For a long time, there was a conflicting data on the Amazon plans on expanding the range of tablet PCs. Some sources claimed that the new tablet will get a 10.1-inch screen, while others talked about the screen size 8.9 .
According to assocaite, in the third quarter this year, Amazon will release a Kindle Fire version with only 10.1-inch screen, the previously planned version with 8.9 screen is now removed. It was assumed that the last tablet size will have to compete with comparable dimensions Samsung Galaxy. Now Amazon has shifted priorities - ten-inch tablet will compete with Apple iPad.
Orders for release of Amazon tablet will start to grow in volume in the second or early third quarter. Together with seven-inch version, Amazon is planning to release before the end of the year from 30 to 40 million tablet devices.