iPad Mini vs. new Amazon Kindle Fire HD: Who will win the tablet war?
In the reawakened war of tablet supremacy, Amazon has fired the first shot, but Apple has a strategy up its sleeve.
Amazon announced its brand new Kindle Fire HD today, an Android-based tablet with stereo speakers, dual Wi-Fi antennas, more third-party apps and a new partnership with AMDB for displaying cast and production information on movies as they’re being shown.
The new Kindle Fire is a bit larger than its predecessor, measuring in at 8.9-inches.
Of course, this is relevant on Blorge’s iPad blog because Apple is expected to introduce it’s heavily-rumored and heavily-anticiapted iPad Mini — a 7.85-inch version of its popular tablet.
Who will win the tablet war? First, here’s more on the new Kindle Fire.
The Kindle Fire HD is priced at $299 for a 16 GB model. Amazon will also be offering a $499 version that includes 32 GB of storage and access to a 4G LTE network.
One instant win over the iPad is the pricing for data. A data package only costs $50 per year and offers 250 MB per month of data, 20 GB of cloud storage and an incentive $10 Amazon Appstore credit.
Apple will likely release a 4G version of its iPad Mini, but consumers will be forced to use a cellular provider and pay roughly $30 per month for data.
Both models are set to ship Nov. 20.
This gives us some insight into the iPad Mini.
Apple’s smaller tablet very well may cost $299 for a 16 GB version, but with the advancement of iCloud, Apple may be intrigued to release an 8 GB version of the iPad Mini and really push the use of the cloud. They may even offer some kind of incentive of extra cloud storage for first-time adapters.
The iPad Mini should release sometime before Thanksgiving as well, in order to spark some a holiday rush at the stores.
Which tablet will reign supreme? If Apple can release an iPad Mini priced at $299 or cheaper, it should be game over for Amazon.
Amazon may have won the initial PR fight by announcing its tablet first, but Apple will finish strong.
September 8th, 2012
ALL new Kindle Fire have mandatory ads with no way to be removed.
September 9th, 2012
“Who will win the tablet war? ”
What tablet war ? Apple has 70% of the market and 80% of total profits. Amazon has 20% of the market and 1% of profits. There is no war.
Regarding data. 99.9% of iPad users use free wi-fi for data and don’t have to pay a cent.