cheap tablet features and price, completely upgraded

If you’re looking for a cheap tablet, chances are you’ve already considered one of Amazon’s alternatives, the Fire HD range, because of its excellent value for money. While they don’t use the same version of Android as most tablets, that works in their favor if you’re a user of Amazon services like Kindle and Prime Video.

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Although there are a variety of Fire HD models, Model 8 is perhaps the most recommended, achieving a compromise between screen size and price compared to other models. Especially now that Amazon has announced a complete refurbishment of the device.

Features of Amazon Fire HD 8

The cheap tablet, now better

Similar to the new Amazon Kindle, the new Fire HD 8 features more powerful and capable hardware, to the point that it can make it more competent than the high-end models.

The big news is the new six-core processor, which is now 30% faster compared to the previous generation; this should make the experience more enjoyable and opens the door to advanced features such as the ability to use picture-in-picture with Prime Video, showing video floating around while we’re doing something else.

Another very striking function is that of split screen, which improves multitasking by allowing us to have two applications open at the same time. In this way, for example, we can open a movie while we search for information in the Internet browser or comment on social networks, or open a messaging application while we check the details in a photo application. The possibilities are huge and match the multitasking improvements we’ve seen on Android. The new screen size feature is also welcome, which lets you make things bigger for easier viewing or shrink them to free up space.

Fire OS also has Miracast technology, which allows us to mirror screen by connecting it to a compatible television or a television integrating Fire TV. Thanks to this we can search for a movie on the tablet and watch it on the big screen, for example, although we can also duplicate other applications such as browsers and the photo application.

And it’s not that the built-in 8-inch screen is bad, especially since Amazon strengthened it with aluminosilicate glass for greater protection and resistance; in fact, the company even claims that this tablet is able to pass twice as many drop tests as Apple’s iPad Mini.

The battery is another hardware element that has been improved, now being able to reach 13 hours of use; and recharges with the 5W adapter and USB-C cable (both included in the box). Storage reaches 64 GB, but we have the possibility of adding up to 1 TB by microSD.

The Amazon Fire HD 8 is available for reservation from today, with a starting price of 114.99 dollars in black.

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