Amazon Fire HD 8 or 10

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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
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Wildmen03
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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.
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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.
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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.
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MW03
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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.
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I've done it on the 8. Side loaded the Google play store and several apps and it's worked fine.
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AggieGunslinger
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It only took me about 10 minutes to add Play Store to my son's HD10.
superunknown
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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.
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rsf0626
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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
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superunknown
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I mean the eye level one, not that disgusting filthy kangaroo pouch bucket full of covid26 and herpes complex ZZ
Jasomania
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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.
AustinAg2K
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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.
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Ironically enough, they just introduced the new 11th gen fire HD10 today lol

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PincheDriller
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Look at the Lenovo M10 FHD
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