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Latest news, 7/7/2017: Amazon has been steadily 'leaking' Prime Day deals over the past few days and the latest is a great price on the Amazon Fire 7 Kids edition and Amazon Fire HD 8 Kids edition tablets. The deals aren't live yet, but from 18:00 on the...
The Fire HD 8 isn't the slickest tablet around. Its camera is a bit naff, it isn't particularly quick and it feels a touch on the cheap side, but for £80 the rest of it isn't half bad. For media streaming and web browsing, it's great, the battery life is...
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Amazon's move away from premium tablets with a focus on the budget, was abrupt, but not unwarranted. The tablet market has fallen a long way from the heights it reached a few years back. For the most part, tablets are now commodity items handed out for fr...
The Fire HD 8 isn't the slickest tablet around. Its camera is a bit naff, it isn't particularly quick and it feels a touch on the cheap side, but for £80 the rest of it isn't half bad. For media streaming and web browsing, it's great, the battery life is...
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Amazon's latest tablet is an 8in media consumption machine that aims to replicate the success of the £50 Fire, but with a larger, better screen. How good can a £90 tablet be...
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Amazon's latest tablet is an 8in media consumption machine that aims to replicate the success of the £50 Fire, but with a larger, better screen. How good can a £90 tablet be?The company's tablets have been a bit hit and miss. Last year's Fire HD 10 cut th...
cheap, microSD card slot, feels durable, good integration with Amazon services, lots of free apps in the Amazon App Store, Amazon Underground, good parental controls...
average screen, terrible cameras, takes a long time to charge, average performance, no access to the Google Play Store...
Like the 7in Amazon Fire tablet before it, the HD 8 does a great job of not being a frustrating, terrible experience for just £90. Is it fantastic? No. But it's a tablet for £90 that isn't terrible, which is an achievement in and of itself.The screen is p...
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techradar.com/au/ Updated:
2017-08-27 03:49:22
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The Amazon Fire HD 8 (2016) is a super-affordable tablet. It's not really meant for people who pine for the latest Android update, or check out every hot new game going.It's for those who want to spend as little as possible on a tablet, without ending u...
Very low price, Decent gaming performance, Lots of storage...
Dreadful cameras, Screen lacks sharpness, Poor speakers...
The Fire HD 8 is evidence cheap tablets aren' t progressing as fast as cheap phones. It is basic. However, it is also very affordable and can handle games and apps very well given the price. Not perfect, but the best you can get at the price...
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Processor : Quad-core 1.3GHz, Screen size : 8in, Screen resolution : 1,280 x 800, Rear camera : 2 megapixels, Storage (free) : 16GB (12.09GB), Wireless data : N/A, Dimensions : 214x128x9.2, Weight : 341g, Operating system : FireOSLatest news: The Amazon F...
Fantastic battery life, Superb build quality, Inexpensive...
Terrible camera...
Despite its shortfalls, Amazon's latest Fire HD 8 tablet is quite the tablet. At just £90 for the basic 16GB version, its excellent battery life, superb build quality and decent performance make it a great choice for those looking to save a bit of money...
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AMAZON HAS UPDATED the wildly popular Fire HD tablet line for 2016 with a longer battery life and more RAM. It's also the first tablet to come with Alexa, although this feature is available only to US punters. Can it hold its own as a tablet, or is it ju...
Affordable, decent battery life, OS has some benefits...
Pixelated screen, not the nippiest peformer, cheap materials, takes an age to recharge...
Cheap and almost cheerful entry-level tablet. An unremarkable effort from Amazon...
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For over a decade, Amazon has been the king of online shopping. Need a book with a few quid off? Amazon. Emergency fancy dress outfit? Amazon. The company has wisely decided that it should not try to compete with the best high-end tablets, but instead mak...
The Amazon Fire HD 8 ticks a lot of the right boxes. It's affordable, well built and plays back video to an exceptionally high standard. But we'll say it again – you need Amazon Prime to fully enjoy it. It's not that it is a complete necessity, but the pr...
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v3.co.uk Updated:
2017-08-27 03:49:34
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Amazon has updated the Fire HD tablet with improved battery life, more storage and souped-up internals. V3 has put together an interactive guide to the key new features. Simply hover your cursor over the image below to read more...
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Stopping trying to compete with the iPad was a clever move by Amazon, as its Fire HD8 proves. Dropping its tablet prices from the £300 mark to a more affordable range starting at just £50, not only gave the budget tablet market a healthy boost of options...
Bright screen, Clean, crisp video, Lightweight design, Adequate performance...
Music could be better organised, No Google Play...
At £130, the Amazon Fire HD 8 is the priciest of the budget tablets we've tested (and £140 if you don't want Amazon ads on your lock screen), but in just a short amount of time with it, you can see where that extra money has been spent.You are going to ne...
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Launched in late 2015, the Fire HD 8 is from Amazon's fifth-generation tablet range. It shares much with the other two models launched at the same time: the £49 Fire and the 10.1in HD 10, but is notable as it's the first 8in tablet from the company. Previ...
Unless you're reading this review because you've spotted the HD 8 or HD 10 in a sale, they're not great value at full price. They're fine for casual users and once you've got to grips with the interface, they're pleasant to use and have some useful featur...
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Okay, full admission, I have never owned a Kindle. Actually, I've never owned an Amazon product before.But e-readers have gradually been garnering my attention of late, so I was pretty curious when the Amazon Fire HD 8 (the 8 is for 8in screen size) dropp...
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Throw open your tablet tote bag and make some space for a slate. The Fire HD 8 is Amazon's take on the Tesco Hudl 2 or iPad Mini 4 .It doesn't cost that much and has an 8in screen, which is pretty much the perfect size for a tablet: big enough to dwarf yo...
Direct access to some great Amazon services, Flex-free frame...
Low-res screen, No Auto brightness mode, Unreliable performance, Several cheaper, better rivals...
The Amazon Fire HD 8 just seems like something designed to attract people with a snazzy product page The Amazon Fire HD 8 is a cheap tablet, but it's ultimately not cheap enough to excuse some of its outdated parts. Instead of really trying to offer the...
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Why? Well, the Fire Tablet page on amazon.co.uk only lists the toddler-targeted Fire Kids Edition, the Fire HD 6 and the three models announced last month: the £50 Fire, the £130 Fire HD 8 and the £170 HD 10. These are all machines offering lower-end part...
After the disaster that was the Fire Phone, it seems the coin has dropped at Amazon. Fire tablets are not, and never will be, direct competition for devices running Android and iOS. Rather they should be cost-effective machines designed primarily to acces...
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What is the Amazon Fire HD 8? The Amazon Fire HD 8 is an Android-based tablet designed to lure in buyers who don't want to spend lots of money. It will set you back £129 – or £139, if you don't want its screen to be plastered with "special offer" ads for...
Very low price, Decent battery life, Plenty of storage...
Ad-riddled interface, Basic nagivation a little slow, Very poor cameras...
Amazon Fire HD 8 – Camera The success of the Amazon Fire HD 8 isn't that it blows your mind with its ultra-high-quality hardware, but that in almost every instance you have to conclude it's better value than almost anything else. However, Amazon has sacri...
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If you don't want to invest a considerable sum of money in an iPad, then Amazon's Fire tablets are the obvious affordable choice. There was once a considerable number of Android tablets to consider, but the market is now much more distinct in its division...
Great price point, good sound quality, parental control options, battery life...
Reflective display, slow to charge, not the snazziest of tablet specs...
The Fire HD 8 sits in a sweet spot between Amazon's incredibly good value Fire 7 and the larger Fire HD 10. While the performance and features of the Fire HD 8 betters those of the Fire 7, it also manages to outlast the Fire HD 10, making it a slightly mo...
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Prior to the launch of the Amazon Fire HD 10 and the Amazon Fire HD 8, it was tempting to question whether the online retail giant had full confidence in its tablet family.With all of the aggressive price cuts, near-constant offers, and creative payment p...
Low price, Impressive speakers, Improved FireOS, Solid build, Decent streaming performance...
Terrible screen resolution, Sluggish performance, Plasticky design, Awful camera, App ecosystem still third, rate...
Poor performance and sub-par screen resolutions leave you questioning the purpose of these affordable tablets...
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Having used the Amazon Fire HD 8 for the past few months, I'm forced to admit that most of my opinions on it can be summarized quite succinctly. This is a great tablet for media consumption, but it's not really great for very much else.While most users wi...
Affordable, It's just a tablet -- nothing more, nothing less...
Poor display, Doesn't feature any of Google's suite of apps or services...
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The new Amazon Fire HD 8 is finally available and, if you were considering buying one with the hopes of a sizeable upgrade, it’s probably worth waiting a little longer. That’s because it’s essentially the same tablet as the previous model, but that’s not...
More features for the same money, the new Amazon Fire HD 8 remains a top budget buy...
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Amazon's latest budget media tablet sticks with the winning formula that made its predecessor so good, but is it still the one to buy in 2018?The 2018 HD 8 is the third iteration of Amazon's 8in tablet since it was first launched in 2016 to use the same d...
it costs just £80, HD screen, microSD card slot, good battery life, durable, good speakers, Alexa, Show Mode...
poor cameras, very slow charging, chunky, no USBC, bit sluggish at times...
The Amazon Fire HD 8 is about the only tablet worth buying for £80. It gets the basics right with more frills than you might expect, as long as you're happy to be embedded within Amazon's ecosystem.Most of the apps you need are in the Amazon app store. Th...
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The new Amazon Fire HD 8 is finally available and, if you were considering buying one with the hopes of a sizeable upgrade, it’s probably worth waiting a little longer. That’s because it’s essentially the same tablet as the previous model, but that’s not...
Wallet-friendly price, Show Mode is excellent, Hands-free Alexa...
Lack of hardware upgrades...
More features for the same money, the new Amazon Fire HD 8 remains a top budget buy...
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By Andy VandervellCheap tablets aren't lucrative. You can tell because the kind you can buy at big retailers feel like an afterthought, lumped with old versions of Android, unimaginative design and the bare minimum of features. Which is why the Amazon Fir...
Great speakers, smart and durable design, Show Mode dock...
Soso screen, bulky case for dock...
With or without the new Show Mode dock, the Amazon Fire HD 8 is a great little tablet. It's cheap enough to forgive a slightly so-so screen and does everything else well. The speakers are a particular highlight, and while the Show Mode dock is more nice-t...
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Smooth, quick performance, Sturdy build, Great battery life...
No official Google Play access, Amazon's app store has limited selection, Lousy camera...
The Amazon Fire HD 8 is easily the best under-$100 tablet you can buy, reviews say. It actually feels more expensive than it is, with a nice 8-inch screen and speakers, smooth-playing video and impressive battery life...
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The Fire HD 8 is the latest tablet from Amazon and sports a gorgeous screen, bigger battery, and the lowest price of any high-end tablet on the market If you've been thinking about getting a Fire tablet, this is it This is the one Don't even waste your ti...
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Tablets under $100 are often little more than junk, but the Amazon Fire broke that mold last year by delivering decent quality at $50. The new Amazon Fire HD 8 costs a bit more, but at $89.99 is still cheap, and it sports a larger display than last year's...
Low price, Good-quality display, Immense battery life...
Poor front and rear cameras, Barely adequate performance, Heavily tied to Amazon services...
Despite its sub-$100 price, the Amazon Fire HD 8 is a decent option for people looking for a budget tablet for light personal use. The screen is large enough for ebooks and video, and this model makes a good choice for Amazon Prime subscribers, especially...
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Amazon All-New Fire HD 8 (2016) tablet review: If you're after an affordable family tablet and you happen to be a Prime member, then Amazon's all-new Fire HD 8 tablet will do the job nicely at under £100. Here's our full Fire HD 8 2016 review.Cheap tablet...
Affordable, Respectable performance, Family features, Great for Prime members...
Basic design, Flat colours...
If you're after a simple and affordable family tablet boasting fast access to all of your Amazon Prime content, then the All-New Fire HD 8 tablet is a worthy purchase. The hardware is basic but backed up by lots of great software features, and the sub-£10...
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There is virtually nothing special about Amazon's latest tablet, the Fire HD 8. It's a wide-screen, 8.4-inch x 5-inch by 0.4-inch thick, 12-ounce device, that ticks off all the boxes for above-average entry-level tablets. It should not be mentioned in the...
Excellent price, Good HD screen, Great sound, Really good battery life, Nice, easy interface, Content access...
Terrible cameras, Average performance, Style is blah...
Amazon Kindle Fire HD 8The GoodExcellent price • Good HD screen • Great sound • Really good battery life • Nice, easy interface • Content accessThe BadTerrible cameras • Average performance • Style is blahThe Bottom LineAmazon's Kindle Fire HD 8 is a very...
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computershopper.com Updated:
2017-08-27 03:49:39
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The smallest model of the bunch is the most intriguing. That's the capable, but surprisingly cheap, 7-inch Amazon Fire , which costs just $49.99 and holds the bottom end of the line. Meanwhile, the roomy, first-ever 10-inch Fire, dubbed the Fire HD 10, is...
Sturdy construction, Thin, light body, Bodacious, Dolby Atmos-enhanced speakers, MicroSD slot, Deep integration with Amazon's ecosystem (for fans and Prime subscribers), Support for Amazon's MayDay help system, FreeTime for kids/profiles...
Lock-screen ads cost extra to remove, Battery life is average at best, Narrow, wide-screen aspect ratio makes for less-than-optimal portrait mode, No HDMI out...
Though far from the most powerful, highest-resolution slate on the market, the HD 8 is a serviceable, fairly priced tablet for Amazon fans and Prime subscribers. Read More…...
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Amazon Fire HD 8 review: There's a new family of tablets on the block courtesy of Amazon and we went hands-on with the middle sibling, the Fire HD 8.As ever affordability is high up on the list of priorities for these new tabs and that's reflected in the...
Expandable storage, First to run Fire OS 5, Affordable...
Fingerprint magnet, Cheap aesthetics, Lacklustre screen...
This new ‘HD' tablet family and the Fire HD 8 in particular round out Amazon's device family nicely, bridging the gap between the basic Fire slates and last year's update HDX pairing.Aside from some striking new colours, the device really showcases the up...
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The new Amazon Fire HD 8 may not have the same multitasking capabilities as the Samsung Galaxy Tab S2 or the incredible app experience of the Apple iPad mini 4, but for $149.99, it offers everything you need to fulfill all your basic tablet needs. With ac...
Affordable. Lots of available content. Unlimited cloud storage (for Amazon media). MicroSD card slot.
Unimpressive hardware and form factor. Occasional slowdown...
The Amazon Fire HD 8 tablet doesn't have a slick design or top-of-the-line performance, but a revamped Fire OS, access to Amazon's vast content library, and an affordable price make up for it...
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For many people, the tablet era began in 2010 with the launch of the original 9.7-inch iPad. But tablet devices have a much longer history than that. For example, I recall seeing Bill Gates show off the first prototype Windows tablet at Comdex in Las Vega...
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