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Originally Posted by Lemurion
Compare the base model 8.9HD to an iPad 2. The screen's only a little smaller, but the resolution is much higher. RAM and storage is the same and the Fire costs $100 less than the iPad despite a much more expensive panel.
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Which is to say that the new Kindle Fire is better than the old iPad...
Actually, that's not too shabby. When I upgraded my original iPad to the new iPad, I paused and considered getting an iPad 2. But the retina screen was too good to pass up. My only mistake was getting the 16 gig rather than the 32. Not huge, but I did not anticipate the accumulation of files in apps that I did not have at the time - things like Instacast, which can get fat faster than I can eat them.
I'll bet the iPad 2 is discontinued when the iPad mini comes out, and that's the real competitor that both size KFs are up against. Bigger than the small one, smaller than the big one.
It's almost like Apple knew what Amazon was up to and squeezed into the sweet spot between them...