Kindle Fire 2 to Feature Camera, High-Res Display [REPORT]

Come November, Amazon's Kindle Fire Android tablet will be a year old, which means that its successor is shortly on the way.

Sources "familiar with Amazon's plans" have told AllThingsD that the next-generation Kindle Fire will be thinner and lighter, and feature a built-in camera. It will also have a display resolution of 1,280 x 800 pixels -- about the same as the iPad 2, and a substantial upgrade from the current Kindle Fire's 1,024 x 600-pixel screen. (The iPad 3's "retina" display is 2,048 x 1,536 pixels, for comparison.)

The Kindle Fire 2's screen won't only be sharper, it will also be slightly more square, AllThingsD's sources said. The screen of the next Kindle Fire will have an…
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