Amazon ignited the 7 -
inch tablet war with the original Kindle Fire, and the Kindle Fire HDX certainly takes it up a notch.
From a pure hardware design perspective, there's no clear winner in the sub - # 200 7 -
inch tablet war yet.
Amazon's Kindle Fire started the 7
inch tablet war, but unfortunately, they might be losing this war because of stronger opponents like Google's Nexus 7 or the Samsung Galaxy Tab 2 7.0 which are on an entire different level from the Kindle Fire, featuring better hardware and software.
Not exact matches
Bringing the
tablet wars to Apple, Microsoft has unveiled the 10.6 -
inch Microsoft Surface, a Windows 8
tablet that hosts an Intel CPU and 1080p display
Although both devices are low - cost, 7 -
inch Android - based
tablets with simplified software, the Kindle Fire seems to be winning the
war.
Outside of the Windows 8
tablet sphere, late 2012 is shaping up to be a full blown
war between various 7 -
inch slates.
Seven years into the
tablet wars (which have arguably diminished to a skirmish) launched by Apple and its iPad and six years into J.D. Power's
tablet survey, Microsoft
inched by Apple with an aggregate score of 855 to 849 (out of 1,000) to win the top honor, J.D. Power announced on Friday.
The contoured sides are comfortable to hold, but I would have preferred the G - Slate to be thinner; at this point in the
tablet hardware
wars, a half -
inch thickness really feels like too much.
An RCA seven -
inch tablet is $ 68 here and $ 49 in the U.S., «World
War Z» on Blu - ray is $ 10 higher in Canada, and «Grand Theft Auto V» is $ 39 here and $ 34 down south.
Apparently, Microsoft is more interested in using a bigger Surface Pro to compete against
tablets and premium notebooks, than going into a price
war in the 7 -
inch to 8 -
inch tablet market.