{"id":647946,"date":"2013-03-20T21:57:30","date_gmt":"2013-03-21T01:57:30","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.talkandroid.com\/?p=155243"},"modified":"2013-03-20T21:57:30","modified_gmt":"2013-03-21T01:57:30","slug":"is-amazon-working-on-a-99-7-inch-kindle-fire-hd-rumors-say-yes","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/647946","title":{"rendered":"Is Amazon Working on a $99 7-Inch Kindle Fire HD? Rumors Say Yes"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Word around the rumor mill has Amazon<\/a> pegged as creating a 7-inch Kindle Fire<\/a> model that would sell for $99. If rumors are true, it would carry the same TI processor as its predecessor and come with a 1280×800 display. With Amazon slashing prices<\/a> on its current models, one can expect to see a new version coming soon. While a sub-$100 seems to be a bit on the low side, Amazon has been known for its cheaper tablets with its forked version of Android.<\/p>\n

While it may not entice those looking for a more robust tablet like the Nexus 7<\/a>, it would certainly appeal to those who don’t want to spend a lot. This would make an enticing entry in a market flooded with tablets from unknown manufacturers found at your local pharmacy or Bed, Bath & Beyond stores. IDC Research Director on tablets, Tom Mainelli, believes this to be a reasonable move. He was quoted to say:<\/p>\n

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\u201cThe infrastructure is definitely in place for Amazon to go even lower. If they can sell the product at roughly what it costs to build, that fits their long-term vision to make money selling you content on that device. It\u2019s entirely possible \u2013 physically possible \u2013 to create a device that costs $99,\u00a0particularly\u00a0at the scale that Amazon would do it.”<\/em><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

With TI getting out<\/a> of the chip game, Amazon could potentially buy up the remaining stock for a bargain, which could help them in achieving a cheaper Kindle Fire. With Amazon shipping 4.8 million Kindle Fires in the the 4th quarter of 2011, and roughly the same in 2012, they’ve moved a decent amount of tablets. This $99 tablet could give them the opportunity to move even more, however, Amazon isn’t saying anything. We’ll just have to wait and see.<\/p>\n

source: TechCrunch<\/a><\/p>\n

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Word around the rumor mill has Amazon pegged as creating a 7-inch Kindle Fire model that would sell for $99. If rumors are true, it would carry the same TI processor as its predecessor and come with a 1280×800 display. With Amazon slashing prices on its current models, one can expect to see a new […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":7715,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-647946","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/647946","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/7715"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=647946"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/647946\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=647946"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=647946"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=647946"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}