New Kindle Fire release date, news and rumours

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The KIndle Fire HD is a superb device, but we expect a follow-up device at some point this year. The KIndle Fire HD has some serious rivals in the form of the Google Nexus 7 and the iPad mini and so it seems certain that Amazon will want to capitalise on its success.

It will also be interesting if Kindle launches a new model of the Kindle Paperwhite ereader, which was announced in September 2012 and featured a new illuminated screen.

The existing Amazon Kindle Fire HD matches the Nexus 7 in terms of price and hardware and happily tramples all over the iPad mini on price and screen resolution.

Kindle Fire HD 2 release date

We'd expect the new Kindle Fire to have a release date around the same time of the year as the last Kindle refresh, so expect something in September 2013 in time for the Christmas season.

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