The next generation of Amazon’s best-selling Fire tablet ever – now thinner, lighter, and with longer battery life and an improved display. According to Amazon, it is more durable than the latest iPad.
CBT initializes VoiceView and goes through the setup of Amazon’s newest Fire 7 Tablet.
The accessibility features allows you to magnify the screen and increase the size of text in menus on your Fire tablet. You can also navigate your device using VoiceView gestures and hear spoken feedback about the items you touch and open
The Fire 7 Tablet has a 7″ IPS display with higher contrast and sharper text, a 1.3 GHz quad-core processor, and up to 8 hours of battery life.
8 or 16 GB of internal storage and a microSD slot for up to 256 GB of expandable storage.
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Technical Details
Display
17.7 cm touchscreen, 1024 x 600 resolution at 171 ppi, SD video playback, with IPS (in-plane switching) technology and advanced polarizing filter
Size
192 x 115 x 9.6 mm
Weight
295 grams (Actual size and weight may vary by configuration and manufacturing process.)
CPU & RAM
Quad-Core 1.3 GHz with 1 GB of RAM
Storage
8 GB (4.5 GB available to user) or 16 GB (11.6 GB available to user) of internal storage. Add microSD card for up to 256 GB of additional storage for even more movies, TV shows, music, photos, personal videos, and apps. (Some apps may require that they are installed on internal storage.)
Battery Life
Up to 8 hours of reading, surfing the web, watching video, and listening to music. Battery life will vary based on device settings, usage, and other factors such as web browsing and downloading content. Actual results may vary.
Charge Time
Fully charges in under 6 hours using the micro-USB power adaptor included in the box, or slightly longer with other micro-USB power adaptors that you may already have
Wi-Fi Connectivity
Single-antenna dual-band Wi-Fi. Supports public and private Wi-Fi networks or hotspots that use the 802.11a, 802.11b, 802.11g, or 802.11n standard with support for WEP, WPA, and WPA2 security using password authentication; does not support connecting to ad-hoc (or peer-to-peer) Wi-Fi networks.
Ports
USB 2.0 (micro-B connector) to connect to a PC/Macintosh computer, or to charge your device with the included power adaptor; microSD slot for external storage
Audio
3.5 mm stereo jack and integrated speaker
Content Formats Supported
Kindle (AZW), KF8, TXT, PDF, unprotected MOBI, PRC natively, Audible Enhanced format (AAX), DOC, DOCX, JPEG, GIF, PNG, BMP, non-DRM AAC, MP3, MIDI, PCM/WAVE, OGG, WAV, M4V, MP4, AAC LC/LTP, HE-AACv1, HE-AACv2, MKV, AMR-NB, AMR-WB, HTML5, CSS3, 3GP, VP8 (WEBM)
Sensors
Accelerometer
Camera Specs
VGA front-facing camera. 2 MP rear-facing HD camera
Location Services
Location-based services via Wi-Fi
Additional Features
External volume controls, built-in Bluetooth with support for A2DP compatible stereo headphones, speakers, microphone, and LE accessories support
Accessibility Features
VoiceView screen reader and Screen Magnifier enable access to the vast majority of Fire tablet features. Fire tablets also include system wide closed caption settings, adjustable font sizes up to 50% larger, colour correction, colour inversion, and high contrast text. A variety of book reading option are provided such as adjustable colours, text spacing, and font sizes.
System Requirements
Fire 7 is ready to use right out of the box—no setup, no software to install, no computer required to download content
Included in the Box
7th generation Fire 7 tablet, USB 2.0 cable, 5W power adaptor, and Quick Start Guide
