Amazon Kindle Fire HD 8.9 vs Apple iPad, Microsoft Surface, Galaxy Note 10.1

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By NDTV Correspondent | Updated: 7 September 2012 16:31 IST

Moving in the high-end tablet market, Amazon revealed its first full-HD tablet Kindle Fire HD 8.9" on Thursday. Featuring some of industry leading features, Amazon Kindle Fire HD 8.9" is going to compete with the likes of Apple's new iPad, Samsung's recently launched Galaxy Note 10.1, Microsoft Surface with Windows RT.

Amazon Kindle Fire HD not only improves on the display, but also comes with the latest generation dual-core processor from Texas Instruments. Amazon CEO claims that the TI OMAP 4470 processor outperforms NVIDIA's Tegra 3 quad-core processor.

Company is releasing two variants of the tablet - Wi-Fi only and 4G LTE. Both are scheduled to go on sale starting November 20th. But, will be able to take on the existing tablets? We did quick specs comparison to find out how it stacks up against the competitors.

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Also see: Amazon Kindle Fire HD 7" vs Google Nexus 7, Samsung Galaxy Tab 2 7.0, Kindle Fire

 

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