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Fire HD 10 Tablet with Alexa, 10.1" HD Display, 16 GB, Black - with Special Offers (Previous Generation - 5th)
- Our largest display on our thinnest tablet yet. Available in black, white, and introducing silver aluminum.
- Silver aluminum option features an all-metal backing for a premium tablet experience
- Beautiful widescreen 10.1" HD display with over a million pixels (149 ppi / 1280 x 800)
- Fast quad-core processor up to 1.5 GHz. Rear-facing 5 MP camera and front-facing HD camera.
- Now with Alexa, a cloud-based voice service that provides quick access to the entertainment you want, including music, games, audiobooks, and more. Ask questions, shop, find news, weather, and more - just press the home button and ask.
- Enjoy millions of movies, TV shows, songs, Kindle e-books, apps and games -- including Netflix, Facebook, HBO, Pandora and more
- 16, 32, or 64 GB of internal storage. Free unlimited cloud storage for all Amazon content and photos taken with Fire devices. Add a microSD card for up to 200 GB of additional storage.
- Up to 8 hours of reading, surfing the web, watching video, and listening to music
- Prime members can choose from thousands of Prime movies and TV episodes to download for offline viewing – at no additional cost
Top Brand: Amazon
Fast and responsive
The fast quad-core processor consists of two high-performance 1.5 GHz cores and two 1.2 GHz cores running simultaneously for quick app launches, smooth games and videos, and great overall performance.
Power when you need it
Don’t be tethered to an outlet—with up to 8 hours of mixed-use battery life, Fire HD 10 gives you the flexibility to go wherever the day takes you.
Beautiful HD display
Fire HD 10 features a widescreen 1280 x 800 high definition display with over a million pixels (149 ppi) for a bright, vivid picture. Enjoy a great viewing experience with wide viewing angles, less glare, blacker blacks and more brightness thanks to a fully laminated IPS (in-plane switching) LCD display.
Capture life’s moments
Fire HD 10 features a 5 MP rear-facing camera for taking photos and shooting 1080p video. Custom auto-white balance and auto-exposure algorithms help you capture sharp, colorful, and ideally exposed pictures and video in different lighting conditions. The 720p front-facing HD camera is perfect for Skype calls with friends and family.
No more worrying about storage space
Keep photos, movies, and compatible games and apps with you using a microSD card slot to expand your tablet’s storage by up to 200 GB. Plus enjoy free unlimited cloud storage for all your Amazon content and photos taken with your Fire device.
Stands up to everyday life
Amazon engineers Fire tablets to hold up against everyday life. As measured in tumble tests, Fire HD 10 is almost 2x more durable than iPad Air 2.
Read
Choose from millions of Kindle e-book and magazine titles. Connect with the largest online community of book lovers on Goodreads. Discover over a million titles with a Kindle Unlimited subscription. Also, listen to your favorite books with Audible. Plus, enjoy exclusive Kindle features you only get from Amazon like X-Ray, Whispersync, Vocabulary Builder, Page Flip, Blue Shade and more.
Watch
Enjoy all your favorite movies and TV shows on Amazon Video, Netflix, HBO NOW, and more. Discover hundreds of thousands of TV episodes and movies, plus fling Amazon Video content to your TV using Second Screen. Enhance your video experience with features you only get from Amazon, including ASAP, X-Ray, On Deck, and FreeTime Parental Controls.
Play
Over 400,000 apps including favorites like Facebook, Twitter, and Spotify. Play great titles like Frozen Free Fall, Angry Birds Slingshot Stella, and Sonic Dash from developers like Disney, Gameloft, Rovio Entertainment, and more.
Alexa comes to Fire Tablets
Alexa provides quick access to the entertainment you want, including music, games, audiobooks, and more. You can also ask Alexa questions, check your calendar, get news, find sports scores, and even control your smart home. All you have to do is press and ask.
Be Entertained
Whether you’re looking for your favorite playlist or need a quick joke, you can ask Alexa. Just press and ask for a song, artist or genre, and stream directly over Wi-Fi. Alexa also provides voice control for Amazon Music, Pandora, TuneIn, IHeartRadio, and more.
One Press. Millions of Possibilities.
When connected to Wi-Fi simply press the home button for 1 second then ask. Alexa will respond to you and will even show visual responses to certain questions.
Stay Informed
Now you can ask Alexa a question and get an immediate voice response. When you press and ask, Alexa can pull up your Flash Briefing, Wikipedia articles, news, sports scores, and more.
Everyday tasks made easier
Alexa on Fire tablets helps make the everyday easier. Just press and ask to set alarms and timers, check traffic, your calendar, to-do or shopping lists, and more.
Control your smart home
Alexa works with devices such as lights, switches, thermostats, and more from SmartThings, Insteon, Nest, ecobee, and Wink. Switch on the lamp before getting out of bed, turn on the fan or change the temperature on your thermostat while reading in your favorite chair, or dim the lights from the couch to watch a movie—all voice controlled from your tablet.
New Fire OS 5 features
In addition to Alexa, our latest Fire OS update allows you to quickly access great game play directly from the Games tab with Twitch, the world’s leading social video platform and community for gamers. Fire tablet owners will also have easy access to over 65,000 recommendations from ComiXology, which provides an unrivaled library of comic books, graphic novels, manga and more.
Share content with Family Library
Family Library links your Amazon account to that of your spouse or partner so you can easily share apps, games, audiobooks, and books, and it now allows Prime members to share their Prime Video content. Access your family's content across devices—both Amazon devices and free Amazon apps for other platforms, including iOS and Android.
Find the things you love easier
Fire OS is the best entertainment experience on a tablet with quick access to the things you do most. The home screen includes dedicated content pages for books, games, apps, video, music, audiobooks, and Newsstand, making it quick to pick up right where you left off. Powered by Amazon’s recommendations engine, you can quickly browse books, movies, TV shows, music, apps, and games suggested just for you.
No more waiting
With ASAP (Advanced Streaming and Prediction), Amazon movies and TV episodes are ready for you to watch instantly. ASAP dynamically adapts to your viewing habits.
On Deck automatically downloads Prime Video (for Prime members) and the first episodes of Amazon Original Series while your device isn’t in use, ensuring that there is always something new to enjoy instantly, even when offline.
Integrated on-device tech support
Screen Sharing brings Mayday-powered customer service to Fire tablets. Simply call customer service and Amazon experts can connect to your Fire tablet to co-pilot through features by drawing on your screen, walking you through how to do something yourself, or doing it for you—whatever works best.
Try Prime free for a month
If you haven't tried Amazon Prime in the past, we'll give you a 30-day free trial. Experience what millions of members already enjoy—unlimited streaming of thousands of hit movies and TV episodes, ad-free access to over a million songs, reading a Kindle book a month for free, and Free Two-Day Shipping on millions of items. Learn more
Unlimited reading on any device
Prime Reading gives you unlimited access to over a thousand books, current issue magazines, comics, Kindle Singles, and more. With access from any device – including your phone, tablet, or Kindle – you can read however you want, whenever you want.
Stream thousands of movies and TV episodes with Prime Video
With Amazon Prime, members enjoy unlimited streaming of thousands of movies and TV episodes at no additional cost, including award-winning Amazon Original Series Transparent, top HBO shows; like True Blood, Girls, Curb Your Enthusiasm, and more popular movies and TV shows; like Downton Abbey, Under the Dome and Transformers: Age of Extinction.
No Wi-Fi, no problem—Prime Video downloads
Exclusive to Prime members, download thousands of Prime Video movies and TV episodes. Watch downloaded videos anywhere—on a plane, on vacation, in the car, or wherever you don't have a wireless connection. Prime Video offers offline viewing, included at no additional cost.
Over a million songs free with Amazon Music
Amazon Music gives Prime members unlimited, ad-free access to over a million songs, more than a thousand playlists, and hundreds of stations with unlimited skips. Find more music from your favorite artists, your favorite genres or let Amazon’s personalized recommendations introduce you to your next favorite band.
Add SHOWTIME, STARZ, and more to Prime
Prime members can add SHOWTIME, STARZ, and more to their Prime membership. These subscriptions are ready to watch anywhere, anytime—no cable or satellite subscription required. Starting as low as $2.99 a month, Prime members can go to Amazon Video to pick and choose their favorite channels to subscribe to, giving them instant access to episodes the same time they air on TV, including Homeland and The Affair from SHOWTIME, and Outlander and Ash vs Evil Dead from STARZ. Prime members can try any or all of these subscriptions with a free trial, and can cancel anytime.
Hundreds of Thousands of movies and TV episodes to stream, buy, or download
Whether you're a Prime member or not, enjoy a huge selection of TV episodes and movies, plus exclusive features like ASAP and Amazon FreeTime. Fire Tablets are an easy way to enjoy Netflix, Amazon Video, HBO NOW, Hulu Plus, and low-cost movie rentals.
Looking to cut the cord or get more from your cable?
Now you can watch TV without cable with subscriptions to apps like HBO NOW and Showtime, and with Sling TV—which includes ESPN and CNN—you can watch the big game or live news. Or use your cable subscription to stream what you love with on-demand through apps like HBO GO, Showtime Anytime, and Watch ESPN.
Watch on the big screen
Fling Amazon movies and TV shows from your tablet to your big-screen TV using Second Screen. This turns your TV into the primary screen, freeing up your Fire tablet to provide playback controls, a customized display for X-Ray, or simply be a place to email, browse the web, and more while you watch a movie. Second Screen is available for Amazon Fire TV, PlayStation 3, and PlayStation 4.
Exclusive titles at the lowest prices
Over one million exclusive titles that you won't be able to find anywhere else. Shop the Kindle Store for millions of books, newspapers, and magazines. Over one million titles are priced at $2.99 or less. Over two million are $9.99 or less.
Read as much as you want with Kindle Unlimited
Choose from over one million titles and thousands of audiobooks. From mysteries and romance to sci-fi and more, freely explore new authors, books, and genres on any device for just $9.99 a month. Create virtual bookmarks with Whispersync, so your Fire tablet picks up right where you left off. Try Kindle Unlimited free for 30 days. Learn more
Enjoy vibrant magazines
Our interactive magazine experience allows you to start reading in just a few seconds with access to any back issue at any time on the cloud. Plus, most Kindle Magazines come with a 30-day free trial.
Share with friends on Goodreads
Fire tablets are integrated with the world’s largest site for readers and book recommendations, with over 40 million members, 1.1 billion books added, and 43 million book reviews. See what your friends are reading, share highlights and rate the books you read with Goodreads on your Fire tablet.
NEW—Flip through books while saving your place
Page Flip makes it easy to find pictures, charts, maps and even your notes and highlights from different parts of a book. While you swipe to other pages or zoom out to see page thumbnails, Page Flip automatically saves the page you’re reading, pinning it to the side of your screen so you’ll never lose your place.
Read comfortably at night…
Blue Shade is an exclusive Fire OS “Bellini” feature that works behind the scenes to automatically adjust and optimize the backlight for a more comfortable nighttime reading experience. Simply tap Blue Shade on the quick actions menu to turn on this feature and enjoy your favorite book, news article, app, or any other nighttime activity without straining your eyes.
…without giving up a good night’s sleep
Recent studies by Harvard Health Publications have shown that evening exposure to blue light from electronic screens can suppress our bodies’ production of melatonin, a naturally occurring hormone. The suppression of melatonin can prolong the time it takes to fall asleep, which in turn can delay REM sleep and reduce alertness the following morning. Blue Shade gives you the option to fine-tune the color settings, with the device intelligently adjusting the color filtering so that at any color or brightness, the blue wavelength light is always sufficiently suppressed compared to other wavelengths.
Over 400,000 apps and games
Fire tablets feature instant access to thousands of the most popular free and best-selling games, social media, premium TV and movie providers, and so much more.
The best games
Enjoy best-selling games such as Game of War - Fire Age, SimCity BuildIt, Candy Crush Soda Saga, Monument Valley, and Hearthstone: Heroes of Warcraft.
Huge music selection
With millions of songs from thousands of artists, the Amazon Digital Music Store brings all your favorite music to your fingertips. Music you buy on your Fire tablet is saved to Your Music Library for free, and you can play or download it anytime.
Ad-free access to over a million songs with Prime Music
Prime members can enjoy unlimited, ad-free access to over a million songs, over a thousand playlists, and hundreds of stations. Find more music from your favorite artists, follow along to lyrics with X-Ray, or let Amazon's personalized recommendations introduce you to your next favorite band.
Listen to your favorite books
Audiobooks are great for your commute, while cooking, working out—all those times you can listen but can't read. Audible, an Amazon company, offers more than 180,000 titles, including best sellers, romances, thrillers, and much more. Every book is read by a professional narrator, including leading Hollywood actors such as Jake Gyllenhaal (The Great Gatsby) and Kate Winslet (Matilda).
Sync books across multiple platforms with Immersion Reading
Fire tablets can synchronize Kindle text with companion Audible audiobooks with real-time highlighting to create a more immersive reading experience, as well as deepen learning and comprehension. More than 60,000 Kindle books and companion Audible audiobooks are available across a wide array of genres.
Introducing Amazon Music Unlimited
For just $7.99/month for Prime Members (non-Prime price: $9.99/month), stream tens of millions of songs and explore curated playlists, stations, and weekly new releases—on-demand and always ad-free. Plus, with offline listening, your music is always at your fingertips.
Designed with kids in mind
When kids use Amazon FreeTime, it's like they have their very own personalized tablet. The background color and fonts change to a kid-friendly design and they only see the titles that you give them access to.
Over 10,000 kid-friendly titles with FreeTime Unlimited
Amazon FreeTime Unlimited is the first-ever all-in-one subscription that brings together books, games, educational apps, movies, and TV shows—all the types of content that kids and parents love. From just $2.99 per month, enjoy unlimited access to content including titles from Disney, Nickelodeon, Sesame Street, PBS, and more.
Perfect for parents
Amazon FreeTime is built from the ground up to help give parents peace of mind when it comes to tablet use. Parents can create a profile for each of their children and choose which books, apps, games, and videos they want to give their kids access to. Amazon FreeTime is free on every Fire tablet.
Fire Kids Edition also available
The Fire Kids Edition includes the Fire tablet, 1-year of Amazon FreeTime Unlimited, and a Kid-Proof Case—up to $109 in savings. Plus a 2-year worry-free guarantee. Learn more
Limit screen time, so they don’t just play
With Amazon FreeTime, parents can set daily limits for tablet use, or restrict certain categories—like games and video—while leaving unlimited time for reading.
Content on hundreds of devices
It's easy for you to access your content on other devices. The books, videos, audiobooks, and music that you buy can be enjoyed on other devices through Amazon apps, including apps that are available for Windows, Mac, Android, iOS, game consoles, TVs, and more.
Sync your content across all your devices with Whispersync
Start streaming a movie from Amazon Video on your Fire tablet, pause, then resume watching the same scene on your TV. Whispersync remembers how much you've watched, read, or listened to so you can pick up right where you left off, no matter which device you are using.
Free cloud storage
With every Fire tablet, you get free, unlimited cloud storage for all your Amazon content including unlimited storage on photos you've taken with your Fire tablet, so you can rest easy knowing that you'll never accidentally lose the content you love. See details
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Customers like the picture quality, value, appearance and size of the tablet. They mention that the HD display looks incredibly clear and vibrant, and the video quality is excellent. They appreciate the size and quality of the product. However, some customers have reported issues with the battery life. Customers also differ on performance, and ease of use.
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Customers generally like the quality of the tablet. They mention that it's a decent device, a very nice all-around machine, and a great little computer. The hardware is decent, and the tablet is a good, all- around the house, general purpose tablet that specializes in e-books. Some are also pleased and surprised at what the tablet can handle.
"...The tablet is factory new and completely unblemished (before I got my grubby hands on it at least.)...." Read more
"...For its price, it is a great size, reasonably powerful and well equipped, but is limited to Amazon's app store, which while by no means small, is..." Read more
"...I have watched a few movies and love the quality. I was worried about the speakers...." Read more
"...4 in terms of loading and connection issues both fire HD10 failed to meet the standards that the new fire HD 10 claims, I'm returning both plus the..." Read more
Customers like the size of the tablet. They mention that it has a nice-sized screen for basic reading and video, and the larger screen makes a big difference. The picture is big enough and has incredibly lightweight. The wide screen format works well for them, and they love the aspect ratio.
"...As far as the size goes. The 10 inch size is wonderful! I love it! The tablet itself is rectangular instead of square...." Read more
"...the less vivid display and (slightly) longer load times, but the larger screen size and ability to use removable mini flash drives for extra storage..." Read more
"...10.1' screen is a plus, and the Bluetooth add-ons seem to work well so far; Bluetooth pairing was easy and stay on the device...." Read more
"...This is the right Kindle for you. The size is fantastic, the weight is perfect, and the picture/sound quality are excellent." Read more
Customers like the picture quality of the tablet. They mention the HD display looks incredibly clear and vibrant, and the video quality is excellent. They also like the cost/hardware quality ratio, saying that the tablet is a good value for the price. Customers also like that the screen is easy to see and that the books are rendered in clean, clear text.
"...same resolution as my Motorola Xoom, it seems so much more crisp and clear, more defined. Much more then 1280 x 800 would suggest...." Read more
"...Audio is decent. Video is clear and sharp. Takes up to 128GB SD Card...." Read more
"...The Kindle is very lightweight! The camera quality seems great, though I don't use a Kindle to take pictures or video chat...." Read more
"...It's also a nice side for private viewing of videos, which I've not done much of on the previous Fires.3...." Read more
Customers like the value of the tablet. They mention that it's a nice quality tablet at an affordable price and that it makes it easy to shop on Amazon.
"...The Grand Stand can be purchased at Amazon. It is not real expensive...." Read more
"...What I have found, thus far, is that the Fire HD 10 is a reasonably priced tablet that allows the user to experience the wonderful world of tablets..." Read more
"...Fire device, the Kindle Fire HD 10 has proven to be cheap, but not a good value. At least not for us...." Read more
"...But the size, value and ease in accessing Amazon universe led to daily use and recommendations to friends...." Read more
Customers like the appearance of the tablet. They say the screen is beautiful, the design is ok, and it's nice and thin. They also like the new layout, which makes it more intuitive and easy to find things. Some appreciate the new composing icon and the fact that the tablet is factory new and completely unblemished.
"...The picture quality to me is beautiful, ABSOLUTELY beautiful, especially in H.D!..." Read more
"...I like the new layout, makes it more intuitive, more easy to find things...." Read more
"...The tablet is factory new and completely unblemished (before I got my grubby hands on it at least.)...." Read more
"...Read below and you'll see why.This Kindle has fantastic graphics. I have watched a few movies and love the quality...." Read more
Customers are mixed about the performance of the Amazon tablet. Some mention that it has no lagging, while others say that it is slow and has a noticeable sluggish response time. Some customers also mention that the wifi tech inside it is the reason they cannot in all good.
"...Everything has worked out fine, no problems at all. Some of the new software I'm still experimenting with, so ill add to this review later on...." Read more
"...People have said it has a not so good pixel resolution and a slow drag on speed. These people were comparing it to the Samsung Galaxy Tablet...." Read more
"...Packaging was undamaged, and unboxing was uneventful. It came on quickly and immediately began the setup process, which was nice...." Read more
"...fire HD 10 I encountered loading, freezing, lost connection and re-start issues, I had to call customer service to load my books and the tech guy..." Read more
Customers are mixed about the ease of use of the tablet. Some mention that the free apps are nice, while others say that the camera quality could be better. There are lots of apps available, and some customers say that it's a bit cumbersome to find the right app to navigate to all that you need. Some customers also say that basic apps have been downgraded, and it'd be impossible to see more than 15 apps at a time. Overall, the opinions are mixed, and the product is a mixed bag for customers.
"...Even the stuff inside the apps are free! So, why would you need another store!20,000 free apps is awesome! Just awesome!..." Read more
"...has been the sometimes overly sensitive touch screen, which will mysteriously turn pages or open and close apps if it gets just a little too dirty...." Read more
"...I used an extra 64gb I had. It installed easy, just lift out the door, insert the chip the correct way, until it goes all, and I mean all, the way..." Read more
"...4 times before it would fire up, then there was a problem with installation and backup, I have a lot of books and music on my original fire HD7..." Read more
Customers are dissatisfied with the battery life of the tablet. They mention that it leaks battery life faster, turns off after 10-15 minutes, and uses a lot of juice. Some customers also report that the tablet is intermittently charging and drains rather quickly when watching videos.
"...Battery life isn't fantastic, but I have found it can be managed reasonably by adjusting the screen brightness as needed...." Read more
"...The only other issue I have come across is the battery life, which is less than spectacular if you are doing anything beyond reading a book, and..." Read more
"...The down side... The battery doesn't seem to last with this Kindle...." Read more
"...good, with the brightness turned down a fair bit the battery is lasting almost all day long, works great with my old Kindle's Bluetooth Keyboard...." Read more
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I have had many tablets including Apple, several other Kindles and I also have a Samsung Galaxy 4 Tablet. I have read other reviews about this Kindle 10. People have said it has a not so good pixel resolution and a slow drag on speed. These people were comparing it to the Samsung Galaxy Tablet. I did not like their reviews or opinions.
If you are trying to make a $500 tablet out of a $229 tablet than don't! Maybe you do not belong in the Amazon family! Just go buy your $500 tablet and be done with it!
I also read that Amazon decided to get into low end tablet production! What a sorry thing to say! I do not know about you, but if you are not rich like I am not, it gets very hard to keep paying $500-$1000 or more, every time a new gadget comes out! I am now on fixed income and it is very hard for me! So, with the Kindle 10 H.D. hitting the scene, I think it was a very nice thing that Amazon did! Amazon did not go into low end tablet business! Let me clear that up right now! Amazon cared about the rest of us! The poor and middle class! Not just for the rich! However, they are more than welcome in the Amazon gadget family if they care to partake!
Now, let me begin the review! Amazon created a budget friendly tablet! I got mine yesterday and I LOVE IT!!! I ABSOLUTELY LOVE It!
Also, I read that Amazon created this tablet just to get people to join Amazon Prime and that the only apps you can run are from Amazon's App Store!
I have Amazon Prime but I have never had anyone from Amazon ask me to join. I have never been pushed to buy anything from Amazon in any way! Also, you can side load other app stores on to Kindle 10 H.D. if you wish.
However, Amazon now offers App Store Under Ground, which offers over 20,000 free apps! Even the stuff inside the apps are free! So, why would you need another store!
20,000 free apps is awesome! Just awesome! That is why I purchased it! No other competitor that I know of offers that, yet! What is so neat about the under ground is: You know, you usually see the exact same apps on all app stores. However, with this app store under ground, you see tons of apps I have never seen! I even found 2 different apps, giving away tons of free books from the Kindle Store! The things you can do with this Kindle 10 tablet, leaves the competition behind! It really does!
I also read about complaints, that some people did not like the tabs. At the top of the tablet, there are words.Iike, Apps, Games, Books, Video, Music, etc.Why wouldn't anyone want to know where there stuff is, as easily as possible? For those who don't like it, it is called ORGANIZATION? Maybe you should try it sometime! They have also integrated a place for new stuff. They show you a blank space and tell you, "This is were your newest books will be" or "This is where your newest music will be".
As far as the size goes. The 10 inch size is wonderful! I love it! The tablet itself is rectangular instead of square. That is because it is a wide screen display. Now, I will admit that longer shape does make it awkward and a bit hard to hold. But, I would rather have the wide screen for the H.D. display. Again, This awkwardness can be rectified easily. You can buy a cover for it, that folds up in the back and makes the tablet stand up. Mine came with one of those. However, I purchased mine at H.S.N., so I could get a payment plan and the fold up case came with it.
If you do not want to purchase a cover, another great thing you can get is called, The Grand Stand. It is a big, flat thing with three sections. It folds into a stand, with a lip at the bottom, to keep stuff from falling down. You can use this tablet on it and many other uses. The Grand Stand can be purchased at Amazon. It is not real expensive.
Some people complain about the shiny plastic being used on the back of the device. Personally, This does not bother me at all. I will be looking at the front of my tablet, I will not be looking at the back.
The picture quality to me is beautiful, ABSOLUTELY beautiful, especially in H.D! If the picture does not seem bright enough, or is too bright, go to settings on your main screen and select display. You can adjust the brightness there.
Another thing I love about this tablet is, on your main screen ( Push the button in the middle, on the botom of your tablet, to get to the main screen.) The Amazon, Music App, Kindle Reading App and Video app are already there for you, so you don't have to down load them!
The only con I have is that this tablet only has Wi-Fi. It does not have mobile 4G Lite. But if you have a smart phone you can teather and share your mobile 4G Lite with other devices! So, you can use your phone's mobile connection with this tablet. If you want this tablet, but are hesitant, because you do not know how to tether, just type in how to share your smart phone connection with other devices online, on the internet and it will explain it.
I have very limited Wi-Fi, so I like to tether to use this tablet.
This is an absolutely awesome tablet! I highly recommend it to everyone!
This device is thin, really thin, and it has a spot for a micro SD card, one up to 128gb. I used an extra 64gb I had. It installed easy, just lift out the door, insert the chip the correct way, until it goes all, and I mean all, the way in. Then put the door back over it to close it off. Some have complained that the door wouldn't shut, or they couldn't get the card all the way in. Well, just turn the card around and make sure the card's metal meets up with the fire's metal, then the card will slide in all the way, and the door will close. It's Easy, really.
I like the new layout, makes it more intuitive, more easy to find things. Now when you get to videos on your carousel, if you don't have any downloaded, you'll get suggestions from Amazon. I have Prime, so it shows me all types of free shows, movies, series, etc. that I can view or download. The same with the opening page for books, and audio. It did this on my old Xoom so it's no different. But some don't like the ads. I say it's free software, what do you expect? It's still better than having to pay for the software.
Now, my reading library. Because of the dimensions of this tablet, Amazon made it perfect for reading a book. When you hold it lengthwise, there's room on the sides for you to hold your hands, with thumbs in front. They don't interfere with the viewing area. And best yet, the tablet displays two pages across, just like reading a book. Yes, it's oh so close to an original book reading experience that many electronic readers lack. I was pleasantly surprised and delighted to find this attribute. Thanks Amazon.
So far, I've read books, listened to my music, with and without headphones, and watched videos. Everything has worked out fine, no problems at all. Some of the new software I'm still experimenting with, so ill add to this review later on. But for now those are the great thing about this tablet.
Now, the only Con I don't know if I can blame on the tablet or my provider throttling my band with, but it appears that some things are taking an extraordinary long time to download. Again, this may or may not be the Amazon Operating system they installed on this device. I do know that when my month renewed with my provider, I had a sudden , or so I thought, throttling, of my download bandwidth. Something they claimed they would not do. But when I began downloading my library, my audio, my video, games, and other apps, on my new Fire, it was very, very slow. So I cannot be sure who's at fault for now. So I'll be monitoring the situation.
Did I regret my purchase? Not at all. In fact I might buy another one for the husband. His Xoom is also getting old (but it's still working, not like mine that kept burping darkness). So if you're thinking of buying a large tablet, and want to pay a fair price, get a 10.1inch Fire, and toast an Apple in its flames.