​which is why the price is low ...what do you want for £39.99

Yeah, I decided not to buy a Suzuki Swift the other day because it didn't do 0-60mph in 5 seconds.

Not a bad price, but beware. I tried buying two different units from Argos a month ago and both contained more than a couple dead pixels each.

Good price but not for me as the 1gb ram is a spoiler.

hi everyone. looking for a cheap tablet for my 10 year old daughter. she only needs it for games, browsing and a few studies etc.

Great thanks.

Anyone know if this tablet has double tap to wake?

How do the fire tablets compare app wise to regular android? Is there much missing?
I'm looking to pick up a couple of half decent tablets for the kids, to improve what they have (cheap Chinese ones) but don't know if the apps they want will be there...?

You can install google play store on these tablets also with a bit of fiddling about to give you more app choice.

Hi. I would suggest going for an android tablet. Or you could root this one n install android os

No it doesnt. You have to do a quick press on top right button. Then the lock screen appears with an advert (unless you have a non advert tablet) , and you swipe up to enter.

Ah, cool, didn't know that...
Is it much of a faff? rooting and stuff or more straight forward? How is compatibility? I'd guess at near total?

Thanks OP, was looking at getting the 8GB model, but this is a bonus!

Anyone have any recommendations on a decent case? Was looking at this one

Cheers :wink:

Is this any good for toddlers? Can i put the same apps on that are on the google play store like cbeebies apps peppa pig etc?

That case is for the wrong device (4th Gen / 2014 / HD7). This device is the 5th Gen / 2015 / non-HD version.

Thanks, i realised that as i proceeded to checkout and have changed to the 5th getn 2015 now. Will ammend my previous post too, to avoid confusion!

great spot.....bought cheers v much

These devices often have dead pixels, I sent 2 back to Amazon because of it.

Watch out for them being sold with the recalled chargers, we got one last week from Amazon directly with the faulty one.
Amazon will give you a free one if you tell them.
How to identify:
https://www.amazon.co.uk/b?node=9730244031

Are you sure it's not the identical 'non-affected' replacement adapter which has the 'A' in the bottom right-hand corner?
https://www.amazon.co.uk/b?node=9730244031

brilliant. ive just ordered this one and im gonna return my one i bought from tesco yesterday. no brainer. thanks OP

Just ordered, glad I held off for the extra 8gb for free! Thanks OP!

good job there is just you not interested, else we could have 2000 posts on this thread filled with comments, "not for me"

Combine this with the £5/£10 voucher offer just going live again and it's an amazingly hot deal.

www.argos.co.uk/ArgosPromo3

8GB isnt much lol

Can anyone tell me what Android version runs on this Fire Tablet?

This device runs Amazon FireOS 5 "Bellini" which is a derivative of Android 5.1 (Lollipop).

Hence why this is a deal for the 16gb version...and has a mircoSD slot for expanding the storage. £39.99 for a device that has a screen, cpu/gpu, ram, memory, cameras & the overheads of a business/R&D ...we are living in a mad world!

Once I registered my Fire I used that link & went on the contact us section. Selected my new Fire tablet & clicked the chat icon. They added £17.99 credit to my account to buy the only charger you can buy from Amazon, the official fast charger. Used the credit to buy the kids case, as my son will be having this. So when you factor in the credit I have just bought a 16gb tablet for £22!!! Wowser.

After the initial charger recall, the replacement that was sent out was the Amazon PowerFast USB Charger.
Since then, a new Amazon 5W USB Power Adapter has appeared for sale which is "approved to work with all Kindle e-readers, Fire tablets, Fire phone".

I'm guessing this is the identical 'non-affected' replacement adapter which is now included in the box since the full product recall.

Weird, that item doesn't come up in the Accessory section. When I contacted them I assumed it would simply be a replacement sent out, was quite happy with the credit!

picked one up this afternoon-few tweeks and its now running near enough pure android 5.1.
came with fire os 5.3-had to downgrade to 5.2, root and install the custom rom.

Bought the 8gb version for £35 on Black Friday for my then 4 year old. There are less apps and, (unless I have missed something obvious) there did not appear to be a web browser, the search engine just takes you to Amazon sites so I installed a browser app which works fine. All said and done, it works really well for a child and was worth the price. At £39.99 for 16gb, I will consider buying one.

I bought one priced at 35 on Black Friday. I got £10 off for trying same day delivery, bringing it down to £25. They then gave me £13 to buy a replacement charger, so it only cost £12.

Great for that price.

The web browser installed on this device (out of the box) is Amazon Silk.

Yeah, I decided not to buy a Suzuki Swift the other day because it didn't do 0-60mph in 5 seconds.

Spend £50 to get a £5 voucher when this is £40?

I seen this today in Leicester and I thought to myself "wow that's a good deal" bargain it is!

- Buy 2.
- Buy 1 & something else for £10 or over.
- Or just buy 1 and dont get a £5 voucher.

Thank you for that. I have just checked the tablet and because I put parental controls on the browser does not appear on home page! A pain but well done to Amazon for uber-restricted content for kids

What did you say to get the credit? Did it have the wrong plug? I've just picked up two but not looked at them yet.

I got one in the Black Friday sale and I can honestly say after I did the fiddle to remove ads and put google play store on (which was easy) this tablet totally blew me away for the price. Very happy with mine.

is this the same tablet as john lewis offer at £49.95?
http://www.johnlewis.com/new-amazon-fire-7-tablet-quad-core-fire-os-7-wi-fi-16gb/p2663237?colour=Black
they offer 2 year guarantee
also how does this tablet compare to the one that has been on this website for £39.99 that amazon/john lewis and Tesco have been selling. I know that one is the 8gb version but are there any other differences?

They are the same tablet. This model is the same one that has been gathering alot of heat over the past two days, but those models were all 8GB capacity. There's no other differences other than this deal being only available in blue.

Hope this helps.

Thanks to OP for sharing. Purchased this morning from local Argos, and have to say it is amazing value for money. Already managed to install Google Playstore.

My 9 year ol has an old ASUS MeMO Pad HD 7 (ME173) 16GB 7"...it's getting a bit tired, would this be any better? Or enough of an improvement to warrant spending 40 quid?

Out of stock for delivery and collection at every postcode I've tried

They've spotted the mistake and put back to £49.99 overnight - bad luck if you reserved but didn't pay ;(

Expired but thanks and well spotted OP.

I've got both. I much prefer the ASUS MeMO Pad.
The ASUS MeMO Pad has a built in accelerometer and GPS, better screen, much better battery life (lasts twice as long if you force stop Dmclient & Powersaver)
Amazon have completely knobbled android on the fire tablet. Even though I've installed Google play store, got rid of the annoying lock screen adverts and installed another launcher (Nova) it's still really restricted. Sure, you could faff about and install a custom ROM but then you risk bricking it, voiding the warranty and opening it up to security issues.
I bought the fire tablet for playing movies & TV show downloads when I'm on the road (parked up of course). It's very capable for that. However, I haven't switched it on for the last couple of months since I upgraded my phone to the Vodafone Smart Ultra 6 (£99).
I paid £35 for my fire tablet then had a£12 rebate for the faulty charger (which isn't faulty), so for £23 I'm laughing. But it's definitely no ASUS MeMO Pad.
Hope that helps.

Edit: just noticed that my Asus is the ME173X.

No, find something else costing £10 or more or buy 2.

but this code available if spend more than 150£

Install google play straight onto the device in 5 mins without a pc.

http://www.redskullproductions.com/how-to-install-the-google-play-store-on-the-amazon-fire-tablet/

It wasn't a mistake. Argos had overstock on the Blue tablets and that's why they were £10 cheaper.

Really? One day only they put it at £39.99 and all stores appeared to have 1 in stock? Where did you find this out?

I reserved yesterday without paying. The lady let me have it today for deal price when I showed her my reservation email.

It wasn't actually one day it was Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday it was at £39.99. The store I bought mine from had 15 in stock on Monday but 0 left to order/reserve when I went in to pick up mine yesterday. The other 8 Argos stores within a 20 mile radius of me all had stock of the blue tablet at £39.99 at 7pm Monday evening when I reserved mine.

Also meant to say that a work colleague managed to order one on Wednesday morning at one of these stores at £39.99'and pick it up at lunchtime the same day.

Managed to pick mine up today, had to get it ordered into store for today. The price has gone up but they let me have it for £39.99.

Thanks for posting OP, great find.

So it isn't android?

Got it for £39.99. Found the charger was the one on the recall. Phoned Amazon, they gave me £17.99 rebate (current cost of charger on their site).

£22 for 16gb tablet. Awesome.

If you want google play store on your Amazon Fire Tablet click on the following:-
http://www.howtogeek.com/232726/how-to-install-the-google-play-store-on-your-amazon-fire-tablet/

Hi does the amazon fire 7 16gh from argos come with the adverts/special offers.? I don't want adverts but it doesn't say that it does not !