Hardware DIY evangelist site iFixit has put up a detailed teardown of the newly-released Kindle Fire HD e-reader. They give the device their usual thorough going-over with spudgers, razor blades, and Torx bits, and it's immediately obvious once the cover is off that this is an entirely different device from the Kindle Fire.
Enlarge / The Kindle Fire HD laid bare Photo via iFixit
Chief among the differences is the processor, a dual-core Texas Instruments OMAP 4460, which improves on the regular Fire's OMAP 4430 with a higher clock speed (1.5GHz versus 1.0) and improved graphical performance. The OMAP 4460 is also found in several other smartphones and tablets, notably the Samsung Galaxy Nexus and the second-generation Blackberry Playbook.
iFixit notes that the Fire HD is powered by a large 4400maH, 16.43Wh lithium-ion battery; the regular Kindle Fire sports a battery with similar specs, which calls into doubt Amazon's claim that this beefier device will regularly last for its full rated 11 hours of active time.
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