This physical volume control is also new compared to the Fire, which asked you to hop into the UI whenever you wanted to turn up the jams -- or the Audibles, as it were.

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Grey speculated that a manufacturing defect could have triggered a physical short-circuit, which caused heating, released oxygen and led to a fire.

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Apple does not have a retail store in Brazil, but a local press report in Nov. 2012 set the cult of Mac on fire when it reported that the Cupertino, California tech giant was going to set up a physical presence in sunny Rio de Janeiro at some point in 2013.

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Thankfully there is now a physical volume control on the side, making it a lot easier to adjust the volume than on the original Kindle Fire.

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