Connectivity: USB-C / WiFi / Bluetooth 5 / 3.5mm headphone jack.

Battery Life: 13 Hours (5 hours charge time, less with optional adapters).

Cameras: Front 2MP / Rear 2MP / 720p video recording.

Storage: 32GB / 64GB / MicroSD slot (up to 1TB).

Lots of screen glare, hard to use outside.

Doesn’t have the full Google Play app store (so many important apps are missing).

So, is this the right tablet for you? Let’s dig in… Of course, the Fire HD 8 has its downsides – the primary one being no support for the Google Play Store, and a somewhat underpowered CPU – for some tasks (don’t bother with heavy, complex games for example). And the tablet’s biggest feature is its relatively low price. Powered by a 30% faster processor (compared to the previous generation), this tablet is an excellent content consumption device – it’s perfect for watching a show in bed, or on the tube, and you can answer some e-mails and even play a game or two.Įven its size – which I was a bit wary of at first, proved to be just the right size (and weight) for something you just slip in your bag and forget about (until you need it). In comes the new Fire HD 8 Tablet, an updated (2022) version of Amazon’s 8-inch device. These tablets are almost in a category of their own – they’re bigger than your phone, and they’re not as powerful – but they’re super affordable. And the budget ones are often too small and underpowered.

The ones with big screens and flashy screens, like the large iPads of the world, are expensive. With mobile phones getting bigger and bigger, tablets are becoming an odd category.

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