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this is the 2013 version of the Amazon Kindle Fire HD it's essentially a less powerful version of the fire HDX the HD ditches the camera and microphones it's a little bit thicker larger and slightly heavier other than that is pretty much the same tablet from a design perspective there's a headphone jack and a micro USB port and just as with the HDX the power button and volume button are seated on the back of the tablet it still takes some getting used to did I say some getting used to well actually I meant a lot it's pretty awkward internally however there are plenty of differences the HD features a lower 1280 x 800 resolution screen and a slower processor thankfully it ships with the latest version of the fire OS and a new more sensible interface web performance is a huge improvement over last year sites load quickly and there's smoother navigation however Riptide gp2 struggles to even low in the timely manner and doesn't respond well to turning on additional graphical effects if you keep things simple though it runs just fine the fire HD starts at one hundred and thirty nine dollars for eight gigabytes of storage there's also a 16 gigabyte version for thirty dollars more I recommend you get the more expensive one hundred and sixty nine dollar version a gigabytes is just too little space to store your apps and media especially when that eight gigabytes is actually only about five gigabytes or less of real space still if you're only planning to stream movies and TV shows one hundred and forty dollars is a pretty great price for a portable streaming box that is if you can always ensure you have constant Wi-Fi access check out my full review for more details i'm eric franklin and this has been a first look at the amazon kindle fire HD you