Anyone own one of these? Was looking into getting a tablet for mostly entertainment purposes. They seem like a good budget option vs the outrageously expensive iPads

I'd get the 10 if you're just using it for media consumption. It's full HD and has a higher pixel density. Plus it has the best processor of the bunch.

The 8 Plus would be my second choice. Slightly lower resolution, but you get a boost in RAM and it's slightly more portable.

Also wait for them to go on sale. They drop in price all the time. $149 is too much for the HD 10, but it can be had for $99.

I've got an 8 that's a few years old now. It's a decent media consumption device. I would probably wait for the 10 to go on sale and do that if I were you. The 8 is borderline too small a screen and I think the 10 has a higher pixel density and better contrast which is helpful for watching during the day time.

Moved from an 8 to a 10 for kid's entertainment. I bought it on Prime Day thinking I had a steal, but basically they subsidize the price by subjecting you to ads on the lock screen. Ordinarily, that wouldn't be an issue, but since my kiddo uses it I went ahead and "paid" to have the ads removed.

Side loading on Amazon fire stick with "downloader" is super easy if you have the apk address. Haven't tried on the tablet, but I can't imagine it's difficult.

I've done it on the 8. Side loaded the Google play store and several apps and it's worked fine.

It only took me about 10 minutes to add Play Store to my son's HD10.

The 8 will fit snugly in the magazine pocket in the back of a seat on an airplane, making it close to eye level. That was my answer to in-flight entertainment for the airlines who didn't offer any of their own.

My only fear is that the 8 is a little too small, but it does seem a little more portable than the 10.

Not sure if anywhere has these on display so I can compare in person

I mean the eye level one, not that disgusting filthy kangaroo pouch bucket full of covid26 and herpes complex ZZ

I have the 8 Plus which I thought the same thing, I'd use it as an extra device and do light browsing maybe some media on it. But even with the extra ram its so slow. I often give up and just use my phone instead because I get frustrated how slow it is to do everything on the device. I'd bite the bullet and pay more to go with a better android tablet or ipad.

I've bought my kids several Fire tablets over the years. They do everything the kids need. My only complaint is the charging port seems to quit working quite often. I think I've replaced three or four devices. However, since I always buy them on Prime Day or Black Friday, I think I've probably still spent less than a single iPad.

Ironically enough, they just introduced the new 11th gen fire HD10 today lol

Look at the Lenovo M10 FHD