated pricing for the both the entry level $269 model and the $399 4G model on Amazon.
“We’re
thrilled with customer reaction to Kindle Fire HD 8.9”. Customers tell us they
love our large-screen version of Kindle Fire HD for web browsing, email,
gaming, watching TV shows, reading magazines, and more,” said Dave Limp, Vice
President, Amazon Kindle. “As we expand Kindle Fire HD 8.9” to Europe and
Japan, we’ve been able to increase our production volumes and decrease our
costs. Across our business at Amazon, whenever we are able to create cost
efficiencies like this, we want to pass the savings along to our customers.” [9to5Google]
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