Amazon Fire HD 8: What does the world’s largest e-commerce venture offer in its new Tablet?
Amazon has been successful in catering to a mass population across the globe with its thriving e-commerce setup. Competing with Google and Apple, Amazon ventured into the fray of tablets and strived earnestly to secure a firm place. With its latest addition in the form of Amazon Fire HD 8, it desperately tries to squeeze itself into the family usage domain, unleashing a device that falls on many fronts and still ends up uniting the ones seeking entertainment. So, without wasting any more words, we get down to review this beast from the tech-giant, Amazon.
It is of utmost importance that one subscribes to Amazon Prime if they are looking to unleash the potential of Amazon Fire HD 8. Coupled with micro-storage, the device comes with a free offering of numerous games, TV shows, and movies. Alongside, there are recommendations from Amazon which can be installed in your tablet with a space that can accommodate data worth 128 GB. However, the blessing comes in the form of Kindle Unlimited. As a reader myself, I was overjoyed at the prospects of unlimited reading options that came with this tablet. At an economical price where I am not required to sell one of my kidneys for a few upgrades, what do I have to complain?
Amazon Fire HD 8 also offers an extensive setup for child restrictions. For the ones who are skeptical about handing tablets over to their kids, can now rest assured with its parental controls where they have the option to restrict the media files their children can access. Preparing the kids for NSA from now itself, eh?
Coming to the Operating System of Amazon Fire HD 8, which is a neat amalgamation of Amazon’s intention and Google’s brilliance. For the ones who love easy browsing, movies, switching through different media files, this tablet is a treat. However, major disappointment appears in the form of its Application Store. Clearly, Amazon has light years to travel before it can even think of rivaling Google or Apple’s app store. Though we sincerely advise you not to get too carried away with this fact as whatever Amazon lacks in its app store, it makes up for it in its content and storage.
There are seamless services like Amazon Underground and Word Runner integrated into the device that enhances the interface. These services coupled with Amazon Prime make for a significant tablet which cheap plastic hardware. While the ones with their eyes set on iPad Pro might call this one a failure, there is no doubt whatsoever that Amazon is looking to serve a different section of the population all together, the one Apple has never cared about.
If your usage is not advanced and a refreshing interface experience makes your idea of a powerful tablet, go in for this one. With the option of external storage, it should work out fine.
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