All the Amazon Fire tablets are becoming one of the most popular options simply by offering a great quality / price ratio and with the occasional push of some offers that leave them already at prices that are impossible to beat. We help you choose the model What else may interest you and we leave you some Tricks that will help you to take better advantage of them.
Fire 7 vs Fire 8 HD: which one to stick with?
The first choice we have to make is to decide whether to bet on the 7-inch model or the 8-inch, for which it is essential to be clear about the differences, which are much less since they were renewed last year, but which still exist. If you want to review them in more detail, when they were presented we left you a comparative section by section, but the keys can be easily summarized.
Regardless of the difference in the size of your screen (and consequently of the overall dimensions of the device), the Fire HD 8 has a few more points in its favor: the first is that its resolution already reaches the HD standard (1280 x 800); the second is that it has twice the storage (both in the standard version, 16 GB, as in the upper one, 32 GB); the third is that it has a bit more RAM (1.5 GB); the fourth is that its speakers are stereo; and the fifth and last, which has better autonomy.
If we are looking for a tablet as cheap as possible and we do not have many demands, there is no doubt that we must bet on the Four 7, that we can get for just $70. However, taking into account that the Fire HD 8 it costs only $110, we advise you to consider making the extra investment. In fact, finding a tablet similar to the first in that price range is much easier than finding a comparable to the second in yours.
And the Fire HD 10?
Let's make a mention of the Fire HD 10 because you may have already heard of it, and probably very well, since it is a tablet that offers a great value for money (it seems that in Amazon tablets this improves even more with the size): to begin with, despite his name is already Full HD, has a more powerful processor and comes with 32 GB storage, all for just 150 dollars.
From the fact that we give you the data in dollars, you can already assume that the bad news that we are going to give you is that this model we cannot buy it in our country, At least for the moment. Amazon used to launch all its tablets in all markets but lately we are seeing some exceptions and this is one of them.
That does not mean, of course, that it could end up arriving in our country, but at the moment we do not find many reasons to be optimistic: the latest model was presented almost half a year ago without there having been any news about it and you have to think that its predecessor also never landed here. Of course, if Amazon gives us good news about it in the future, we will tell you immediately.
Choose configuration
Once we have decided which of the two Fire we are more interested in it, we have to choose the configuration. There are a couple of details to keep in mind, first, regarding storage capacity. The first is that contrary to what happened with the first models, Amazon lately is including slot for micro-SD card, which will give us the opportunity to gain space externally if we fall short.
The second is that Fire tablets have a very interesting option which is the possibility of archive apps, similar to the one that Apple has included in iOS 11: in case we run out of space, we can delete the apps from the device without losing the data, which is saved in the cloud. On the whole, it is always convenient to be realistic with our needs, but it may not be too difficult to muddle with the standard models.
Finally, you have to decide whether or not to accept the version with special sales. Our recommendation is that you do it because the savings are quite noticeable ($15), and although it may sound very bad, they are only suggestions that we are going to see on the lock screen. But above all we recommend it because if we try it and discover that it is more annoying than we think, being able to pay later to eliminate them.
Key tricks to get more out of it and make it look more like a conventional Android tablet
One of the drawbacks that can be put to Fire tablets compared to other cheap tablets is that Fire OS, its operating system, is a very strong customization of Android. It has the virtue of being very simple and intuitive, so that it may even be recommended for more occasional users, but it is also more limited and from the start we will not have Google Play. If this is what worries you, we have a selection with some tips that may interest you, but two must be highlighted above all.
The first, and fundamental, is that we do not have to be limited to the Amazon app store if we are willing to tinker a bit and the process is not complicated at all (it does not require root), since it is only about installing a few APK. We detailed the process some time ago in this tutorial to install Google Play on Fire tablets.
The second is that, once we have access to all the Google Play apps, it is also possible to change the desktop and enjoy all the settings, gestures and customization options that we are used to finding on any Android device: the only thing we need is to install a launcher and in this guide to install Nova and other launchers on Fire tablets We explain how to do it too (not all of them work correctly, it's a matter of testing if you have another favorite).