Amazon is planning to release a $50 Kindle Fire tablet when the holidays roll around, according to a report in The Wall Street Journal.
The 6-inch device would give the company a low-cost device to undercut competitors during the holidays. Here is more from WSJ:
The move would potentially attract buyers looking for a simple—and effectively disposable—device for straightforward tasks like streaming video at home and shopping on Amazon.com. But such inexpensive tablets typically come with compromises like inferior screen quality, durability or battery life in comparison to more expensive tablets like Amazon’s larger Fire tablets and industry-leading devices like Apple Inc.’s iPad. For instance, the $50 device will have a mono speaker, rather than stereo, one of the people said.
