Amazon Fire HD 8 Tablet Review Specs

Amazon Fire HD 8 Tablet Review Specs-Amazon Fire HD 8 is fun for the whole family and it will not cost you an arm and a leg. Sale prices start at $ 150 (around £ 130 or AU $ 215 when converted), the Fire HD 8 offers many features for both adults and children and its potential really let go if you subscribe to Amazon Prime. A Premium account gives you access to a large media library full of free games, TV shows, and movies with personal recommendations from Amazon.

Amazon Fire HD 8 Tablet

Design

Reflective sheen, bold colors and sharp angles means Amazon Fire HD 8 looks like a hybrid of Apple iPhone 5C and Lumia 2520, Nokia's ill-fated foray into the tablet. This tablet measuring 0.3 inches (7.7mm) thick and weighs £ 0.68 (311g). The tablet is made of glossy plastic back which comes in four colors including black, magenta, orange and blue. Smooth back panel feels comfortable against your fingertips, but draw some fingerprints visible. Although lightweight materials, it feels somewhat stronger thanks to girthy build and weighs a hefty.

On the top edge you will find the power button, micro-USB port, a headphone jack and volume. Houses leave a microSD card slot, which is hidden by a small flap, and a pair of speakers located on the opposite bank. Bold colors and glossy plastic design evokes the Fire HD 8 toy-like impression that the fun part and the portions generous. Polished aesthetics do not really feel premium. In some ways, the development of overt plastic refreshingly unpretentious. Design is one of the of the weakest aspects, but considering it is a tablet intended for entertainment rather than productivity.

Features

The new HD Fire tablet debuted the latest operating system Android-based Amazon, Fire OS 5 Bellini. The user interface has been updated to have enough fresh design that is easy to navigate and new features to enhance the viewing of video, games, and reading. Although running a modified version of the Google OS, you do not get the full breadth of Android applications contained in the Google Play store. Instead, you must get them in the Amazon App Store. Entry-level model comes with only 8GB of storage is woefully low. Fortunately, it has a microSD card slot which makes expandable up to 128GB. Consider taking a memory card is an important part of buying this tablet.

Hardware

Fire HD 8 tablet has a specification that consists of MediaTek ARM Cortex A15 quad-core 1.2GHz and 1.5GHz CPU, PowerVR Rogue G6200 GPU, 1GB of RAM, 8GB or capacity of 16 GB of internal storage and a microSD card slot that is expandable up to 128GB.

Achievement

Amazon Fire HD 8 geared towards people who want to use them for entertainment purposes, and when doing so, smooth performance as the back of shiny tablet itself. Watching videos, reading and browsing the Web all ran without a hitch. Response to friction and taps are pending, the menu pages take longer to load and applications that slow start. Depending on the type of game you are into, Amazon Fire HD 8 may or may not suited to your needs.

If you switch to a high quality gaming with many moving graphics and fast action, you will be disappointed. If you like a simple mobile game that requires horsepower, Angry Birds and Crush candy on Fire HD 8 tablet will do you fine. Most tablets in the same price range as the Fire HD 8 has the same screen, and one on the Amazon tablet does not seem a lot, but also did not disappoint. Has wide 16:10 the aspect ratio is large enough to be able to watch movies and 1,280x800 pixels resolution. HD video looks smooth and the colors appear accurate. This is not the best, but good enough to enjoy all the content of your prime. Tablet screen quality is mediocre, aside from its luminous brightness. At the maximum setting, the Fire HD 8 is brighter than the majority of tablets on the market, including the Amazon Fire HDX 8.9.

This makes the screen more visible outdoors and in bright rooms, however, HD in-plane switching (IPS) display (reinforced with Gorilla Glass) still suffer harsh glare and reflection depends on your environment, although it can be said that most tablet. A tablet speaker quality is usually dismissed without much thought because a lot of people wearing headphones while using the tablet. Amazon Fire tablet has been the exception to the rule of their inception. Paired once again with Dolby, dual speakers on Fire HD 8 tablet benefits from Dolby Atmos technology. This feature aims to mimic the way sound travels in real life in order to create an immersive audio experience. With only two small speakers, it's a bit of a tall order, but the sound quality is consistently crisp and impressive max loud volume settings. There is a lack of bass, and speakers can be blocked depending on how you hold the tablet, but even with these shortcomings, the Fire HD's 8 speakers are still some of the most powerful we have seen in a small tablet. Fire HD 8 houses a pair of cameras.

One facing the front has a very low resolution and take photos with a grainy soft focus. It will do for video chatting with friends, but you will want to miss any selfies. 5-megapixel camera on the back to produce images that look good on screen 8-inch tablet. If you are transferring them to your computer, the lack of detail and soft edges become clearer. Overall, the camera is underwhelming, although for most tablet, this is a familiar story. Under the pressure of heavy use, the Amazon Fire HD 8 Tablet battery drained in about 3.5 hours.