Amazon's $199 Kindle Fire HD sales rocketed after the iPad mini announcement, breaking a fever of consumer hesitation.
"Wednesday was the $199 Kindle Fire HD's biggest day of sales since launch and up 3x week over week," said Amazon's Drew Herdener in an interview with All Things D.
Apple has a long history of selling its products at a premium, and the iPad mini is no different. The Cupiterno tech company offers two tiers of prices for the 16, 32, and 64GB versions of the device. The Wifi-only versions sell for the following prices: the 16GB costs $329, the 32GB costs $429, and the 64GB costs $529. The Cellular-enabled devices cost $459 for 16GB, $449 for 32GB, and $659 for 64GB.
The mini's features a Dual-Core A5 Prcoessor, Bluetooth 4.0 wireless technology , a 7.9-inch diagonal LED-backlit Multi-Touch display with IPS technology, a 1024 x 768, fingerprint-resistant coating, a front-facing 1.2 Facetime HD camera, and a 5-megapixel iSight Camera.
Amazon offers the Kindle Fire HD in 7-inch and 8.9-inch versions. For the 7-inch tablets, the company sells the 16GB at $199, and the 32GB at $249. The 8.9-inch Fire HD offers the 16GB for $299 and the 32GB for $369. A 32GB 4G LTE costs $499, while the 64GB LTE Fire costs $499.
Spec-wise, the 7-inch Fire sports a 1.2GHz dual-core processor, with a 1280 x 800 resolution that runs 720p. The 8.9 tablet displays at 1080p with a 1920 x 1200 resolution, and runs off of a 1.5GHz dual-core processor.
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