{"id":3428,"date":"2026-08-22T17:41:01","date_gmt":"2026-08-22T13:41:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.actutech.app\/amazon-just-hiked-the-prices-for-echo-fire-tv-and-kindle-products-by-up-to-60-percent\/"},"modified":"2026-08-22T17:41:01","modified_gmt":"2026-08-22T13:41:01","slug":"amazon-just-hiked-the-prices-for-echo-fire-tv-and-kindle-products-by-up-to-60-percent","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.actutech.app\/en\/amazon-just-hiked-the-prices-for-echo-fire-tv-and-kindle-products-by-up-to-60-percent\/","title":{"rendered":"Amazon just hiked the prices for Echo, Fire TV, and Kindle products by up to 60 percent"},"content":{"rendered":"
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\n\tThe Echo Dot Max went from $99.99 to $119.99 overnight, while its sibling the Echo Dot jumped to $79.99 from $49.99. | Photo by Jennifer Pattison Tuohy \/ The Verge\t<\/figcaption><\/p><\/figure>\n

Citing \u00ab\u00a0significant increases in memory and storage component costs,\u00a0\u00bb Amazon has raised prices on Echos, Kindles, Fire TVs<\/a>, and Eeros by up to 60 percent, as first reported by Fortune<\/a>.<\/p>\n

The cheapest products in Amazon’s lineup were hit hardest, with the Echo Dot<\/a> smart speaker jumping from $49.99 to $79.99. The Fire TV Stick 4K Max<\/a> also rose by over 40 percent to $84.99, and the base level Kindle <\/a>now costs $149.99, a nearly 37 percent increase.<\/p>\n

In a statement to The Verge<\/em>, Kristy Schmidt, senior communications manager of Amazon’s Devices & Services divison, said, \u00ab\u00a0The consumer electronics industry is facing significant increases in memory an \u2026<\/p>\n

Read the full story at The Verge.<\/a><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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