just a week before Apple is expected to
announce their new iPad and iPad Mini we
got our hands on Amazon's
brand-new 7-inch Kindle Fire HDX this
tablet is one of four in the updated
Kindle Fire line with the HDX versions
featuring high-end displays and the
ability to add 4G LTE through either
AT&T or Verizon is the Kindle Fire HDX
the tablet to make Amazon a major player
in the tablet game well that remains to
be seen but we're more interested in
what makes this little guy tip so let's
go in for a closer look and tear it down
hey there it's Gwendolyn with iFixit and
today we're looking at the seven-inch
Kindle Fire HDX the Kindle Fire HDX
measured in at 186 millimeters by 128
millimeters it is nine millimeters thick
and weighs in at 303 grams the Kindle
was less than agreeable when we went to
open it using our opening tool to take
off the partial plastic bezel covering
the screws we discover it was also glued
on booooo Amazon not cool when we
finally do get to the screws we take a
moment to be excited about the fact that
they are magenta but that won't stop us
from taking them out with the screws out
we set to work on getting the back case
off it took a surprising amount of
muscle to separate the back case from
the tablet now that the Kindle is
finally open we set to work on the
motherboard
once we free the motherboard we find
that the LCD and digitizer cable are
trapped underneath the mid frame which
means when you're reinstalling your
motherboard you'll be trying to
reconnect the LCD and digitizer
underneath the board which is a huge
pain since we have the logic board out
let's take a look at the goodies on it
this is a 2.2 gigahertz quad-core
Snapdragon 800 processor it's currently
the fastest processor in a 7 inch tablet
with three times the processing power of
other tablets of its size I wonder how
long that will last and now we can get
to the battery don't expect to replace
this easily because Amazon made it very
clear they want it to stay right where
they put it
this guy is stuck very stuck this is a
three point eight volt 4550 milliamp
hour battery that Amazon
to give you up to 11 hours of fun or 17
hours of just reading which is also fun
unlike most tablets on the market the
Kindle Fire HDX is sporting only one
camera that is capable of an
underwhelming 720p this is a
front-facing camera so it's perfect for
all your selfies and skyping but if
you're a self-proclaimed or actual
master tablet photographer this guy is
not for you lastly we turn our
attentions to that fancy new display
once again we find ourselves reaching
for our I open our kit because we're
looking at a ton of adhesive a little
heat and some careful scraping and we
got it out what puts the X in the HDX
it's the upgraded display this 7-inch
display has a resolution of 1920 by 1200
and a pixel density of 323 pixels per
inch we've come to the end of our
teardown which means it's time to talk
repairability and I fix it it is our
mission to teach people how to repair
everything so we give every gadget we
tear down a repair ability score between
one and ten ten being the easiest to
repair and one being the most difficult
the seven inch Kindle Fire HDX scores a
dismal three out of ten for repair
ability and here's why on the upside
several modular components can be
replaced individually but on the
downside the battery is glued in place
with strong adhesive and it requires
removing the motherboard to replace the
motherboard itself is difficult to
replace and the LCD is fused to the
front glass so you'll need to replace
both components for a cracked screen for
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