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Amazon Fire
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The Amazon Fire, formerly called the Kindle Fire, is a line of tablet computers developed by Amazon. Built with Quanta Computer, the Kindle Fire was first released in November 2011, featuring a color 7-inch multi-touch display with IPS technology and running on Fire OS, an Android-based operating system. The Kindle Fire HD followed in September 2012, and the Kindle Fire HDX in September 2013. In September 2014, when the fourth generation was introduced, the name "Kindle" was dropped. In later generations, the Fire tablet is also 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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Developer | Amazon Inc. |
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Manufacturer | Quanta Computer[1] |
Type | Tablet computer & Smart speaker for latest model (by turning on show mode) |
Release date | November 15, 2011 (2011-11-15) (US) September 6, 2012 (2012-09-06) (Europe) December 18, 2012 (2012-12-18) (Japan) |
Units sold | 7 million (as of October 2012[update])[2] |
Operating system | Fire OS |
System on a chip | TI OMAP 4 (1st and 2nd gen) MediaTek MT81xx (5th gen and newer) |
CPU | Dual and Quad core (ARM) |
Memory | 512 MB RAM (1st gen) 1 GB RAM (2nd gen)[3] 2 GB RAM (12th gen) |
Storage | 8 GB,[4] 16 GB, or 32 GB |
Display | 7 inch, 1024×600 resolution, capacitive multi-touch display[4] |
Graphics | PowerVR and Mali |
Sound | 3.5 mm stereo audio jack Top-mounted stereo speakers (1st and 2nd gen) Bottom-mounted mono speaker (5th gen and newer) |
Camera | Front and Rear facing cameras |
Connectivity | Micro-USB 2.0 (type B),[5] USB-C 2.0 (12th gen) 3.5 mm stereo socket[5] Wi-Fi Bluetooth (5th gen and newer) |
Online services | Amazon Prime, Amazon Cloud Storage, Amazon Cloud Player, Amazon Video, Amazon Silk, Amazon Appstore, Amazon Kindle Store |
Dimensions | 190 mm (7.5 in) H 120 mm (4.7 in) W 11.4 mm (0.45 in) D[6] |
Mass | 413 g (14.6 oz)[7] |
Successor | Fire HD |
Website | Amazon Fire |
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