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title: "New Kindles in July?"
description: "Yesterday CNet reported that they have a 'reliable source' that said that there would be both a new Kindle tablet and new e-ink Kindle  released on July 31st. This basically matched my earlier estimat..."
url: https://bookwi.se/new-kindles-july/
date: 2012-06-26
modified: 2012-06-26
author: "Adam Shields"
categories: ["Kindle Tips"]
type: post
lang: en
---

# New Kindles in July?

[![NEW YORK, NY - SEPTEMBER 28: Amazon founder J...](http://cache.daylife.com/imageserve/0ban5WD7txbbM/150x100.jpg)](http://www.daylife.com/2012/08/23/who-moved-my-news/)*NEW YORK, NY – SEPTEMBER 28: Amazon founder Jeff Bezos holds the new Amazon tablet called the Kindle Fire on September 28, 2011 in New York City. The Fire, which will be priced at $199, is an expanded version of the company’s Kindle e-reader that has 8GB of storage and WiFi. The Fire gives users access to streaming video, as well as e-books, apps and music, and has a Web browser. In addition to the Fire, Bezos introduced four new Kindles including a Kindle touch model. (Image credit: Getty Images via @daylife)*

Yesterday [CNet reported](http://reviews.cnet.com/8301-33198_7-57459872-286/kindle-fire-2-may-hit-as-soon-as-july/) that they have a ‘reliable source’ that said that there would be both a new Kindle tablet and new e-ink Kindle  released on July 31st.

This basically matched my [earlier estimate](https://bookwi.se/kindle-4/) based on the cost of refurbished kindles.  According to an earlier [DigiTimes article](http://www.digitimes.com/news/a20120615PD206.html?mod=3&q=APPLE) the new Kindle Fire will have a higher resolution screen.  CNet’s sources suggested it will have a camera and be released at $199.  The current Kindle Fire will continue to be sold but drop in price to $149.

There were not any real rumors about the eink Kindles other than that the line would be refreshed and probably include a light.  From what I have heard there does not seem to be any major improvement to the eink technology.  So the refresh will probably be fairly minor.

 

 

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