Google Nexus 7 vs Kindle Fire: The Battle for $ 199 tablet

According to Techie Buzz, Google Nexus tablet 7 can be "emasculated" Kindle Fire.
Google has rolled out the tablet Nexus 7 run the latest operating system Android, Android 4.1 "Jelly Bean", which is almost specifically designed for tablets. Nexus 7 is a product of Google strategy in the current period, when the tablet market is increasingly "warm" up.

Google knew, iPad still are at a "dominating", overwhelms the other competitors, including Samsung and Amazon products. Therefore, the design of a 9-inch tablet will not be a wise thing, because faced with high prices and few sales, it is difficult to cover production costs. Therefore, 7-inch tablet is selected.

Amazon Kindle Fire once stood in second place, behind the iPad, but Samsung has recently been overthrown. However, Kindle Fire is still a standard when it comes to 7-inch tablet. Or more specifically, the tablet is available in about $ 200.


With the launch of Google Nexus 7, seem the order being reset. Google product with many powerful features seemed to prevail against Amazon Kindle Fire.


Amazon Kindle Fire restricted lot. It is built on Android, but there are very few things on the interface says that it is the Android platform. Basically, Amazon designed Kindle Fire to become facilities primarily for the purpose to easily download and read books, watch movies and listen to music from Amazon's website.


Google Nexus 7 is different. It has many features that you expect for a tablet. Nexus 7 has a camera, smooth user interface with Android 4.1 Jelly Bean, loaded applications available from Google Play, can search by voice (Voice Search) and support services comparable to Siri, Google Now, social networking, ... and a host of other features that are not available on Amazon Kindle Fire.


See specs below:

	Google Nexus 7	Amazon Kindle Fire
Display	7-inch	7-inch
CPU	Quad core A9 1,3GHz	Dual core A9 1GHz
Memory	8/16GB, 1GB RAM	8GB, 512MB RAM
Size	10,5mm	11,4mm
Weight	340g	413g
Connective	Wi-Fi, Bluetooth, NFC, USB	Wi-Fi, USB
Operating System	Android 4.1 (Jelly Bean)	Android 2.3
Chipset	NVIDIA Tegra 3	TI OMAP 4430
GPU	UPL GeForce	PowerVR SGX540
Other Features	Camera 1,2-megapixel, video calling, video 720p, Google Wallet, SNS, Google Services, …	Media player, Organizer.

Both tablets are $ 199 and Amazon Kindle Fire even below cost, it still will not be a competitor to Google. With the $ 199 level, users will be able to do many things on the Nexus 7 than on Kindle Fire.