Amazon Launches Kindle Fire HD 8.9″ in Europe and Japan; Introduces New, Lower Price

Largest-display, highest-resolution version of Amazon’s best-selling tablet now available in Europe and Japan

New, lower price for Kindle Fire HD 8.9″ in the US — starting at just $269 for Wi-Fi and $399 for 4G

SEATTLE–(BUSINESS WIRE)– (NAS: AMZN) — Amazon today announced that Kindle Fire HD 8.9″ — the large-screen version of its best-selling tablet — is now available in the UK, Germany, France, Italy, Spain and Japan. With the expansion of Kindle Fire HD 8.9″ to Europe and Japan, Amazon also announced it is able to lower the price of Kindle Fire HD 8.9″ in the US, with the Wi-Fi version now starting at $269 and the 4G version starting at $399.

“We’re thrilled with customer reaction to Kindle Fire HD 8.9″. Customers tell us they love our large-screen version of Kindle Fire HD for web browsing, email, gaming, watching TV shows, reading magazines, and more,” said Dave Limp, Vice President, Amazon Kindle. “As we expand Kindle Fire HD 8.9″ to Europe and Japan, we’ve been able to increase our production volumes and decrease our costs. Across our business at Amazon, whenever we are able to create cost efficiencies like this, we want to pass the savings along to our customers.”

Kindle Fire HD 8.9″ is the highest-resolution, largest-display Kindle Fire. Designed for entertainment, it is perfect for web, apps, movies, games and magazines. Features include:

• Large 8.9″ display has the highest resolution of any Kindle Fire (1920×1200, 254 ppi), with rich color and deep contrast; ideal for movies, apps, and gaming.
• Custom Dolby audio and dual stereo speakers for crisp, rich sound.
• Over 23 million movies, TV shows, songs, magazines, books, and audiobooks.
• The most popular apps and games.
• Ultra-fast web browsing and streaming with built-in dual-band, dual-antenna Wi-Fi.
• Front-facing HD camera for taking photos or making video calls.
• Exceptional battery life — Kindle Fire HD 8.9″ gets 10 hours …read more
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