Amazon Introduces Alexa Tablets, New Kindles and Updated Smart-Home Devices
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Amazon has begun rolling out a series of new consumer devices in October, announcing products piecemeal rather than holding a standard fall hardware event. The lineup includes three Alexa-branded tablets, new Kindles, Ring smart-home equipment and an updated Fire TV Stick 4K, with additional Alexa devices expected.
The Alexa tablets are scheduled to launch in the United States, Mexico and Canada on October 14, followed by the United Kingdom, Germany, France, Italy and Spain on October 19. The entry-level Alexa Tablet 8 starts at $230 and includes an 8.7-inch display, 4GB of RAM and either 64GB or 128GB of storage.
The $330 Alexa Tablet 11 has an 11-inch 2.5K display with a 90Hz refresh rate, 8GB of RAM, an 8-core CPU, 2-core CPU and a fifth-gen MDLA NPU to support on-device AI processing. Amazon says its battery supports up to 15 hours of video playback.
The Alexa Tablet 12 Pro costs $500 and features a 12-inch display with a 120Hz refresh rate, an eight-core CPU, seven-core GPU, 8GB of RAM and 128GB of storage. Amazon says it offers three times faster processing and nine times faster graphics than its previous tablets.
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WHAT IT FLAGGED editor revise: The story needs three detail corrections to match Engadget’s reporting without adding unsupported framing. - "Amazon has begun rolling out a series of new consumer devices in October, replacing a single fall hardware event with staggered product announcements.": The source says Amazon has been announcing products piecemeal rather than holding a standard fall hardware event, but does not say it is replacing a single event. - "The $330 Alexa Tablet 11 has an 11-inch 2.5K display with a 90Hz refresh rate, 8GB of RAM and an on-device AI processor.": The source specifies an 8-core CPU and 2-core CPU plus a fifth-gen MDLA NPU; saying only an on-device AI processor omits the sourced processor detail and changes the specification. - "The Alexa Tablet 12 Pro starts at $500 and features a 12-inch display with a 120Hz refresh rate, an eight-core CPU, seven-core GPU, 8GB of RAM and 128GB of storage.": The source says the Alexa Tablet 12 Pro costs $500, not that it starts at $500.
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Amazon Introduces Alexa Tablets, New Kindles and Updated Smart-Home Devices
Amazon has begun rolling out a series of new consumer devices in October, replacingannouncing products piecemeal rather than holding a singlestandard fall hardware event with staggered product announcements.event. The lineup includes three Alexa-branded tablets, new Kindles, Ring smart-home equipment and an updated Fire TV Stick 4K, with additional Alexa devices expected.
The Alexa tablets are scheduled to launch in the United States, Mexico and Canada on October 14, followed by the United Kingdom, Germany, France, Italy and Spain on October 19. The entry-level Alexa Tablet 8 starts at $230 and includes an 8.7-inch display, 4GB of RAM and either 64GB or 128GB of storage.
The $330 Alexa Tablet 11 has an 11-inch 2.5K display with a 90Hz refresh rate, 8GB of RAMRAM, an 8-core CPU, 2-core CPU and ana fifth-gen MDLA NPU to support on-device AI processor.processing. Amazon says its battery supports up to 15 hours of video playback.
The Alexa Tablet 12 Pro starts atcosts $500 and features a 12-inch display with a 120Hz refresh rate, an eight-core CPU, seven-core GPU, 8GB of RAM and 128GB of storage. Amazon says it offers three times faster processing and nine times faster graphics than its previous tablets.
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