<P> In September 2016, Amazon announced the release of the Fire HD 8 which includes the virtual assistant Alexa, priced at US $89.99 . Fortune reported that, "As with most of Amazon's devices, the aim isn't to make money off of the hardware but instead to sell digital content such as books, movies, and TV shows to users". </P> <P> A slightly improved Fire 7 was released in June 2017, keeping the US $49.99 price point . </P> <P> The Kindle Fire hardware was originally manufactured by Quanta Computer (an Original Design Manufacturer), which had also helped design the BlackBerry PlayBook, using it as a hardware template for the Kindle Fire . First - generation Kindle Fire devices employed a 1 - GHz Texas Instruments OMAP 4430 dual - core processor . The device has a 2 - point multi-touch color LCD screen with a diagonal length of 7 inches (180 mm) and a 600 × 1024 - pixel resolution (160 dpi density). Connectivity is through 802.11 n Wi - Fi and USB 2.0 (Micro-B connector). The device includes 8 GB of internal storage--said to be enough for 80 applications, plus either 10 movies or 800 songs or 6,000 books . According to Amazon the first - generation Kindle Fire's 4400 mAh battery sustains up to 8 hours of consecutive reading and up to 7.5 hours of video playback with wireless off; later generations all offered around 7--8 hours </P> <P> Of the 8 GB internal storage available in the first - generation Kindle Fire, approximately 6.5 GB was available for content . </P>

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