AMAZON FIRE HD 8 (2020) REVIEW

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(ebestbuyvn.net) - Amazon"s Fire tablets continue to offer a popular alternative khổng lồ the ipad tablet, & with the choices of Android tablets reducing over the past few years, the Fire family has offered affordable tablets that vì chưng just about everything you need.

Amazon"s most recent update lớn this line is the Fire HD 10 và 10 Plus, sprucing up the larger tablets và fully detailed below. The best prices on the Fire tablets are often on Prime Day or Blaông xã Friday, but there are regular sales through the year.

With three different-sized tablets in the offering, there is a decision lớn be made about which tablet best suits your needs. Is the size worth the increase in price, và exactly what vì chưng you get for your money?

Amazon Fire summary: Which is the best model?

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The Amazon Fire HD 8 is great value for money, giving you more space và a better display than the Fire 7, but still at a really attractive sầu price. It sits in an appealing position, offering portability, excellent battery life as well as great sound. The lademo update means plenty of power and more storage at your disposal - & it"s our favourite tablet from the selection that Amazon offers.

Alternatively there"s the Fire HD 8 Plus, which adds Qi wireless charging with an optional compatible doông chồng - so you can use it as an Emang lại Show.

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The Amazon Fire 7 is one of the most affordable tablets you"ll find and it"s perfect for those who might break it - lượt thích kids - although vày also consider the Fire 7 Kids Edition too. The Fire 7 is the least powerful and still has an old Micro-USB connection on it, while also offering a slightly elongated build compared to lớn the newer models.

The Kids Edition gets a case, 2-year warranty and 1-year subscription to Fire for Kids+ and there are two versions, one for ages 3-7 & one for 6-12 with a slightly different type of case. The older mã sản phẩm is called the Fire 7 Kids Pro.

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The Fire HD 10 (2021) offers a slightly more compact thiết kế over the older 2019 version, a brighter display và more power, so it"s likely lớn be popular and a worthy upgrade over the 2019 mã sản phẩm.

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The Fire HD 10 Plus is the most powerful of the Fire tablets, adding wireless charging khổng lồ the mixture too. This could double up as a smart display if you opt for the doông chồng too, with Amazon also offering a productivity version with a công nghệ Bluetooth không dây keyboard.

Amazon Fire tablet specs comparison

Here"s a rundown of all the major specs for the tablets to compare them.

Amazon Fire tablet design

Fire 7:115 x 192 x 9.6milimet, 286gFire HD 8:202 x 137 x 9.7milimet, 335gFire HD 8 Plus: 202 x 137 x 9.7mm, 355gFire HD 10 (2021): 247 x 166 x 9.2milimet, 465gFire HD 10 Plus: 247 x 166 x 9.2milimet, 468g

The Fire tablets are designed khổng lồ be sturdy, offering plastic backs in a range of colours. The sizes và weights step up progressively as you"d expect along with the size of the display on offer. The Fire HD 8 and 8 Plus are the same kích cỡ, but the 8 Plus is a little heavier.

The build quality is very much the same across all the devices, with flat backs and a bezel around the display that gives you plenty of space to lớn grip the tablet.

The Fire 7 comes in blachồng, sage, plum và xanh, the Fire 8 HD is available in black, xanh, plum và Trắng. The Fire HD 8 Plus is only available in slate.

The Fire HD 10 & 10 Plus are a slighly different shape to the old model. They are thinner & lighter and look better, while the new HD 10 offers the same colours as the old HD 10, while the HD 10 Plus comes in slate - so just like the Fire HD 8 Plus, if you see a slate colour, it"s the more advanced model.

All the tablets have sầu a range of cases và covers available to lớn provide additional protection. The Fire HD 8 Plus và the Fire HD 10 Plus are compatible with a Wireless Charging Dochồng, but each is a different kích thước specific khổng lồ the tablet mã sản phẩm.

Amazon Fire tablet display

Fire 7: 7-inch, 1024 x 600 pixels, 171ppiFire HD 8 (all models): 8-inch, 1280 x 800 pixels, 189ppiFire HD 10 (all models): 10.1-inch, 1920 x 1200 pixels, 224ppi

The Fire 7 has a 1024 x 600-px resolution display, which equates khổng lồ 171ppi across its 7-inches.

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The 8-inch mã sản phẩm has a 1280 x 800-px resolution, which comes out at 189ppi. Again, this is a boosted display compared to lớn previous versions of this tablet so has reasonable contrast and clarity, with a slight boost in pixel mật độ trùng lặp từ khóa over the Fire 7, although there"s very little difference other than the kích thước.

The 10-inch model makes a bigger step lớn 19trăng tròn x 1200 pixels, which is 224ppi. This is quite a bit sharper than both the smaller tablets as well as giving you 2 inches more on the diagonal. If it"s a larger kích thước you crave sầu, then go for the Fire HD 10.

This is also a Full HD display, offering greater potential khổng lồ show you richer details so the experience is better as a result - especially when watching đoạn Clip. All the Fire HD 10 models (old & new) have sầu the same size và resolution display.

Amazon Fire tablet hardware

Fire 7: 1.3GHz quad-core, 1GB RAM, 16/32GB storage + microSD (512GB)Fire HD 8: 2.0GHz quad-core, 2GB RAM, 32/64GB storage + microSD (1TB)Fire HD 8 Plus: 2.0GHz quad-core, 3GB RAM, 32/64GB storage + microSD (1TB)Fire HD 10 (2021): 2.0GHz octo-core, 3GB RAM, 32/64GB storage + microSD (1TB)Fire HD 10 Plus: 2.0GHz octo-core, 4GB RAM, 32/64GB storage + microSD (1TB)

When it comes lớn the internal specs, there"s a difference in the power that you"ll get from the Fire tablets, with progressive performance increases as you get larger.

The Fire 7 has a 1.3GHz quad-core processor with 1GB RAM. The Fire HD 8 & the Fire HD 8 Plus both have sầu a 2.0GHz quad-core processor, with 2 or 3GB RAM, & are noticably faster than the Fire 7. The Fire HD 10 models have an octa-core 2.0GHz chip, with the 2021 models increasing lớn 3 or 4GB RAM.

All models have microSD support for storage expansion from 512GB up to 1TB - that"s a lot of downloads! These tablets fill very fast, so a microSD card is well worth hunting down.

In terms of internal memory, the Fire 7 is offered at 16GB và 32GB, while the HD 8 models and HD 10 models come in at 32 or 64GB.

The battery life on the Fire 7 is cited as 7 hours; the Fire HD 8 & 8 Plus clayên ổn 12 hours of battery life, while the HD 10 models claims 12 hours. The Fire HD 8 models & the Fire HD 10 have sầu USB-C, while the Fire 7 still has Micro-USB for charging.

The Fire HD 8 Plus & Fire HD 10 Plus makes itself different by also offering wireless charging. This works with Qi-standard chargers (5W) và will work with the Wireless Charging Dochồng. There are different docks for the 8 Plus & 10 Plus models, the former rated at 10W, the latter at 15W, which it pretty fast wireless charging.

All the tablets offer dual-b& Wi-Fi, there"s no 4G LTE offering on any of the models. The Fire 7 has a mono speaker, while the HD 8 models và HD 10 both offer "Dolby Atmos" stereo speakers, meaning sound unique is better on the largermodels,withmuch more pronounced stereo separation and better high volume fidelity when watching videos.

In terms of camera performance, all the fire models have sầu 2-megapixel cameras on the front and the rear.

Amazon Fire software

Fire OSAlexa available on all devices

The Fire tablets all run Amazon"s skewed version of Android for a unique experience that"s bespoke to lớn Amazon"s needs. You"re served by the Amazon Appstore, with seamless integration with Amazon"s nội dung, Kindle Books, as well as Music and Video. For Prime members, there"s a whole world of content that you have access to lớn, and that"s before you get lớn vì your shopping.

These tablets also tap inkhổng lồ Alexa"s skills.You"ll be able lớn control your home and ask questions of Alexa through your tablet and get the answers served up as cards, or via voice.

All these devices also support Alexa hands-không lấy phí. With this, you can just speak lớn the tablet & Alexa will respond. That means you can use it in the kitchen for example, without having khổng lồ use your hands in the same way you"d use the Amazon Eđến.

You can also turn these tablets into an Emang lại Show, thanks to lớn the Show Mode. For the Fire HD 8 Plus & Fire HD 10 Plus, there"s a Wireless Charging Dochồng that will enable this. For some older Fire tablets, there has been a Show Mode Doông xã, although this now appears lớn be hard to find.