For nylig fik vi fingrene i Amazon Kindle Fire HDX 7 , en tablet fremstillet af, du gættede rigtigt, Amazon . Virksomheden er en gigant i verden af ​​online detailhandel, og det er også den mest anerkendte producent af e-bogslæsere derude. Men i nogen tid nu har de også produceret andre mobile enheder, såsom tablets, smartphones eller tv-sticks. Kindle Fire HDX 7 er tredje generation af Kindle Fire -tablets, og den lover at levere fantastisk hardware og et forbedret operativsystem, der både er let, elegant og nemt at bruge. Dette er vores første møde med en Amazon -mobilenhed, så du kan forestille dig, hvor nysgerrige vi var på den. Find ud af denne anmeldelse alle de stærke og alle svage punkter vedAmazon Kindle Fire HDX 7 :

Udpakning af Amazon Kindle Fire HDX 7

Kindle Fire HDX 7 kommer i en sort papkasse af høj kvalitet . På dens forside kan du se et billede af tabletten, du finder indeni, navnet på tabletten og også dens vigtigste hardwarespecifikationer. Bagsiden af ​​æsken fremhæver nogle af tablettens egenskaber på flere sprog.

Så, når du åbner kassen, kan du se selve Kindle Fire HDX 7 .

Under tabletten får du en hurtig startguide og garantisedlen. Gemt væk på toppen af ​​tabletten finder du også et USB -kabel. Desværre havde Kindle Fire HDX 7 , vi modtog, ingen strømoplader, men det kan variere afhængigt af din placering.

Det er stort set det, når det kommer til pakken, og hvad du finder indeni den.

Hardware specifikationer

Amazon Kindle Fire HDX 7 tilbyder en 7" IPS LCD - skærm, med en høj opløsning på 1920 x 1200 pixels ved 323 ppi pixeltæthed. Amazon lover, at skærmen byder på perfekt farvenøjagtighed og store lysstyrkeniveauer.

Processoren, der driver den, er en kraftfuld quad-core Qualcomm Snapdragon 800 CPU , der kører på 2,2 GHz . Den kommer med 2 GB RAM -hukommelse og en hurtig Adreno 330 -videochip. Med hensyn til lagerplads kan du få Fire HDX 7 med 16, 32 eller 64 GB internt lager. Desværre kan du ikke tilføje et microSD-kort for at udvide lagerpladsen.

Tablettens størrelse er 186 x 128 x 9 mm ( Højde x Bredde x Tykkelse^{(Height x Width x Thickness)} ) eller 7,32 x 5,04 x 0,35 tommer og vejer i alt 303 gram eller 10,69 oz. Batteriet har en kapacitet på 4550 mAh, hvilket ikke virker af ret meget, men Amazon lover, at det kan give dig op til 11 timers blandet brug.

Operativsystemet installeret på Amazon Kindle Fire HDX 7 , vi fik, er Fire OS 4.5.4 " Sangria ". Det er i bund og grund en tilpasset variant af Android -operativsystemet, tilpasset af Amazon til deres egne enheder.

Kindle Fire HDX 7^{(Kindle Fire HDX 7)} har et frontvendt 720p HD-kamera, men intet bagkamera. Frontkameraet fungerer rigtig godt til videoopkald i Skype eller enhver anden lignende app. Med hensyn til tilslutning og porte får du en dual-band WiFi - adapter, der er i stand til at bruge 802.11 a/b/g- og n-protokollerne, en Bluetooth - chip, en microUSB 2.0-port og et standard 3,5 mm lydstik. Desværre understøtter netværkschippen ikke 802.11ac, så du vil ikke kunne oprette forbindelse til 5GHz trådløse netværk.

Hvis du bor i USA ^(United) ,^(States) sælges Amazons ^(Amazon)Kindle Fire HDX 7 i to varianter, når det kommer til dens tilslutningsmuligheder. Du kan få den basismodel, vi fik, eller du kan få en 4G-model, der fungerer både med AT&T og Verizon . Basismodellen kan kun oprette forbindelse til internettet^(Internet) på Wifi og har ingen GPS - chip, mens 4G-modellen inkluderer A-GPS .

Du kan finde den fulde liste over specifikationer på Amazons^(Amazon) officielle side her: Kindle Fire HDX 7" - Tekniske detaljer^{(Kindle Fire HDX 7" - Technical details)} .

Brug af Amazon Kindle Fire HDX 7

Når det kommer til dets design og byggekvalitet, er vi mere end tilfredse med Kindle Fire HDX 7 . På dens forside får du intet andet end skærmen: intet logo, ingen knapper, nej... intet. Selvom nogle måske finder dette for sløvt, kan vi godt lide det, når tingene bliver gjort med en minimalistisk filosofi i tankerne.

Det samme kan dog ikke siges om bagsiden af ​​Kindle Fire HDX 7 . Bagpladen ligner en 3D trapez med kantede kanter og er lavet af sort mat - soft touch plastik, der føles rigtig lækkert og gør det meget nemt at holde tabletten i hænderne. Midterområdet på bagsiden af ​​Kindle Fire HDX 7 er domineret af Amazons^(Amazon) logo.

Den øverste side af bagsiden af ​​denne tablet (hvis du ser på den i liggende tilstand) er også stedet, hvor du finder højttalerne, placeret på begge ender af en sort, blank plastkant. At placere højttaleren øverst på enheden er en rigtig god ting, da det forhindrer dig i at blokere for lyden ved et uheld med dine hænder, mens du bruger tabletten.

Et interessant designvalg fra Amazons^(Amazon) side er, at tænd/sluk-knappen og volumenvippen også er placeret på bagsiden af ​​Kindle Fire HDX 7 . I starten syntes vi, at denne positionering var lidt bizar, men efter et kort stykke tid vænner du dig til det og nyder det endda. Det føles meget naturligt og nemt at skrue op eller ned for lyden, når man for eksempel ser en film.

Går vi tilbage til forsiden af ​​Kindle Fire HDX 7 , er skærmen virkelig imponerende. Skærmen i Full HD , 1920 x 1200 pixels opløsning bruger en IPS LCD -skærm, der tilbyder brede betragtningsvinkler, god farvegengivelse, stor kontrast og meget høje lysstyrkeniveauer. Kindle Fire HDX 7^{(Kindle Fire HDX 7)} er en fantastisk tablet til at se film, læse bøger eller aviser eller blot surfe på internettet^(Internet) , selv under skarpe lysforhold, som når du er udendørs. Fra dette synspunkt er dette en meget bedre tablet end de fleste af dem, vi har testet tidligere.

Kindle Fire HDX 7 har også et godt sæt højttalere. Lydkvaliteten er rigtig god, og selvom højttalerne ikke er særlig høje, forvrænger de ikke den lyd, der kommer ud. Men hvis du vil nyde dens fulde lydstyrke, bør du bruge et godt sæt hovedtelefoner.

Den største ulempe ved Amazon Kindle Fire HDX 7 -tabletten, vi har gennemgået, er den tilgængelige lagerplads. Vi havde den mindre potente model med kun 16 GB intern lagerplads. Ud af det er kun 10,79 GB tilgængelige for brugeren, resten bruges af operativsystemet og standardapps, der er bundtet med det. Som vi nævnte før, inkluderer tabletten ikke nogen SD-slot, så du kan heller ikke udvide din lagerplads ved at tilføje et SD-kort. Hvis du tænker på, at selve tabletten tilbyder en Full HD -skærm og hardware, der matcher den, er det indlysende, at du vil bruge den til at se mediefiler i 1080p-opløsning. Sådanne HD-filer har tendens til at være meget store: vi taler om mere end et par GB'er^(GBs)for hver fil. At have kun 10 GB ledig plads betyder, at du muligvis kun kan gemme en eller to film på tablettens interne plads, udover de grundlæggende apps, du vil installere. Som sådan, hvis du har til hensigt at købe Kindle Fire HDX 7 , anbefaler vi dig på det kraftigste at vælge en af ​​32GB eller endda 64GB varianterne.

Kindle Fire HDX 7^{(Kindle Fire HDX 7)} tilbyder et frontvendt kamera, men intet bagud. Kameraet er i stand til at tage billeder og optage videoer ved 720p, og det er tydeligt, at det kun er designet til videoopkald. Hvis du vil tage selfies, anbefaler vi dig ikke at gøre det, medmindre du bliver tilfreds med billeder med et støjende look og med noget kedelige farver.

Med hensyn til ydeevne er Amazons Kindle ^(Amazon)Fire HDX 7^{(Kindle Fire HDX 7)} ganske enkelt i top. Den kraftfulde quad-core 2,2 GHz CPU kombineret med 2 GB RAM -hukommelse og den hurtige Adreno 330 videochip er ustoppelige. Alt kører glat: selve tabletten starter på ingen tid, apps indlæses øjeblikkeligt, at se Full HD- videoer er en hakkenfri oplevelse, at surfe på nettet er en sand fornøjelse, og multi-tasking er noget, der føles naturligt på denne tablet. Der er ingen forsinkelser overhovedet. Vi var meget tilfredse med den ydeevne, Kindle Fire HDX 7 tilbyder.

Når det kommer til dens batterilevetid, har Kindle Fire HDX 7 ikke noget problem, der varer en dag under normal brug. Hvis du er en let bruger, kan du endda oplade den hvert par dage eller deromkring. Men i intensive behandlingsopgaver som at se film eller spille spil, lykkedes det os kun at bruge det i 4 til 5 timer, hvilket stadig er nok til, at du kan se en hel film, tjekke din e-mail og gennemse et par sider på internettet^(Internet) , før du faktisk opladning af tabletten.

Det, vi elskede mest ved Amazons Kindle Fire HDX 7-tablet, er den stærke hardware, den pakker og den smukke skærm. Tabletten er hurtig og lydhør, uanset hvad du beder den om at gøre. Der er dog to ting, der ville have fået os til at holde endnu mere af tabletten: Et bagkamera og en GPS-sensor på modellen med kun WiFi.^{(What we loved mostly about Amazon's Kindle Fire HDX 7 tablet is the strong hardware it packs and the beautiful display. The tablet is fast and responsive no matter what you ask it to do. However, there are two things that would have made us like the tablet even more: a rear camera and a GPS sensor on the WiFi only model.)}

Fire OS 4.5.4 og medfølgende apps

Kindle Fire HDX 7^{(Kindle Fire HDX 7)} , vi anmeldte, brugte Amazons Fire ^(Amazon)OS 4.5.4^{(Fire OS 4.5.4)} , et styresystem fra Android . Den originale Android gennemgik dog så mange tilpasninger, at den ikke længere er genkendelig.

Fire OS tilbyder en brugergrænseflade designet til at være så enkel som muligt. Det er en god ting, og vi må indrømme, at vi kan lide det. Amazon har dog også frataget den originale Android alle tilpasningsmulighederne. Du kan ikke tilpasse din enhed, selvom du ville. Du sidder fast med, hvad Amazon havde i tankerne at give dig, og det er stort set det.

Den grænseflade, der bruges af Fire OS , er skabt af Amazon , til Amazon - brugere. Det promoverer indhold, der er tilgængeligt gennem Amazon Appstore , Amazon Instant Video , Amazon Bookstore og så videre. Startskærmen har en karrusel med de apps (eller andet indhold), som du for nylig har fået adgang til, og et gitter af dine yndlingsapps fastgjort under det.

På toppen af ​​grænsefladen har du en værktøjslinje, der tilbyder links til Søgning, Butik, Spil, Apps, Bøger, Musik, Videoer, Bladkiosk, Lydbøger, Web, Fotos^{(Search, Shop, Games, Apps, Books, Music, Videos, Newsstand, Audiobooks, Web, Photos)} og Docs . Ligesom Android kan du også få adgang til nogle hurtige indstillinger og dine meddelelser, hvis du glider fra toppen af ​​skærmen.

Når det kommer til apps bundtet med Kindle Fire HDX 7 , fulgte Amazon den samme minimalistiske filosofi og forudinstallerede ikke mange apps. ^(Amazon)Som standard får du følgende apps:

Calculator - a simple calculator app.

Calendar - a calendar & agenda app.

Camera - lets you take photos or capture videos with the front facing camera. Interestingly enough, it also offers plenty of editing options for the photos you take.

Clock - a minimalistic clock & alarm app.

Contacts - lists all your contacts.

Email - an email app that works well and looks quite nice.

FreeTime - er faktisk en "forældrekontrol"-funktion. Du kan bruge denne app til at oprette profiler til dine børn. Derefter kan du vælge det indhold, som de vil være i stand til at bruge på din Kindle Fire HDX 7- tablet.

Goodreads on Kindle - lets you connect with the Goodreads community, follow friends and see what they are reading. You can also share and rate books you read on your Kindle Fire HDX 7.

Help - offers help and guides for your Kindle Fire HDX 7 tablet. You can also use this app in order to contact Amazon for support.

Instant Video - gives you access to Amazon's Instant Video services. You can buy and watch tons of movies and TV shows.

Maps - en kortviser, der ligner Google Maps . Vi fandt dog, at denne app var ret ubrugelig, da den kun virker, hvis du er online. Kindle Fire HDX 7 , vi har anmeldt, har ingen 4G-forbindelse og ingen GPS -sensorer, så vi kunne virkelig ikke bruge Maps , undtagen når vi havde en fungerende trådløs forbindelse.

My Music - lets you browse and play your music.

My Videos - lets you you browse and play videos.

Shop Amazon - takes you to the Amazon website, where you can search for and buy almost anything you can think of.

Silk Browser - er Amazons^(Amazon) browser-app. Vi kunne mest lide denne webbrowser: den kører godt, og den er ret hurtig, sandsynligvis også på grund af den kraftige hardware inde i tabletten. Der er dog én ting, vi gerne vil have forbedret i fremtiden: adresselinjen og fanerne øverst er ret store og tager altid plads. Disse bjælker kan automatisk skjules, når du scroller på et websted, så der er mere plads tilbage til det faktiske indhold.

The Washington Post - is a newsreader for the renowned Washington Post daily newspaper.

Vejr^(Weather) - en simpel app, der tilbyder vejrudsigter på en elegant måde.

Wish List - takes you to your Wish List from your Amazon account.

Vi kunne generelt godt lide Fire OS, men det kunne være meget bedre, hvis Amazon ville tilføje i det mindste nogle af de originale Android-tilpasningsmuligheder. Vi sætter pris på enkelheden i brugergrænsefladen, men karrusellen fylder for eksempel for meget på startskærmen – vi ville være bedre uden den.^{(We generally liked Fire OS, but it could be much better if Amazon would add at least some of the original Android customization options. We appreciate the simplicity of the user interface, but the carousel for example is taking too much space on the home screen - we would be better without it.)}

Ydelse i benchmarks

Med sin 2,2 GHz quad-core Qualcomm Snapdragon 800 - processor og 2 GB RAM er Amazons ^(Amazon)Kindle Fire HDX 7 en kraftfuld tablet. At kende specifikationerne er godt, men det kan ikke sammenlignes med at se, hvordan hardwaren klarer sig i benchmarks. Fordi Kindle Fire HDX 7 kører på Fire OS , som i virkeligheden er en Android , brugte vi de samme benchmarking-apps, som vi ville have på enhver anden Android -enhed. Så lad os se, hvordan det gjorde:

Det første, vi måler på enhver computerenhed, er den tilbudte CPU- ydelse. ^(CPU)For at gøre det bruger vi Vellamo , en af ​​de mest populære benchmarking-apps.

Den første test er Vellamo Multicore , et benchmark, der har til formål at måle CPU- ydeevnen, når du kører flere opgaver samtidigt. Kindle Fire HDX 7^{(Kindle Fire HDX 7)} formåede at få 1873 point, hvilket er en meget høj score.

Derefter gik vi videre til at måle, hvor godt CPU'en^(CPU) klarer sig i enkeltopgaveoperationer. Vellamo Metal^{(Vellamo Metal)} -testen viser, hvordan en enhed vil håndtere apps, der ikke ved, hvordan man bruger mere end én CPU -kerne. I betragtning af at mange apps falder ind under denne kategori, er dette en meget vigtig test. Amazons ^(Amazon)Kindle Fire HDX 7 fik 1428 point. Denne score fortæller os, at tabletten tilbyder høj ydeevne, selv når du bruger en enkelt CPU -kerne.

En meget vigtig test, når man vurderer en enhed, er dens spilydelse. For at måle det bruger vi GFXBench GL Benchmark . De test, vi anser for relevante for at kunne rangere en enhed korrekt, er Manhattan og T-Rex testene. Vi tager kun deres offscreen-versioner i betragtning, da det betyder, at de kører med en 1080p opløsning, uanset den oprindelige opløsning af den testede enhed.

I Manhattan -testen formåede Kindle Fire HDX 7 at gengive 603 frames, hvilket er et godt resultat.

I T-Rex- testen gengav Kindle Fire HDX 7 1267 billeder. Denne score viser, at spilydelsen, der tilbydes af denne tablet, er god, og du vil uden problemer kunne spille ethvert spil, der er tilgængeligt i Amazon Appstore .

Vi har nu en bedre idé om, hvordan Kindle Fire HDX 7 klarer sig med hensyn til rå kraft og spiloplevelse. Dernæst ville vi se, hvor godt det håndterer mere almindelige ting som at surfe på nettet. For at måle dens ydeevne på dette område brugte vi Vellamo igen. Browsertestene, som denne app tilbyder, måler en enheds ydeevne, når den skal gengive websteder ved hjælp af ting som HTML5 , CSS3 eller JavaScript . Desværre er Vellamo ikke^(Vellamo) kompatibel med Amazons ^(Amazon)Silk Browser , så for at kunne få nogle resultater, så tæt på virkeligheden som muligt, sideloadede vi først Googles ^(Google)Chrome - browser.Kindle Fire HDX 7 formåede at få 3420 point, hvilket er et meget godt resultat.

Den sidste ting, vi testede, var den autonomi, som batteriet tilbyder. Som vi allerede ved, har Kindle Fire HDX 7 et 4550 mAh lithium polymer batteri. Ved normal brug formåede tabletten at holde os i en dag og endnu mere. Men for at få et mere "videnskabeligt" resultat brugte vi også Work-batterilevetidstesten,^{(Work battery life)} der tilbydes af PCMark . Resultatet Amazons ^(Amazon)Kindle Fire HDX 7 fik i dette benchmark var en køretid på omkring 7 timer og en halv, hvilket er anstændigt, men ikke forbløffende.

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Amazons ^(Amazon)Kindle Fire HDX 7 er en fantastisk lille tablet. Vi elskede, hvor hurtigt den reagerer, uanset hvilken opgave du kaster på den. Hardwaren er mere end i stand til at opretholde enhver app eller spil i Appstore . Designet appellerer måske ikke til nogle, men hvis du kan lide enkelhed, du omfavner den minimalistiske filosofi og du kan lide kantede designs, vil du også elske denne tablet. På den anden side er brugergrænsefladen ikke særlig venlig, når det kommer til at tilbyde dig tilpasningsmuligheder, og Amazon bør tilføje flere apps til deres Appstore . I sidste ende mener vi, at Kindle Fire HDX 7 er et godt køb for alle, der er interesseret i Amazon og deres tjenester, og et rigtig godt køb, hvis du er enAmazon Prime medlem.

Reviewing Amazon's Kindle Fire HDX 7 - A Good Tablet With Strong Hardware

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Unboxing The Amazon Kindle Fire HDX 7

The Kindle Fire HDX 7 comes in a black, high quality cardboard box. On its front side, you can see a picture of the tablet you'll find inside, the name of the tablet and also its main hardware specifications. The back side of the box highlights some of the tablet's characteristics, in several languages.

Then, when you open the box, you get to see the Kindle Fire HDX 7 itself.

Beneath the tablet, you get a quick start guide and the warranty leaflet. Tucked away to the top side of the tablet, you'll also find a USB cable. Unfortunately, the Kindle Fire HDX 7 we received had no power charger, but that may vary by your location.

That's pretty much it when it comes to the package and what you find inside it.

Hardware Specifications

The Amazon Kindle Fire HDX 7 offers a 7" IPS LCD display, with a high resolution of 1920 x 1200 pixels at 323 ppi pixel density. Amazon promises that the display offers perfect color accuracy and great brightness levels.

The processor powering it is a powerful quad-core Qualcomm Snapdragon 800 CPU running at 2.2 GHz. It comes with 2GB of RAM memory and a fast Adreno 330 video chip. In terms of storage space, you can get the Fire HDX 7 with 16, 32 or 64GB of internal storage. Unfortunately, you cannot add a microSD card in order to extend the storage space.

The size of the tablet is 186 x 128 x 9 mm (Height x Width x Thickness) or 7.32 x 5.04 x 0.35 inches and weighs a total of 303 grams or 10.69 oz. The battery has a capacity of 4550 mAh, which doesn't seem like very much, but Amazon promises it can get you up to 11 hours of mixed use.

The operating system installed on the Amazon Kindle Fire HDX 7 we got is Fire OS 4.5.4 "Sangria". It's essentially a custom flavor of the Android operating system, customized by Amazon for their own devices.

The Kindle Fire HDX 7 has a front facing 720p HD camera, but no rear camera. The front camera works really well for video calls in Skype or any other similar app. In terms of connectivity and ports, you get a dual-band WiFi adapter capable of using the 802.11 a/b/g and n protocols, a Bluetooth chip, a microUSB 2.0 port and an standard 3.5mm audio jack. Unfortunately, the network chip doesn't support 802.11ac, so you won't be able to connect to 5GHz wireless networks.

If you live in the United States, Amazon's Kindle Fire HDX 7 is sold in two variants when it comes to its connectivity options. You can get the base model that we got, or you can get a 4G model that works both with AT&T and Verizon. The base model can connect to the Internet only on Wifi and has no GPS chip, while the 4G model includes A-GPS.

You can find the full list of specifications, on Amazon's official page, here: Kindle Fire HDX 7" - Technical details.

Using The Amazon Kindle Fire HDX 7

When it comes to its design and build quality, we are more than happy with the Kindle Fire HDX 7. On its front side you get nothing more than the screen: no logo, no buttons, no… nothing. While some may find this as too blunt, we like it when things are done with a minimalistic philosophy in mind.

However, the same can't be said about the back of the Kindle Fire HDX 7. The backplate looks like a 3D trapezoid with angular edges and is made of black matte - soft touch plastic that feels really nice and makes it very easy to hold the tablet in your hands. The center area on the back of the Kindle Fire HDX 7 is dominated by Amazon's logo.

The top side of the back of this tablet (if you look at it in landscape mode) is also the place where you find the speakers, positioned on both ends of a black, glossy plastic rim. Placing the speaker to the top of the device is a really good thing, as it stops you from accidentally blocking the sound with your hands while using the tablet.

An interesting design choice on Amazon's part is that the power button and the volume rocker are also placed on the back of the Kindle Fire HDX 7. At first, we found this positioning to be a little bizarre, but after a short while, you get used to it and even enjoy it. It feels very natural and easy to turn the volume up or down when watching a movie, for example.

Going back to the front of the Kindle Fire HDX 7, the screen is really impressive. The Full HD, 1920 x 1200 pixels resolution, screen uses an IPS LCD display that offers wide viewing angles, good color reproduction, great contrast and very high brightness levels. The Kindle Fire HDX 7 is a great tablet for watching movies, reading books or newspapers, or simply browsing the Internet, even in bright light conditions, like when you are outdoors. From this point of view, this is a much better tablet than most of those we have tested in the past.

The Kindle Fire HDX 7 also has a good set of speakers. The audio quality is really good and, even if the speakers are not very loud, they don't distort any sound coming out. However, if you want to enjoy its full audio power, you should use a good set of headphones.

The biggest drawback of the Amazon Kindle Fire HDX 7 tablet we reviewed is the storage space available. We had the less potent model, with only 16GB of internal storage space. Out of that, only 10.79GB are available to the user, the rest being used by the operating system and the default apps bundled with it. As we mentioned before, the tablet doesn't include any SD slot, so you can't extend your storage space by adding an SD card either. If you think about the fact that the tablet itself offers a Full HD screen and hardware to match it, it's obvious that you'll want to use it for watching media files in 1080p resolution. Such HD files tend to be very big: we're speaking about more than a few GBs for each file. Having only 10GB of free space means you might be able to store only one or two movies on the tablet's internal space, besides the basic apps you'll want to install. As such, if you intend on buying the Kindle Fire HDX 7, we strongly recommend you to choose one of the 32GB or even the 64GB variants.

The Kindle Fire HDX 7 offers a front facing camera, but no rear one. The camera is capable of shooting pictures and capturing videos at 720p, and it's clear that it was designed only for video calls. If you want to take selfies, we don't recommend you do that, unless you're going to be satisfied by pictures with a noisy look and with somewhat dull colors.

In terms of performance, Amazon's Kindle Fire HDX 7 simply rocks. The powerful quad-core 2.2 GHz CPU combined with the 2GB of RAM memory and the fast Adreno 330 video chip are unstoppable. Everything runs smoothly: the tablet itself boots in no time, the apps load instantly, watching Full HD videos is a stutter free experience, browsing the web is a real pleasure and multi-tasking is something that feels natural on this tablet. There are no lags whatsoever. We were very happy with the performance the Kindle Fire HDX 7 offers.

When it comes to its battery life, the Kindle Fire HDX 7 doesn't have any problem lasting for a day under normal use. If you're a light user, you might even charge it every couple of days or so. However, in intensive processing tasks like watching movies or playing games, we managed to use it only for 4 to 5 hours, which is still enough for you to watch an entire movie, check your email and browse a few pages on the Internet before actually charging the tablet.

What we loved mostly about Amazon's Kindle Fire HDX 7 tablet is the strong hardware it packs and the beautiful display. The tablet is fast and responsive no matter what you ask it to do. However, there are two things that would have made us like the tablet even more: a rear camera and a GPS sensor on the WiFi only model.

Fire OS 4.5.4 & Bundled Apps

The Kindle Fire HDX 7 we reviewed used Amazon's Fire OS 4.5.4, an operating system forked from Android. However, the original Android went through so many customizations that it's no longer recognizable.

Fire OS offers a user interface designed to be as simple as possible. This is a good thing, and we must admit we like it. However, Amazon also stripped the original Android of all the customization options. You can't customize your device, even if you wanted to. You're stuck with what Amazon had in mind to give you and that's pretty much it.

The interface used by Fire OS is created by Amazon, for Amazon users. It promotes content available through the Amazon Appstore, Amazon Instant Video, Amazon Bookstore and so on. The home screen features a carousel with the apps (or other content) you recently accessed, and a grid of your favorite apps pinned under it.

On the top of the interface you have a toolbar that offers links for Search, Shop, Games, Apps, Books, Music, Videos, Newsstand, Audiobooks, Web, Photos and Docs. Also, similarly to Android, if you slide from the top of the screen you can access some quick settings and your notifications.

When it comes to the apps bundled with the Kindle Fire HDX 7, Amazon followed the same minimalist philosophy and didn't preinstall many apps. By default, you get the following apps:

Calculator - a simple calculator app.

Calendar - a calendar & agenda app.

Camera - lets you take photos or capture videos with the front facing camera. Interestingly enough, it also offers plenty of editing options for the photos you take.

Clock - a minimalistic clock & alarm app.

Contacts - lists all your contacts.

Email - an email app that works well and looks quite nice.

FreeTime - is in fact a "parent controls" feature. You can use this app to create profiles for your kids. Then, you can select the content that they will be able to use on your Kindle Fire HDX 7 tablet.

Goodreads on Kindle - lets you connect with the Goodreads community, follow friends and see what they are reading. You can also share and rate books you read on your Kindle Fire HDX 7.

Help - offers help and guides for your Kindle Fire HDX 7 tablet. You can also use this app in order to contact Amazon for support.

Instant Video - gives you access to Amazon's Instant Video services. You can buy and watch tons of movies and TV shows.

Maps - a map viewer similar to Google Maps. However, we found this app to be rather useless as it only works if you are online. The Kindle Fire HDX 7 we reviewed has no 4G connectivity and no GPS sensors, so we really couldn't use Maps except when we had a working wireless connection.

My Music - lets you browse and play your music.

My Videos - lets you you browse and play videos.

Shop Amazon - takes you to the Amazon website, where you can search for and buy almost anything you can think of.

Silk Browser - is Amazon's browser app. We mostly liked this web browser: it runs well and it's pretty fast, probably also because of the powerful hardware inside the tablet. However, there is one thing we'd like improved in the future: the address bar and the tabs at the top are pretty large and are always taking space. These bars could be automatically hidden when you scroll on a website so that more space is left for the actual content.

The Washington Post - is a newsreader for the renowned Washington Post daily newspaper.

Weather - a simple app that offers weather predictions in an elegant manner.

Wish List - takes you to your Wish List from your Amazon account.

We generally liked Fire OS, but it could be much better if Amazon would add at least some of the original Android customization options. We appreciate the simplicity of the user interface, but the carousel for example is taking too much space on the home screen - we would be better without it.

Performance In Benchmarks

With its 2.2GHz quad core Qualcomm Snapdragon 800 processor and 2GB of RAM, Amazon's Kindle Fire HDX 7 is a powerful tablet. Knowing the specs is good, but it doesn't compare to seeing how the hardware fares in benchmarks. Because the Kindle Fire HDX 7 runs on Fire OS, which is in fact an Android at heart, we used the same benchmarking apps as we would have on any other Android device. So let's go see how it did:

The first thing we measure on any computing device is the CPU performance offered. To do that, we use Vellamo, one of the most popular benchmarking apps.

The first test is Vellamo Multicore, a benchmark that aims to measure the CPU performance when running multiple tasks simultaneously. The Kindle Fire HDX 7 managed to get 1873 points, which is a very high score.

Then, we moved on to measuring how well the CPU fares in single task operations. The Vellamo Metal test shows how a device will handle apps that don't know how to use more than one CPU core. Considering that many apps fall into this category, this is a very important test. Amazon's Kindle Fire HDX 7 got 1428 points. This score tells us that the tablet offers high levels of performance even when using a single CPU core.

A very important test when assessing a device, is its gaming performance. To measure it, we use GFXBench GL Benchmark. The tests we consider relevant in order to be able to correctly rank a device, are the Manhattan and T-Rex tests. We only take into consideration their offscreen versions, as that means they are run at a 1080p resolution, regardless of the native resolution of the tested device.

In the Manhattan test, the Kindle Fire HDX 7 managed to render 603 frames, which is a good result.

In the T-Rex test, Kindle Fire HDX 7 rendered 1267 frames. This score shows that the gaming performance offered by this tablet is good and you will be able to play any game available in the Amazon Appstore without issues.

We now have a better idea of how the Kindle Fire HDX 7 fares in terms of raw power and gaming experience. Next, we wanted to see how well it handles more common things like browsing the web. To measure its performance in this area, we used Vellamo again. The browser tests offered by this app measure the performance of a device when it has to render websites using things like HTML5, CSS3 or JavaScript. Unfortunately, Vellamo isn't compatible with Amazon's Silk Browser, so to be able to get some results, as close to reality as possible, we first sideloaded Google's Chrome browser. Kindle Fire HDX 7 managed to get 3420 points, which is a very good result.

The final thing we tested was the autonomy offered by the battery. As we already know, the Kindle Fire HDX 7 features a 4550 mAh lithium polymer battery. In normal use, the tablet managed to last us for a day and even more. But in order to get a more "scientific" result, we also used the Work battery life test offered by PCMark. The result Amazon's Kindle Fire HDX 7 got in this benchmark was a running time of about 7 hours and a half, which is decent but not astounding.

Verdict

Amazon's Kindle Fire HDX 7 is a great little tablet. We loved how fast it responds in whatever task you throw at it. The hardware is more than capable of sustaining any app or game in the Appstore. The design might not appeal to some, but if you like simplicity, you embrace the minimalist philosophy and you like angular designs, you'll also love this tablet. On the other hand, the user interface is not very friendly when it comes to offering you customization options and Amazon should add more apps to their Appstore. In the end, we believe the Kindle Fire HDX 7 is a good buy for anyone interested in Amazon and their services, and a really great buy if you are an Amazon Prime member.

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