![]() Both exist mostly to sit and go unused-they don’t take good photos and aren’t particularly great for video calling either-but they are there and can theoretically do these things, which is sorta the point on a tablet this affordable. It joins the 2-megapixel camera on the back. It’s a 2-megapixel unit now, up from 0.3 MP (also known as VGA resolution). The selfie camera also technically got an upgrade this year. A 64GB card should be more than enough space to download what you want. You can now save movies and other media to cards up to 400GB. It’s not a deal-breaking annoyance, but it becomes a quirk of the ownership experience.Īmazon has also included a MicroSD slot again, which will come in handy for long vacations or trips. No matter how familiar I get with the Fire tablets, I still have to feel around for the volume keys sometimes, and get them confused with the similarly-shaped power button. There’s a volume, power, an audio jack, and a microUSB for charging-typical stuff that you'd find on a phone. Most of the buttons and connectors are on the top, if you hold it vertically, like a book. Like previous 8-inch Fires, the screen still tends to attract fingerprint gunk more than other tablets, though you get used to it fairly quick. Amazon even placed a tiny lip around the edge of the screen to help prevent cracking or scratching if you drop it. It’s a travel-sized 8-inch (1,280 x 800 pixel) glass screen cradled by a cheap-feeling though somewhat durable plastic that you can buy in all three basic colors, and black. The new Fire HD 8 is pretty much the same, inside and out, as last year’s model, and the 2016 model before that. ![]() Its sequel-the 8th generation of Fire tablets, for those keeping count-is still dirt cheap and completely functional, just a little less fun to use. ![]() Last autumn, I recommended the 2017 Fire HD 8 and named it the best of Amazon’s bundle of affordable tablets.
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