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The Kindle Fire HD vs Kindle Fire: What's changed?

Well, Amazon unveiled a trio of tablets today, with last year's champ elbowed out of the spotlight by the Kindle Fire HD with its beefier processor and display. While we'll pour one out for the downgraded former flagship, we here at Engadget are more concerned with stacking the stats side-by-side to see what's changed in the 12 months since were here last. If you're curious yourself, why not join us after the break, but be warned, things are gonna get seriously nerdy.

Display

7-inch LCD IPS

8.9-inch LCD IPS

7-inch IPS

Resolution

1,280 x 800

1,920 x 1,200

1,024 x 600

OS (Skinned)

Android 4.0

Android 4.0

Android 2.3

CPU

Dual-core 1.2GHz TI OMAP4 4460

Dual-core 1.5GHz TI OMAP4 4470

Dual-core 1GHz TI OMAP

Graphics

IT SGX544

IT SGX544

Undisc.

Memory

TBA

TBA

512MB

Storage

16GB, 32GB

16GB, 32GB, 64GB

8GB

Front Camera

"HD"

"HD"

N/A

Rear Camera

N/A

N/A

N/A

Cellular

N/A

AT&T 4G LTE

N/A

WiFi

Dual-band 802.11 a/b/g/n

Dual-band 802.11 a/b/g/n

802.11 b/g/n

Bluetooth

Yes (TBA)

Yes (TBA)

N/A

Dimensions

193 x 137 x 10.3mm

240 x 160 x 8.8mm

190 x 120 x 11.4mm

Weight (WiFi)

395 grams

567 grams

413 grams

Weight (4G)

N/A

567 grams

N/A

Battery

"11 hours"

TBA

4,400mAh

Ports

microUSB, microHDMI

microUSB, microHDMI

microUSB


Disclaimer: Some of the specs aren't being disclosed today, but we'll update this as soon as we know and in full when we have the device in for review.