Amazon says new $199 Kindle Fire HD is top seller
By Alistair Barr | Reuters
SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - Amazon.com Inc said on Monday that its $199 Kindle Fire HD tablet has been the best-selling product on the company's website since the gadget went on sale more than a month ago.
Amazon
started selling a range of new Kindle Fires on September 6 and the
company said the 7-inch HD model has out-sold all other products on
Amazon worldwide since then.
Amazon did not
disclose actual sales numbers, but a spokeswoman for the company said
the top-seller status was based on unit sales.
Amazon Chief
Executive Jeff Bezos recently told the BBC that it sells the tablets at
cost, hoping to generate profits when customers use the devices to buy
products and services from the company.
The announcement
came as Apple Inc prepares to launch a smaller, cheaper tablet of its
own on Tuesday. The device, dubbed the iPad Mini, may challenge Amazon's
success at the lower end of the booming tablet market.
Meanwhile, Amazon
has launched larger, more expensive Kindle Fire HD tablets, aimed at
Apple's full-sized iPad, which still dominates the sector.
(Reporting by Alistair Barr; Editing by Leslie Gevirtz)
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