The Amazon Kindle Fire HD 7″ tablet got a price cut in India last month, now Amazon has reduced the price of the Kindle Fire HD 8.9″ tablet as a part of limited period festive offer. It was announced last year and was launched in India back in June at a price of Rs. Rs. 21,999 and Rs. 25,999 for the 16GB and 32GB variants respectively . It has a 8.9-inch (1920 x 1200 pixels) display with 254 ppi, powered by a 1.5 GHz dual-core OMAP4470 CPU with 299 MHz PowerVR SGX544 GPU and runs on a forked version of Android 4.0 (Ice Cream Sandwich).
It has Dolby audio with dual stereo speakers for immersive, virtual surround sound and Dual-band WiFi with dual-antennas / MIMO for 40% faster throughput than other tablets.
Amazon Kindle Fire HD 8.9″ specifications
- 8.9-inch (1920 x 1200 pixels) display with 254 ppi, polarizing filter and anti-glare technology
- 1.5 GHz dual-core OMAP4470 CPU with 299 MHz PowerVR SGX544 GPU
- 8.8 mm thick and weighs 567 grams
- Dual-band WiFi 802.11 b/g/n with dual-antennas / MIMO which is 40% faster
- 3.5 mm stereo jack, micro USB, Micro-HDMI
- Bluetooth with A2DP
- Integrated stereo speakers with exclusive Dolby audio engine
- 16GB / 32GB , No micro SD slot
- Up to 10 hours of battery life
The Amazon Kindle Fire HD 8.9″ is now available for Rs. 17,999 for the 16GB version and the 32GB version now costs Rs. 21,999. Amazon reduced the price of last year’s Kindle from Rs. 6,999 to Rs. 5,999 when the Paperwhite launched in India back in June, now the Kindle (2012) is available for Rs. 4,999 for a limited period. This limited period festive offers are available only till November 1st.