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Originally Posted by tomsem
- Cheap tablets are popular. HD7 represents 70% of Fire sales.
- The Kindle Voyage accounts for about about 12% of Kindle sales, but less than 2% of device sales.
- Fire devices account for about 80% of Amazon device sales since the new Fire HD lineup launched.
This makes prospect of future premium devices like HDX and Voyage seem unlikely. Amazon will not make new devices if they don't sell in sufficient quantities to recoup startup costs in a reasonable amount of time.
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That's an unfortunate prediction. It's also unfortunate what they did to their tablet lineup this year. I'd have been really interested in the 8" Fire if the screen and battery life were
much better.
By the way, the 2015 7" Fire is
not HD. It's just Fire 7. Or Fire 7 SC (for
Super Crappy).
As for ereaders, I am sure for most people the PW3 is great and they wouldn't see the need to spend more for the Voyage. So it may well be doomed.