#2018 amazon fire hd 8 review full

So, it is not a perfect gaming tablet at all. Game graphics look much weaker than on higher-end devices. Obviously, the performance is far from outstanding. Well, at least if you set the graphics to its lowest. Even Asphalt 8 and Into The Dead 2 run smoothly most of the time. You can play simple games on the Fire HD 8. Other apps like Microsoft Word run fine as well. I’ve been able to use the Silk browser without any issues and it’s good enough to read E-Books or watch Prime Video too. Nothing has changed here.įor simple tasks, the performance is good enough. Inside the Amazon Fire HD 8 8th generation sits a 1.3GHz quad-core processor from MediaTek that is supported by 1.5GB of RAM and a 16GB or 32GB internal storage. You won’t be able to read much in direct sunlight and it’s not ideal to use outside in general. It certainly is bright enough to use inside but too dark for outside. The viewing angles are wide and the contrast and color reproduction are good too. But still, a laminated screen would have been nicer.īesides that, most aspects of this screen are good.

Yes, other tablets like the 2018 iPad have that too. That means there is a small air gap between the touch layer and the IPS panel. It is a bit disappointing that the screen is not laminated. However, if you look closely, you can see pixels.

If you hold it normally, texts and icons look sharp enough. So, what I always say about those is the case here too.

#2018 amazon fire hd 8 review full

But the pixel density is similar to 10-inch tablets with full HD screens. Obviously, an HD resolution is far from ideal. Like its predecessor, the new tablet has the same HD resolution with 1280 x 800 pixels. The Amazon Fire HD 8 2018 has an 8-inch display with an aspect ratio of 16:10. But still, pictures and videos out of both cameras look a bit blurry and unsharp. A lot of notebooks have similar weak webcams. Yes, if you consider the price again its fine. So, this year you can record HD videos with the front-facing camera too which is nice for video chats.Īs you might expect though, in real life, the picture quality out of both cameras is not really good. The predecessor had a 0.3-megapixel camera only. We get a 2-megapixel camera on the back and the front-facing camera has the same resolution now. But again, considering it is so inexpensive the sound is good enough. Sure, pretty much all premium tablets and especially those with four speakers have a much better sound and bass. Considering it is so cheap, the sound quality out of those speakers is pretty good. The Amazon Fire HD 8 features two stereo speakers on the longer right side. You can use cards with a capacity of up to 400GB now. On the right side, there still is a micro SD card slot. We get a standard headphone jack, the power button and volume controls next to it. That’s why we still get an old micro USB port to charge the tablet. It is not too heavy with 363g but very thick with 9.7mm.Īs I said, Amazon did not change the body at all. However, it feels much cheaper than an iPad Mini due to its plastic body. That might be true because it seems very solid indeed. According to Amazon, it is more robust than an iPad Mini 4. While it is well built, we still get a full plastic body. Amazon did not change the design of the Fire HD 8 2018 at all compared to its predecessor.