I just earned the "heatwave" badge.. Thank you to everyone who have been voting my posts "hot".. Happy shopping!!! :wink:

Remove ads and install Google PlayStore

http://www.howtogeek.com/232726/how-to-install-the-google-play-store-on-your-amazon-fire-tablet/

Will people stop complaining about what price it was it a **** quadcore tablet for £35! I think people are just to spoilt with technology these days

​Errrrm via chat!!!

no longer available for less than 49.99 at JL Argos or Amazon :disappointed:

50 pounds

​looks like they've put the price back up.. U can either buy it from Argos or Amazon for £34.99 or you can ask John Lewis to price match it 4u and also get it with 2 year guarantee that way.. Hope that helped.

it comes up £49.95

Lmao it's nearly tripled in heat since that last message heat added :wink:

*you're

Fair enough, but ​you realise this says nothing about the tablet? sending media to the Chromecast to play does nothing more than send a link for the Chromecast to play directly from the source (iPlayer, YouTube etc.). You are not streaming through the tablet, so any terrible slow tablet could send links to the Chromecast for it to play just fine.
Just saying.

£29.99 Argos :wink:

serious question how good is this though?

good for general browsing/youtube etc - or can it play graphically intensive games like asphalt urban and angry birds 2? thinking of getting one for this price, unless i can get a 2nd hand chuwi tablet for about the same price

I'm just curious, how did your Linx compare to the Amazon? Im using a HP Stream windows 10 tablet and was wondering between buying the amazon fire or the Linx 8 as gifts for someone who never owned a tablet? We have Prime so it seemed like a good choice but im wondering how functional the Amazon really is

mine came with fire os 5.3.1.0 - had no luck rooting it - anyone managed?

For those who have this tablet, is it functionally better than a Windows 10 tablet with an atom processor? Im looking at buying a gift for someone who has never owned a tablet. I know these all involve compromises but I found my own HP stream was very effective when used moderately for simple tasks. I thought this being an ARM tablet, functions such as the internet, email and games would run well or better than the stream/linx

What is the best and maybe easiest app to use to download Youtube videos please?
I don't mind paying for one if it's better than a freebie.
Thinking of using on planes and around the pool etc when no wifi is available.

Got one on black Friday - the 8gb one - was really just a throwaway item for browsing etc.
However this is excellent for media - have put Google play on it and stream to both the audio and video chromecast that I have - bbc iplayer plays fine and YouTube and kodi stream to the TV.
Just a little bit of work to get the chromecast app on it.

I know what you mean.. I think the only logical explanation can be that it's coming closer to Xmas and more ppl coming on the site looking for good deals and bargains hence more heat being added then black Friday. ​

Strange, the fire 7 was selling for £30 from various retailers on black friday and never got this much heat. Still a great deal, for £35 you still get a lot.

​think it uses the phones gps to give it a location then, which would work too, just hope you have high data on your contract lol

Or you could perhaps tether it to a mobile phone when out and about.

I think you've gone cuckoo buddy..

​lol that coffee machine was a good deal.

34.99 at Argos all colours in stock 8gb

Is this the same tablet as the one Argos are doing at this price

I think if you load an SD card from when you first start using it and save the apps to that you'll be fine. Trouble arises if you max out the tablets storage then add an SD because it still relies to an extent on the tablets storage. If your not downloading loads of apps though you'll be fine without an SD.

Has anyone got any slightly more expensive alternatives, of any screen size, that are better?

I said that it interfered with my magnetic wake/lock case and they didn't query it

Even when you store them to SD card it still stores some info onto the kindle. Probably already know this but I would set up a amazon account with no link to any card that way no mishaps and you can always purchase gift card to send credit to the device and watch how quickly it can be spent! Apps like showbox and another one I can not remember will not allow you to store to SD card.

Thanks, I know the memory is expandable but some reviews mentioned that some apps wouldn't save to the SD card.

My sons tablet is 8GB and I would recommend a larger size.
I'm considering a new one for his christmas and will likely jump to 32gb.

I got amazon adds removed for free (this was last year) I contacted online chat after I mentioned about some inappropriate ad popping up and it was my child's. They asked if it was a gift, which it was. They removed the ads free of charge as a kind gesture. Instead of paying £10.

Just wanted to say a big thank you for everyone who voted "hot" on this post as iv now earned the "Hotspot badge level red for passing 1500°". Thank you peeps..

Bought one a few seconds ago in haste only to realise now that it only has a 1024 x 600 pixels resolution and 1GB memory.
Are pixel very noticeable?

Android > Apple... :wink:

Screen is a lower resolution, slower performance, and different (inferior IMO) OS. Easy enough to chuck on CM12.1 which is similar to stock Android ala Nexus 7. I gave my Nexus 7 away, but for media consumption there's no real difference between the two.

Does anyone know how this compares to a Nexus 7 2013 16GB (apart from the memory size)?

Congrats!

Only the ones that take a mobile phone simcard have gps as a rule, and certainly only the ones with a simcard will work out and about with pokemon go etc as otherwise they have no data connection to the internet.

Do you just ask and they agree or is some haggling required?

Yes 5th Gen released Sep 2015.It is the latest model though.

I brought one of these from Amazon last year, came with 4 dead pixels so asked for a replacement that only came with 2 dead pixels. Ended up returning both and getting a refund, just not up to scratch.

Is this the 5 one? Of last year?

Great deal

Yes. https://www.amazon.co.uk/Skype-Software-S-a-r-l/dp/B005R32L66/

Good tablet but Cold from me because I bought it from JL during black friday week and it was £29.95. I can confirm that this one too comes with ads.

But honestly the adds are not intrusive during use and are only on the lock screen. You can pay amazon to remove them though.

Any recommendations for a case ?

Thanks! Play store added but still getting the ads

Thanks. Ordered and collecting today from Waitrose. Will dress up especially and mind my Ps and Qs in there :smiley:

Is it possible to put Skype on this? looknig for a cheap tablet for my elderly parents that they could use to talk to the grandkids.

Cheers, ordered to replace the one swiped by my son.

I got my sons Kindle Fire from Argos, it definitely did not mention it had special offers, Amazon removed the ads for me when I complained. I didn't use chat I raised a ticket through their help system. It is only reasonable to make it clear what you are buying, of course it was Argos's fault but the path of least resistance for Amazon is to just remove the ads for people who complain.

You can still get them to do it, but it's definitely something they're trying to tighten up on. I bought one during Black Friday (from JL) and had to really keep on at Amazon to get them to remove it without the £10 charge (I complained that it wasn't advertised as having adverts). The online advisor wouldn't do it, someone called me and they wouldn't do it. They eventually did it after a stroppy email though.

Although speakers are apparently poor, with a Bluetooth headset is the sound on Spotify/Deezer etc good?
I guess with wired/iPhone ear buds the sound remains poor?

Don't understand the heat on some things lately here, this and that halfords toolbox are over 1000° :neutral_face:

I would accept the time machine argument if it was a long time ago but it was only like a week ago, if Asda had a tin of soup priced at 30p one week (60p rrp) then 40p the next week, I'd say that went up in price, not "it's still a deal!"

Yes, I was unlucky with mine (screen, usb, usb and stuck on update). Had a run of bad luck but Amazon were superb. Several replacements. My problems were that when the tablet broke via dead pixels (bought from Tesco), they were replaced with refurbs and each refurb broke. Eventually, I got a new one from Amazon and no problems since. Think I was unlucky though because we have two and one has been fine since day one.

Yeah. The child mode is great. Probably the best tablet I've found for my little ones though the leappad ultra is also very good, just in a different way. Forgot to add, the Amazon child proof case is well worth the extra.

awesome

Just add a memory card if needed. Automatically uploads apps to the card once installed. Loads of videos on YouTube

With Netflix now able to download and store movies it is worth considering the 16th. If that's your thing

If you do this you will lose the two year warranty ...but for £35 great

Your Aldi Coffee Machine was cold buddy not this deal hahaha.. Heat added :stuck_out_tongue:

Cold was 29 a few weeks ago from Amazon with free postage. I'm sure that amazon would do something for you if it broke after year one. Otherwise you could claim it was not fit for purpose as you would expect it to last longer than 1 year.

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Switching "ot" for "it", it makes perfect sense... if you are aware that Very is a catalogue retailer :smirk:

I can't make head nor tail of this post.

Good deal. Very.co.uk had it up for £30 on black friday, I got a further 15% so I bought the 16gb too, I don't know why as I have a brand new linx 1010 tablet from last year.

These have become really good value if you just want a tablet for the household

barely worth £35...
don't get carried away,,

It already has Android on it. If you mean is it easy to put a custom ROM on it - then yes.

I got it last year for the same price for my kids. One month after - problems with USB port, which was fixed (£10 pounds less in my pocket) , and two months ago, the same problem. I am fed up with fixing, it's not worth the price, so I bought different tablet.

Can you install MS Office on this?

It will depend what version you are on. Check that thread on xda and you should be able to find out. But if all you are after is google play store there are other ways to install it, just google it.

Can you use it to stream films on websites?

Can you use it to stream films on a site like watchseries?

The speaker is on the back and the volume isn't brilliant but works fine with a Bluetooth speaker.

Got one of these for my toldler on black friday, to stop her destroying my ipad and iphone. I cant belive how good it is for the money

Gold, always believing!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gSq8ZBdSxNU

My updated can you stile install it ?

I've got one of these and put the Google play store on it. It's not amazing, it is sometimes a little hard to use, the screen isn't as good as my phone's, the touch screen isn't perfect so typing a lot isn't a great experience etc. But for the price and if you use Amazon prime it's so worth having. If it's the same model as mine you can add an sd card so it doesn't really matter if you run out of space.

Good deal

You can put cyanogenmod 12.1 on pretty easily, depending what version FireOS is out of the box. My advice would be to make sure it doesn't connect to wifi until you know what you want to do, as it updates automatically. Mine came on 5.2.x and it was possible to downgrade and then install CM12.1. This gives you access to google play store etc, removes everything amazon. More info here

The fire tablets are android, not sure which version. Fire OS to amazon is what touchwiz is to Samsung, which is on all their phones/tablets.

Have they sorted the volume on these things yet? I got one last year and it's been sat in a drawer ever since - for watching videos on it is utterly useless (for the price, it is great for web browsing and photos though).

£29. I got one.

cold - was cheaper a fortnight ago

1GB ram! Freezing!

someone know????

Is it easy to put android on this

I bought this last year for my nephew for Xmas, he uses it every day and with PlayStore installed it is an excellent bit of kit. It is sturdy and for the £25 I paid (PrimeNow) it was an absolute bargain. The second one at £35 is still a bargain. If there was a 16GB available at the time I may have bought it however with an SD slot I have not found the need

Anyone reading this who has 8GB, does it work for you or do you think it would have been worthwhile getting the 16GB?

​They removed it from mine for free so.....

Thanks

Would this run Kodi or is 16GB better?

Everyone must have price matched - same price from Amazon and Argos, sadly mostly only black available

Are there any codes for free delivery?

code?

Not true. Amazon did it for Kindles bought from them, they did for me and countless others.

​With well over 600° heat I would say your wrong buddy.. Heat added..

Cold, bought it for £30 on Black Friday...

Thanks I will try and get one xxx

Not if you bought it from Amazon...they charge £10 for that. If you bought it from another retailer you can play dumb and say that it wasn't advertised as having ads on it and they will remove them. Done it with a few devices now.

I picked up one of these from Argos on black friday and chucked on CM12.1, runs great.

​And why would they do that at a loss of £10 on a £34 tablet?

I just earned the "heatwave" badge.. Thank you to everyone who have been voting my posts "hot".. Happy shopping!!! :wink:

Thanks for the non sarcastic response :wink:

​Contact Amazon via chat. Ask them nicely to remove the ads

Remove ads and install Google PlayStore

http://www.howtogeek.com/232726/how-to-install-the-google-play-store-on-your-amazon-fire-tablet/

if no good then easy to return with John Lewis

​Errrrm via chat!!!

Any advice on how? Thanks

Wasn't the amazon one ad supported ?

There's no mention of this including the "special offers" (adverts) or not (i.e. if the lock screen contains adverts or not). Does any one know if this comes with the ads or not? If it does then they're matching Amazon's price (but should really be making this clear on the product page), if not then they're beating it by £10!

Will people stop complaining about what price it was it a **** quadcore tablet for £35! I think people are just to spoilt with technology these days

It was £30. I got it as preferred over Amazon as had 2 year gaurantee. £35 also great price!

I've got a brand new one 16gb unopened sealed I will sell it for £45 I'm bases in Bournemouth

Beware, I don't think this has GPS. So if you are buying for a child and they want to use something like Pokemon Go they won't be able to. Made this mistake unfortunately, you would just assume it was there these days.

Wasnt It 30 At Black Friday

​No that was for the 16gb

nice just ordered, thinking of getting two

Nice find op. Heat added. Much better 2 years guarantee as compare to other deal.