Demolition: Kindle Fire HD 2013 - evertiq.pl

Group iFixit decided to take up as something else, namely a new product Amazon’a, the Kindle Fire HD 2013. We, along with them, we look inside to see what has changed compared to last year’s model.

Group iFixit took a workshop Amazon’a new product, the Kindle Fire HD 2013. The specification includes a 7-inch display with a resolution of 1280 by 800 pixels to the IPS technology and special filters (including polarization) and a dual-core 1.5 GHz processor with PowerVR GPU.

Box opens up nicely, thanks to the ‘niefrustruj?cej’ method. On the back we see a large amusement logo Amazon’a and buttons to adjust the volume, and (y) the connector. You’ll find the model number (P48WVB4), info FCC, the new holes for the speakers and the words “Made in China”. Changed compared to last year’s model has been setting the ports. Now we have a headphone jack at the top (instead of the side) and microUSB on the bottom.

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Time to get inside. Here, fortunately, does not require the name and do without the heater. Plastic knife just to open a whole. So what do we see? The circuit board and battery. At the rear of the remaining buttons attached to the contact strips. There is no trouble here with test connecting the two parts. A small thing, but a nice one.

Let’s go back to the battery. The joy of the lack of glue, it turns out that it was premature. Battery for holding onto the large quantity, although it still easier to replace the battery here than in other tablets. He works at a voltage of 3.7 V and has a capacity of 4400 mAh. This allows the operation of this device for 10 hours. Interestingly, this is a shorter time (about an hour) that offer model last year (it was 11 hours).

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We removed the occasion of speakers on both sides. However, we are interested in something else, namely the motherboard. A bit of finesse and already have it in your hands. On the surface we find some EMI shielding, and below we see such Such components:

• NAND Flash memory (64 GB, or 8 GB) Toshiba THGBMAG6A2JBAIR
• LPDDR2 SDRAM Memory 1 GB Micron 3HAI8 D9QQD
• probably dual-core TI OMAP4 (4470) with built-in SDRAM
• Synaptics touch screen controller S7301B
• power management and battery charging Texas Instruments TWL6032
• 6-axis gyroscope INVENSENSE MPU-6500
• 347 CB307
• transceiver Wi-Fi (802.11a/b/g/n MAC) / Bluetooth and FM Broadcom BCM4330
• audio codec MAX98090 Maxim Integrated
• audio amplifier MAX97236 Maxim Integrated.

The whole was estimated to be 8 points out of 10 The advantage is simple modular design that allows you to reduce the cost of repairs. The use of T5 Torx screws is also a certain advantage. An important advantage is that the protective glass is not permanently connected to a display. The downside of a large amount of glue to glue the battery and said quickly.