Amazon unveils Alexa tablets, new Kindles and updated smart-home devices
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Amazon has begun rolling out a new slate of consumer devices through a series of announcements rather than a single fall hardware event, Engadget reported. The releases include three Alexa-branded tablets, new Kindles, Ring smart-home products and an updated Fire TV Stick 4K, with Amazon teasing more Alexa-branded devices on the way.
The new tablet range marks a shift away from Amazon’s Fire tablet branding. The Alexa Tablet 8 starts at $230 and has an 8.7-inch display, 4GB of RAM and either 64GB or 128GB of storage. The $330 Alexa Tablet 11 features an 11-inch, 2.5K display with a 90Hz refresh rate, 8GB of RAM and a neural-processing unit for on-device artificial intelligence.
The flagship Alexa Tablet 12 Pro costs $500. Amazon says it offers three times faster processing and nine times faster graphics than its previous tablets. It has a 12-inch display with a 120Hz refresh rate, an eight-core processor, a seven-core graphics processor, 8GB of RAM and 128GB of storage.
The tablets are scheduled to go on sale in the United States, Mexico and Canada on October 14, followed by the United Kingdom, Germany, France, Italy and Spain five days later.
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WHAT IT FLAGGED editor revise: Two details need to be narrowed to match Engadget's wording. - "with more Alexa devices expected": The source says Amazon has teased that more Alexa-branded devices are on the way, not that more Alexa devices are expected. - "followed by the United Kingdom, Germany, France, Italy and Spain on October 19": Engadget says the tablets will be available in those countries five days later than October 14, but does not state the date October 19.
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Amazon unveils Alexa tablets, new Kindles and updated smart-home devices
Amazon has begun rolling out a new slate of consumer devices through a series of announcements rather than a single fall hardware event, Engadget reported. The releases include three Alexa-branded tablets, new Kindles, Ring smart-home products and an updated Fire TV Stick 4K, with Amazon teasing more AlexaAlexa-branded devices expected.on the way.
The new tablet range marks a shift away from Amazon’s Fire tablet branding. The Alexa Tablet 8 starts at $230 and has an 8.7-inch display, 4GB of RAM and either 64GB or 128GB of storage. The $330 Alexa Tablet 11 features an 11-inch, 2.5K display with a 90Hz refresh rate, 8GB of RAM and a neural-processing unit for on-device artificial intelligence.
The flagship Alexa Tablet 12 Pro costs $500. Amazon says it offers three times faster processing and nine times faster graphics than its previous tablets. It has a 12-inch display with a 120Hz refresh rate, an eight-core processor, a seven-core graphics processor, 8GB of RAM and 128GB of storage.
The tablets are scheduled to go on sale in the United States, Mexico and Canada on October 14, followed by the United Kingdom, Germany, France, Italy and Spain onfive Octoberdays 19.later.
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