US online retail giant has launched today its very economical Fire Tablet. The Fire tablet is priced $49.99, and will start shipping in US on September 30. Fire is also available as a buy five, get one free six-pack for $249.95. The orders can be pre-booked at www.amazon.com/fire. For Fire tablet, protective covers are also available in five colors–black, blue, orange, green, and purple–that can stand in both landscape and portrait orientations, for $24.99.
“Today, we’re taking another step in our mission to deliver premium products at non-premium prices,” said Jeff Bezos, Amazon.com Founder and CEO. “The all-new Fire features a quad-core processor, is incredibly durable, and is backed by the Amazon content ecosystem, the new Amazon Underground, and Amazon customer service with Mayday Screen Sharing. Fire sets a new bar for what customers should expect from a low cost tablet.”
Highlights of Fire Table:
- Fire features a 7 inch IPS display for a great viewing experience with vivid and accurate color reproduction that can be seen at all angles.
- Powered by Quad-core 1.3 GHz processor, which according to Amazon has 2x more processing power than Samsung Galaxy Tab 3 Lite.
- It has front- and rear-facing cameras.
- Up to 128GB of expandable storage via microSD
- All-day battery life and capable of delivering up to 7 hours of reading, browsing the web, listening to music, and watching video
- It comes with Amazon Underground–A one-of-a-kind app store experience where over $10,000 in apps, games and even in-app items are free
- Activity Center for parents to see how their kids are spending time on their Fire tablet–from how much time they spend playing games, to which websites they visit. Activity Center will be available via a free, over-the-air Fire OS update in the coming months.
Fire Tablet gives access to over 38 million movies, TV shows, songs, books, apps, and games, as well as exclusive features like X-Ray, ASAP, and Second Screen, Fire is ideal for watching movies, playing games, reading books, listening to music, and more.
