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hey everyone and welcome to another review by Jim's review room today we'll be looking at the Kindle Fire HDX from amazon.com and hopefully with this review it does help you with determining if this is worth a buy or not I'm going straight into this review because there is a lot to cover so hang in there the specific model I have here is the 7-inch HDX 16 gigabyte version priced at $229 the HDX also comes in a 8.9 inch at 379 dollars now of course check amazon.com for its latest pricing and I'm a reviewing the 7 inch today because the previous generation Kindle Fire they were way more people buying the 7 inch version over the 8.9 inch now both does come in 16 32 and 64 gigs to meet your storage needs and both have the same processing power with a 2.2 gigahertz quad-core processor which is three times more powerful than the previous generation Kindle from Amazon so in this review we'll take a tour of the exterior first the HDX features a unique design that have beveled edges on the back of the tablet when I first seen these images of the Kindle HDX I was a bit underwhelmed because it did look a bit blocky there kind of reminded me of like a transformer so but in person it's not the case at all it looks refined and serves its purpose as you can see on the back you'll find your power button here and on the left side here the Valium rockers here which both feels much more quality oriented with very solid clicks and feedback compared to lancers model and on the very top still features two speakers from my test the speakers are good with no distortion and there is depth and spatial sound thanks to his Dolby Digital processing an example would be a crowd of people in the background with the main characters in the foreground speaking you can distinguish the sound fields for a tablet the simulated surround sound is good and loud enough when you have it in front of you going back to the Kindle on the right of the Kindle features your 3.5 millimeter headphone input here and Ali left features your micro USB connection to charge the unit and this year's model came with a USB wall charger which is great since last year's didn't have this you can still charge the HDX though through your laptop or desktop with the supplied USB wire battery life is the best on the HDX line having about 11 hours of mix and use compared to 10 hours on the regular Kindle Fire that Amazon's themselves now the unit is still very comfortable to hold and fits perfectly in my medium-sized hands and the HDX lineup is as at least 22 percent lighter than last year's with this 7-inch model coming in at 10 point 7 ounces and it's on par with the newest 7-inch tablets slowly coming to the market today the Kindle Fire HDX does feature a 720p resolution front facing camera which is ideal for those free video calls on skype or performing those self-portraits they're only on the 8.9 inch HDX does it feature the same front-facing camera but the rear now has an 8 megapixel camera as well that records your videos in 1080p and again it's only on the 8.9 inch models that offers the rear facing camera and will dive into the hardly Kindle and what makes this such a unique tablet the screen features a 1200 by 1920 resolution display which now features 323 pixels per inch and for those who don't know the more pixels per inch abbreviated PP is the more density you have on your screen meaning more detail to your content and for your ear eaters out there crisp and clear text as for this review at 323 PP eyes this beats every ereader out there and is on par with latest and greatest tablets on the market today in the screen also boasts a hundred percent color accuracy / Amazon that matches the RGB color spectrum precisely so all of those jargon sounds really nice on paper such as one of the fastest processors on the market today clear resolution and color accuracy etc but through my test does it hold up and absolutely it does in almost every way if you're currently using the previous generation Kindle Fire or even the Nook HD which I have personal experience from and done reviews on this new tablet will be a serious and I mean serious upgrade for you a screen looks amazing and it's correct the colors are vibrant and the contrast is deep and the blacks are black and the whole whites are truly white nothing's washed out because of its processor and graphics engine which is the best that Qualcomm has to offer today this thing screams it's fast as can be with nearly everything I open it opens instantly they're more demanding applications and high-definition video still you with a slight buffer time like comparing with other tablets currently available it's as fast or faster now every game that I've thrown edit so far showed no signs of slowdown or issues running so overall performance hands-down this thing is amazing you don't even need to question what you can use on this everything available for the tablets today this thing will run so if you're a first-time user of a Kindle or think of jumping to a Kindle tablet for the first time it's very easy to use if you already own an Android powered smartphone the Kindle Fire also uses an Android based operating system which means you'll probably be familiar with some of its menus for the most part you'll mainly be on the home page here the home page on the very top gives you a list of menu items to choose from such as your downloaded games downloaded apps videos for you to purchase or access free videos if you're an Amazon Prime user you can surf the internet here view your photos etc so very simple and self-explanatory the next section and your home page features what Amazon calls a carousel that shows your most recent open applications and you can remove them from your carousel just by holding down on the icon and tap on remove from carousel again it's simple again to customize and Leslie below that are all of your applications you've downloaded so far you can customize this section as well so you can have easy access to your applications anytime you're on the home page and if you're ever lost within any of these programs all you have to do is find this little house icon here and it will always bring you back to the main page searching for books is robust as well from the main page click shop on the top left here and anything that you can browse before purchasing can be found along here as well I can click on books and the library is open at your fingertips I click on a book for example and you can view its synopsis you can read other people's reviews look at the release date etc and I can download a sample of the book before even purchasing so as you can see it's very easy to use and straightforward however if there's ever a time you're confused or have any issues only and the HDX lineup features a Mayday button is what Amazon calls it at any time during the day and anywhere in the world as long as you have Wi-Fi you can call upon tech support free 24/7 swipe your finger from above and you're setting menus will appear tap on this Mayday button right here and you'll have a representative in no-time guide you through your questions the Amazon representative also circles and indicates where on your actual screen on what to click and where to go Amazon already has in my opinion excellent customer service but for them to evolve customer service to this level where it's a bit more visual really sets the bar high for hopefully future companies to follow imagine for your parents or your children or a not-so tech savvy individual this is truly guidance here and I see it as very promising and don't worry the Amazon rep can't see you you can only see them other noteworthy features that are exclusive with Amazon and its Kindle if you're an Amazon Prime member you have much free content such as free shows and movies through Prime's instant videos a variety of books are also free you'll have access to cloud storage so if you upload anything into your Amazon Cloud account you can access it anywhere in the world through your tablet and lastly you can set up timers and restrictions for your kids to limit their usage on the tablet now any product in the world will have some sort of flaw or con here in this case there's not many cons at all but I do have to mention them there's no external memory support now I can't use an SD or a micro sd card to expand its memory something that I wish was available it would be easy to transfer files or expand memory with this feature another issue here a flash support is not supported if you don't know what flash is or don't utilize it it's not a big deal it isn't necessarily a negative since you've probably been fine without it it's not Amazon's fault though on this issue but Adobe the makers of flash encoding has decided not to support Android any longer so although flash is slowing or dying down in a sense some folks still utilizes Flash content though another drawback I can think of was not all apps were available as of today I'm still trying to find the official YouTube Google Maps and Google now apps all of which I consistently use on a daily basis and I wish that that nice 8 megapixel camera was found on the back of the 7-inch models as well but I'm sure they would drive up the price point but besides that I I really can't think of any other issues I didn't find any errors or flaws during my time with the device so far so it's been very solid it's a quality build and it's better than last year's model as a tablet it has possibly all the highest end specs you can find in a tablet at the moment and it's all price for only 229 dollars which is but cheap for such features and performance that you get so that's it for my review I know it's a bit longer but I hope this review did help someone else out there as always I appreciate all the support and if there is something that I did left out as a community please mention it in the comments below and if you can please definitely like this video and subscribe to me for future alerts to new products this is Jimmy from Jim's review room take care everyone bye you