![]() The tablet’s ports and buttons are all located on the right edge when held in landscape orientation, with a volume rocker sitting above the Fire HD 10’s power button, USB-C charging port and 3.5mm audio jack. It’s available in black, green, lavender or blue.Īll-new Amazon Fire HD 8 (2020) review: The best budget tablet?Įlsewhere, it’s a pretty standard affair. Since it’s so cheap, you can’t really expect the Fire HD 10 to outdo the iPad in the design stakes, but for the most part, it’s absolutely fine, and it’s nice that you get a choice of colours, too. It’s a big slab of plastic and glass, with thick 15mm screen-bordering bezels and neatly rounded corners. ![]() If you’ve seen one Fire tablet, you’ve seen them all and the Amazon Fire HD 10 does nothing to dispel this notion. Amazon Fire HD 10 (2021) review: Design, key features and Dolby Atmos If you don’t mind taking a substantial hit in terms of specifications, design and features, then the Fire HD 8 is the next tablet down the list and starts at £90, while the Fire 7 costs even less at just £50. There’s also Huawei’s MatePad lineup of tablets to contend with but, since they don’t run the full version of Android – with a sorely limited app store and lack of security updates – they aren’t worth buying at this time. Perhaps the most affordable 10in Samsung tablet (which we’ve reviewed) is the Galaxy Tab S6 Lite, which costs £285. What about Android alternatives, I hear you cry? Alas, the market for big-screened Android tablets is no longer what it once was and serious alternatives can only really be found coming out of Samsung’s factories these days. Apple’s entry-level iPad – currently in its eighth iteration with the latest model released in 2019 – starts at £329. There’s also a new “ Productivity Bundle'' available for each tablet, which includes a new detachable keyboard case (sadly this wasn’t supplied for review) and a 12-month Microsoft 365 subscription for an extra £60.Īt those prices, it’s no surprise that the low-cost Fire HD 10 finds itself in a league of its own. At these prices, they come with lock screen adverts, with Amazon charging an extra £10 to remove them. We also look at how responsive the screen is and how long the battery lasts when playing videos.Īll product information provided by the manufacturer is correct at time of publication.The Fire HD 10 and Fire HD 10 Plus cost £150 and £180 respectively for the models with 32GB of storage, while the models with 64GB of storage cost £190 and £220. We evaluate the camera performance, along with the speaker sound quality and sharpness of movies and videos. When testing tablets, we test the boot-up time and processing speed to find out if opening apps, playing games and web browsing can be done with less lag. Just like other Amazon Fire tablets, you’ll see adverts and sponsored screensavers when your device goes to sleep and when you wake it up again. ![]() There are speedier tablets on the market and the camera takes disappointing snaps that lack detail. We also love the ‘picture-in-picture’ feature that lets you watch Prime Video, Twitch or Netflix at the same time as browsing the web, checking email, reviewing your calendar, or visiting Facebook. The parental controls are robust and the tablet's optional wireless charger props it up, so you can easily see it from across the room. It has hands-free access to Alexa - you just need to call Amazon’s voice assistant and it'll spring to life - and a ‘show mode’ that displays images and text related to Alexa’s answers on the screen. It's just as compact as the model before and the battery lasts more than nine hours when watching videos and nearly 12 when being used for lots of other tasks. It's simple to use and its storage space can be expanded with a MicroSD card slot, too. ![]() GHI expert verdictīest suited to those that want an affordable tablet to watch movies and play games on, the Amazon Fire HD Plus is smoother than it's predecessor and quicker to charge. This 8-inch tablet still has 32GB of storage space, but now comes with a more powerful charger that takes the power from 0% to 100% in four hours rather than five. Amazon has launched a beefed-up version of its Fire HD 8 tablet that has more RAM, which makes it smoother for watching movies, playing games and surfing the web on. ![]()
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