Amazon thinks of a 9-inch Kindle Fire?

Amazon may launch two new tablet cheap branded Kindle Fire in 2012, a 9-inch 3 in response to the iPad now soon to be released and a new 7-inch, as the current Fire on the market. The news so far is little more than speculation and comes from Chad Bartley, an analyst at Pacific Crest this week it has made ​​its sales forecasts for tablet Amazon for 2012.

"We are raising the expectations for sales 2012000000-14.9000000 from the current 12.7 million units" - Bartley writes - "But we believe there will be a leap forward, especially for new models of 7 and 9 inches which we expect will be launched in mid year. "

After the shake-up to the market last November with its tablet from $ 199, Amazon could then do it again, this time on a higher-end devices is dominated by the iPad, remember that includes a 9.7-inch screen. Surely there will be expected retina display, but the diagonal 720p resolution would be amply sufficient.

Sales of Fire because they have demonstrated beyond doubt that the price, rather than the technical characteristics, is the key to fit into this market created by Apple a few years ago.