The Internet retailer has sold 4 million to 5 million units during the last quarter, according to estimates by various market research firms. Amazon may be seeking additional contract manufacturers due to the positive market response to the 7-inch Fire, according to the report.
A inch Fire--depending on its feature set--could put Amazon in roughly the same market segment as Apple's 9. Apple, however, is a moving target. It is expected to bring out its next-generation iPad in March that will boast the highest resolution screen on any consumer tablet to date. Be respectful, keep it civil and stay on topic. Newsletters Tech Top 5. Morning Dispatch. Rate Story. Font Size Abc Small.
Abc Medium. Abc Large. Amazon is setting up its first device manufacturing line in India to make Fire TV sticks locally and has partnered with Cloud Network Technology , a subsidiary of Foxconn, to begin producing the device at its Chennai plant later this year.
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Subscribe to ETPrime. Browse Companies:. Find this comment offensive? This will alert our moderators to take action Name Reason for reporting: Foul language Slanderous Inciting hatred against a certain community Others. Your Reason has been Reported to the admin. The Lab team repeatedly urged Bezos to make their project easier by considering a Wi-Fi-only connection for the Kindle. That original Kindle finally went on sale in the fall of Still, Amazon nearly blew it.
Amazon dramatically underestimated the hit that the Kindle would turn out to be. The first batch sold out in just a few hours. Amazon then discovered that a Taiwanese supplier had discontinued a key part and spent months getting a replacement. The group is cordoned off from other Amazon employees, whose company badges do not grant them access.
Industry watchers believe that the Kindle Fire is only the first of a line of Amazon tablets. The group has always considered the possibility of building Amazon cell phones and Internet-connected TVs. And then, of course, he laughs uproariously. CEO Bezos is also understandably less forthcoming about where and how the Kindle Fire is actually made.
Josh Ong in Apple Insider reports that Amazon is using Taiwanese hardware manufacturer Quanta to make the Kindle Fire, even though it had used Foxconn in the past to build its Kindle e-readers. Amazon instead turned to Quanta, which had produced products for Sony and Research in Motion. It is estimated that Amazon will build 3 million Fires by the end of the year. Some industry watchers expect that supply of the device will be tight this holiday season.
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