Amazon Just Unveiled A New 7-Inch Kindle Fire Tablet That Costs $159 (AMZN)

Source: http://www.businessinsider.com/amazon-announces-new-kindle-fire-tablet-for-160-2012-9

Amazon has unveiled a new, more powerful version of its Kindle Fire 7-inch tablet and cut the price to $159.

The biggest news in this update appears to be a price-cut, which undercuts Google's 7-inch tablet, the Nexus 7, by about $40. That makes it one of the cheapest tablets on the market, and a pretty good deal for the specifications.

The new device looks identical to the old one, but it sports better, more powerful guts, including a faster processor that makes the tablet run "40 percent faster."

The new tablet will be available September 14, and you can order it today.

The Kindle Fire runs a "forked" version of Android that has a custom interface built by Amazon, as well as other goodies like streaming from Amazon Prime.

It also has a longer battery life and twice as much RAM, which will make it better at multitasking and running apps.

Amazon also unveiled a newer, bigger tablet called the Kindle Fire HD, which appears to be more of a competitor with the iPad.

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