#Kindle hdx 7 specs plus#

It’s still not a pocket-friendly tablet, but it won’t weigh down your bag and that’s a major plus over the last edition. It’s still slightly heavier than the Nexus 7 2 (290g) and at 9mm thick is marginally more portly than the Asus tablet, but is a little shorter. In terms of actual dimensions, the Wi-Fi model weighs 303g shaving off almost100g from the Kindle Fire HD (395g) and that’s definitely a good thing. If you are looking for the microHDMI port you’re out of luck, it’s gone so you are going to have to rely on the Miracast support for screen mirroring to a TV.

Locating the buttons can initially be fiddly but it doesn’t take long to readjust. The volume rocker and on/off button have moved to the back in easy reach, the two stereo speakers are higher up to avoid muffling the sound with your hands and the microUSB charging port and 3.5mm headphone jack are positioned on the edges of the device to avoid wires flailing across the screen. Key design changes are geared towards using it in landscape mode. The HDX is noticeably wider than the Nexus 7 making it much more of a stretch to hold in one hand. If you are planning to use it in portrait mode it’s a less enjoyable experience. There’s the matted, soft touch plastic, but the long black strip on the back is gone and the curvy corners have now been replaced with much more angular ones.įingers now follow the sloped narrow design when holding the HDX in landscape mode, making it more comfortable to grip in two hands. It does still have the glossy black bezel surrounding the 7-inch display with front-facing camera up top, but when you flip it over the differences are quickly apparent. The HDX looks very different to the Kindle Fire HD and the changes, on the whole, are welcome ones.

Kindle hdx 7 specs