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There are very few demanding games available in Amazon’s ecosystem, but PUBG Mobile is one, and we experienced issues with lag and crashes when playing it. There’s a slight delay when you’re navigating the tablet or opening apps, as you’d expect from an inexpensive tablet with a weak chipset, but we encountered the most problems when playing games. Suffice to say the tablet isn’t exactly snappy to use, but with only 2GB RAM on board it was never going to be a powerhouse. The Amazon Fire HD 8 (2020) has a MediaTek MT8168 chipset, which is a processor designed for inexpensive tablets and e-readers, so it’s right at home here. One benefit of LCD panels is that they’re easier to view outdoors in direct sunlight, so this is a tablet that should serve you well if you want to use it outside. However, if you use the Kindle e-reader or Amazon Music functions you won’t care as much – not everyone needs a top-end screen, and if that’s you, you won’t mind the Fire HD 8 display.
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It’s an LCD screen with a 800 x 1280 resolution, which is rather low-res given most cheap phones, which have screens smaller than 8 inches, have similar resolutions.Īs a result, the slate isn’t perfect for all types of media – we found that games looked especially pixelated, and TV shows and movies didn’t look fantastic. The Amazon Fire HD 8 (2020) has an 8-inch screen, denoted by the 8 in its name. The material here is plastic, which is another symptom of the low price, but it does make the slate feel a little cheap. The back of the tablet is bare save for Amazon’s smile-tick logo and the rear camera. This took us quite a while to get used to, and it was especially confusing early on before we became aware of the problem. When the Amazon Fire HD 8 is in portrait, the right half of the volume rocker turns the volume up, and the left half lowers it – sounds simple, right? Well, when you flip the tablet to landscape, these functions are actually reversed. The inclusion of a 3.5mm port will impress people who like their wired headphones, while the USB-C port ensures fast charging however, we had an issue with the volume rocker.

In this orientation, the USB-C port, 3.5mm headphone jack, power button and volume rocker are all on the top edge of the tablet. Unlike on most tablets, the front-facing camera here is halfway down on the left side when you’re holding the slate in portrait orientation, not on the top – this actually means it’s in a great position for video calling, as you can look at the screen while also appearing to look at the camera. This particular rectangle has dimensions of 202 x 137 x 9.7mm and a weight of 355g – that’s fairly average for such a tablet, although the device is lighter than many competitors. The Amazon FIre HD 8 (2020) doesn’t bring anything new to the table design-wise – it’s a big rectangle with a screen.
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It’s worth pointing out that, because Amazon keeps its older tablets on sale for a while at a reduced price, you need to make sure you’re looking at the right model: this is the ninth-generation build.įor context, the Amazon Fire HD 8 Plus costs $20 / £20 (about AU$30) more than the non-Plus model for each storage version, and if wireless charging is a big deal to you then perhaps it’s worth the extra.
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Either way, it's a very affordable slate, and that low price is a big factor in it ranking among the best Android tablets.
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If you tend to download content that you watch, you may need the higher-storage version, but if you’ll be using your tablet to stream content straight from the internet you should be fine with 32GB. The 32GB storage option costs $104 / £89 (roughly AU$160, though Amazon’s tablets don’t typically get released in Australia), which goes up to $134 / £119 (roughly AU$210) for the 64GB model. The Amazon Fire HD 8 (2020) went on sale, alongside the Plus and Kids’ Edition tablets, on June 3, 2020.
