So now,
the standard Fire HD 8 along with everything the Kids Edition includes is up to $ 231, a full $ 99 more than the Kids Edition counterpart — for literally the same thing.
If you want to add an extended warranty to
the standard Fire HD 8, you're looking at an additional $ 18 cost for two years.
At the heart of this bundle is
the standard Fire HD 6, which we've described in detail in our earlier HD 6 review.
At heart it's
a standard Fire HD 8, but with a drop - proof rubber case and a year's free subscription to the Fire For Kids service, which provides access to a wealth of kiddy - friendly content.
The single Dolby - enhanced speaker, located on the bottom edge of the tablet, lacked bass (more so than on
the standard Fire HD 6 model) when I listened to «Turn Down for What» by DJ Snake and Lil Jon.
Not exact matches
Meanwhile, the Nook
HD +, with its larger display, aims at
standard Android tablets, at Amazon's Kindle
Fire HD 8.9, and at Apple's iPad.
If you were to purchase the
Fire HD 6 for $ 99 and then try to outfit it yourself with the goodies that Amazon adds with the Kids Edition — this case and a full year of kid - friendly content — you'd be paying more than the $ 50 premium this will cost you compared with the
standard version of the tablet.
However, the
Fire HD has a brighter screen, better sound and double the amount of
standard storage, strengths that complement Amazon's superiority when it comes to discovering and purchasing content.
With the
standard - edition
Fire HD 6, Amazon throws in a 30 - day trial of FreeTime Unlimited.
The Kindle
Fire HD 8.9 continues to lack what are often considered
standard inclusions for a tablet.
Today, Amazon announced that it is bringing «Voice Guide» and «Explore by Touch» — two new accessibility features previously available on Kindle
Fire HD 8.9» — to its new
standard definition Kindle
Fire and Kindle
Fire HD 7».
These features have been available with Kindle
Fire HD 8.9» since its release and will be made available on the
standard definition Kindle
Fire and Kindle
Fire HD 7» early next year.
Expandable storage With 2X more internal storage than
Fire 7,
Fire HD 8 comes
standard with 16 GB.
HD Netflix app on the Nook Tablet produces clearer looking videos than the
standard definition Netflix app currently on the Kindle
Fire.
The
standard Amazon
Fire tablets are already pretty great for kids, but Amazon has smartly gone a step further by offering both the
Fire 7 and
Fire HD 8 packaged with a kid - proof case that's designed to take all the abuse a younger child can throw at it.
The only downsides are a lack of offline video viewing, and the fact that the large price premium over the
standard HD 8 only gets you a one - year subscription to the
Fire For Kids service.
When combined with our unmatched content ecosystem, unmatched cross-platform interoperability, and
standard - setting customer service, we hope people will agree that Kindle
Fire HD is the best 7» tablet available anywhere, at any price.»
Essentially, the Kids Edition is a
standard Kindle
Fire HD tablet — at either the 6 - inch or 7 - inch size — with a pile of add - on features that are designed for kids and the havoc they tend to wreak.
On the iPad mini 16:9 content is viewed Letterboxed with only 1024x576 Resolution, which is getting pretty close to
Standard Definition video rather than true High Definition 1280x720 video on most other mini Tablets like the Amazon Kindle
Fire HD and Google Nexus 7.
While the iPad 2 and iPhone 4 had reduced 61 - 64 percent Color Gamuts, the Amazon Kindle
Fire HD and Google Nexus 7 both deliver a much larger 86 percent Color Gamut, and the new iPad 3 and iPhone 5 have full 100 percent
standard Color Gamuts.
The Amazon
Fire HD 6 Kids» Edition ($ 149; 8 GB) adds several accessories, content, and a no - questions - asked warranty that make it well worth the extra $ 50 over the
standard Amazon
Fire HD 6, if you intend to hand your tablet over to under - 10s.
They come just a few weeks after Amazon showed off its new Kindle
Fire HD line, which set a new
standard in tablet value and performance.
Of course, colour reproduction isn't nearly as good as Apple's
standard - setting tablet range, nor is it up to the latest Nexus 7 or the Amazon Kindle
Fire HD.
If this is true and Amazon manages to keep the price point the same then the new Kindle
Fire HD devices could set a new
standard for price and performance in the tablet market.
The Kindle
Fire HD in its 8.9 - inch display edition has a 1920 x 1200 display (or 254 ppi) display while the smaller device has not yet had its entire set of specifications released - rest assured though, they'll be a bit of a bump over the refreshed
standard edition.
Kindle
Fire HD combines dual stereo speakers with the Dolby Digital Plus audio platform — the
standard in high - performance audio — to offer a world - class audio experience.
No more worrying about storage space With 2x more internal storage than
Fire 7,
Fire HD 8 comes
standard with 16 GB.
What we're seeing here is the slightly larger version of the Kindle
Fire HD 7, that being essentially the same size as the
standard Kindle
Fire which also got a refresh this week.
With 2x more internal storage than
Fire 7,
Fire HD 8 comes
standard with 16 GB.
The new Kindle
Fire HD and the Nexus 7 both deliver an impressive 86 percent
Standard Color Gamut, a major improvement over almost all previous generation Tablets (and Smartphones).
Amazon's lowered the price by $ 20 on all three versions of their Kindle
Fire HD tablets — including the
standard 7 - inch model (which usually sells for $ 199).
While the new iPad's 264 PPI screen is significantly sharper for reading text and viewing finely detailed computer graphics, the Kindle
Fire HD's 216 PPI screen is still very sharp and its 1280x800 screen exceeds the resolution needed for viewing
standard High Definition 1280x720 video content, one of its principal marketing goals.
The Intensity Scales for the Amazon Kindle
Fire HD and new iPad are not shown in the Figure below because they are close to the
Standard and would interfere with the iPad mini Intensity Scale.
The Kindle
Fire HD and Nexus 7 have 1280x800 pixel displays, which exceeds the resolution needed for viewing
standard High Definition 1280x720 video content, one of their principal marketing goals.
This model of the Kindle
Fire HD will feature a front facing camera, a faster processor (Amazon did not disclose details, but did call it «world class»), and a higher resolution screen (1280 x 800 for 216 pixels per inch) than the
standard Kindle
Fire model.
Unfortunately, Amazon has decided that every new Kindle
Fire — the
HD 7,
HD 8.9, and updated
standard definition
Fire — will include special offers.
The Kindle
Fire HD in its 8.9 - inch display edition has a 1920 x 1200 display (or 254 ppi) display while the smaller device has not yet had its entire set of specifications released — rest assured though, they'll be a bit of a bump over the refreshed
standard edition.
No more worrying about storage space Now with 2x more internal storage,
Fire HD 8 comes
standard with 16 GB.
The larger
Fire HD runs the same modified version of Android as the
standard Kindle
Fire HD 7 with the same drawbacks.
That's both on account of the Echo family's steadily growing popularity and the excellent quality — pricing ratio of devices like the Echo Show, all - new
Fire HD 10 tablet or refreshed
standard Echo at launch.
As is
standard with most tablets, the
Fire HD doesn't have a great set of cameras.
But undoubtedly the refreshed
Fire HD 10's top selling point is a Full
HD 10.1 - inch display (1920 x 1200 pixels), which is by no means
standard fare in the sub - $ 200 division.