Fire HD 8 Tablet, 32 GB, Red—with Ads (Previous Generation - 8th)

I bought this in the run up to Christmas when it was on offer for £49.99 and you can't get much more of a bargain than that! ( in fact you can as i spread my payments over 5 months for no extra cost, very useful this time of year!😄) I bought it mainly as a means to watch Prime video/youtube/BBC iplayer and other tv catch up with the odd bit of browsing here and there. With the newly updated hands free Alexa app i now also use it to play my Audible downloads, control my smart devices and set alarms/timers etc. I've also used it to make a video call to my home from the Alexa app on my phone with no problems. All in all its turned out to be a great little buy. The 8inch screen makes for a satisfying watching experience and fits conveniently into a bag for taking out and about. The only downside is the poor camera but I expected this as I also own the fire 7" 2015. Despite the poor camera facilities this tablet does show photos clearly and crisply when they have been transferred from another device (if of course that device produces good quality images). So for the uses i have stated, when comparing to other tablets i own (including those made by apple, samsung, lenovo) i would say you can't go wrong with this robust, bargain little tablet! (Especially if it's going to be used by kids!)Ps after trying to use the fire for kids app on our previous kindle fire and experiencing numerous faults and crashing i now don't bother at all. Just set the appropriate age restrictions in parental controls for accessing apps like prime, bypass/skip the payment details set up or if you do want to add a payment method, make sure you password authorise all transactions which can be set up from you Amazon account, and then finally download any child friendly games you may want, the kids versions of bbc iPlayer and kids youtube, and then block access through the parental controls again to apps such as Amazon shopping, web browsing etc.

I paid £59.99 for this tablet so really for that price I can't see how anyone can give less than 5 stars or a negative review! Buy any other tablet for that price that can compare to this I challenge you..why oh why some people are moaning about it is beyond me, it states quite clearly in the write up what it is /does/specs etc and really if you want 'better' then spend more money and stop thinking you are going to get 'the elite' of all tablets for this sort of money! Brilliant tablet and definitely worth twice the money Amazon are asking. Great sound, screen, performance, love the colour and ease of use. Thank you Amazon.. I for one would certainly not insult your intelligence by saying anything negative about this tablet..but then I don't enjoy drama and moaning.P.S...I also own an ipad 2017, an ipad mini 4, a Samsung tab s4, a lenovo yoga Pro, lenovo tab 4 and a Huawei media pad m5 ..and this fire tablet compete's well!

This was a gift and I couldn't be happier. I was asked what kind of tablet I wanted so I looked around the shops before settling on this one. I originally wanted a kindle for reading e-books, but having browsed a few, I found the kindles just a little too small and dreary. I found the iPads (among others) too large and overkill for simply reading e-books. So I settled on the Amazon Fire HD 8 because it was the perfect size (slightly bigger than the Kindles I'd tried) and downloading e-books through the Amazon kindle store was easy. I also read a lot at night before bed, and this tablet has a 'Blue Shade' function - which reduces the amount of blue light (blue light at night apparently makes it harder to fall asleep) emitted from the screen.I had only intended to use the Fire for reading - but inevitably ended up downloading apps and audiobooks. I now use it pretty much like an iPad. I have Facebook, Instagram, Netflix, iPlayer, Alexa, BBC news etc. all on the tablet now.For the price - this is a great tablet. So far, I'm impressed. I won't give it 5 stars however, as I do have a couple of small gripes. One is that the tablet can be a little laggy and slow (not always but sometimes) which I assume is due to the device not being able to cope with too many apps/too much demand upon its memory. This is only a small gripe as the lag is brief and not all that noticeable. The second issue I have is that when you purchase this online, you are given the option to purchase the tablet with or without 'special offers' - this would imply some additional benefit surely? But no - 'special offers' actually means - 'with advertising', which annoyingly pop up on your screen. It is slightly more money to buy the device 'without special offers' so it depends whether you mind seeing ads or not, if you're unsure of which option to choose. Don't despair if you've chosen the option with ads - you can still pay to have these removed after purchase. They should rephrase this at the point of sale though, as it isn't clear. (see photo which highlights the kind of advertisements that appear on my tablet).But overall - I definitely recommend this tablet. It's such a nifty little thing, great value for money, and I love it. And definitely BUY A CASE! You'll need it.If you found this review helpful - please let me know. Thanks