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The new Amazon Fire HD 10 tablet. It has slimmer bezels and a brand new entrance digital camera placement.
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The base-model Fire 10 HD is available in these colours. The Plus mannequin is available in black.
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Here it’s with the non-obligatory keyboard case.
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The keyboard is self-supporting, so it is nice for lap use.
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The keyboard format.
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This is the wi-fi charging dock for the “Plus” model. It will kick it over into Alexa’s “Show” mode.
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The Fire 10 HD Kids tablet, designed to outlive juice bins, mood tantrums, filth, snot…
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The pink model.
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This is the “Kids Pro” model, with a slimmer case.
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Amazon has introduced the 11th-generation model of the Fire 10 HD tablet. This 12 months’s version provides wi-fi charging for the “Plus” mannequin, a brand new entrance digital camera location (now positioned for panorama video chats as a substitute of portrait), and slimmer aspect bezels, resulting in a extra symmetrical design.
Detailed specs are on Amazon’s developer site. The tablet contains a 2 GHz MediaTek MT8183 SoC, the identical chip used within the 10th- and Ninth-gen Fire tablets going again to 2019. This is an eight-core, 12 nm chip with 4 Cortex A73 cores and 4 A53 cores. The GPU is an ARM Mali-G72 MP3. Other specs embrace a 10.1-inch, 1920×1200 LCD; 3GB of RAM; 32GB or 64GB of storage; a USB-C port; Wi-Fi as much as 802.11ac; a headphone jack; a microSD slot; and stereo audio system. Amazon says the battery is nice for “12 hours,” which beforehand has indicated a 6300 mAh battery.
True to its kind as a web based retail large, Amazon’s Fire 10 HD is out there in a bunch of various variations and bundles:
- The base mannequin Fire HD 10 starts at $149.99 with ads and $164.99 with out.
- The Fire HD Plus starts at $179.99 with ads ($194.99 with out) and has 4GB of RAM and Qi wi-fi charging assist.
- The Plus mannequin’s Qi assist is supposed for a 15W wi-fi charging dock formally known as the “Made for Amazon Wireless Charging Dock for Fire HD 10 Plus (11th Generation)” (Wow). The dock is manufactured by Anker and can kick the tablet into “Show Mode,” turning it into an Alexa good show. Amazon is charging $49.99 for the dock individually, nevertheless it’s additionally out there in a bundle with the Plus tablet for $10 off.
- An official, Fintie-manufactured Bluetooth keyboard case is out there for $49.99. This is a QWERTY keyboard with a self-supporting hinge that the Fire 10 (or 10 Plus) can slot into. The keyboard has its personal battery and expenses by way of USB-C. Amazon says it is good for 400 hours of utilization or a 12 months of standby time.
- Don’t overlook the youngsters’ variations! Fire HD 10 Kids takes the bottom mannequin Fire 10 HD tablet and slaps it in a “Kid-Proof” case for $199.99. This first model is designed for “youngsters ages 3–7” and consists of 1 12 months of Amazon Kids+, parental controls, and a “2-year worry-free assure.” Amazon says, “If it breaks, return it and we’ll substitute it free of charge.” It appears like the youngsters’ tablets are ad-free.
- There’s additionally the Fire HD 10 Kids Pro tablet, which is for barely older youngsters, ages 6-12. The case is slimmer. It’s still $199.99.
Fire tablets run Amazon’s customized fork of Android, so as a substitute of the Google ecosystem, you will be utilizing the Amazon App Store and Alexa, and you will be pushed to make use of Amazon companies. The 11th-gen model nonetheless runs Fire OS 7, which is predicated on Android 9 Pie, an OS from 2018. This 12 months, Amazon has determined to not disable split-screen assist (built-in since Android 7), so you can run two apps aspect by aspect now.
All the tablets and equipment ship May 26, 2021, however preorders are open right now.
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