Amazon Fire 7 Tablet, Quad-core, Fire OS, 7", Wi-Fi, 8GB, Black, Black 8GB / 16GB £44.95 @ JL + 2 year guarantee - £34.95 @ John Lewis

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Amazon Fire 7 Tablet, Quad-core, Fire OS, 7", Wi-Fi, 8GB, Black, Black 8GB £34.95 / 16GB £44.95 @ JL + 2 year guarantee

£34.95 John Lewis8 Feb 17

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goonertillidie

8 Feb 17

Bargain - Get deal link goes to both models - Free C&C and not forgetting the 2 year guarantee

The Fire 7 from Amazon brings big fun at a tiny price. This affordable tablet is great for apps and games as well as reading books and streaming videos, while a robust design makes it a durable device to stand up to the stresses of every day life.

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Fast and responsive

Fire 7 uses a powerful quad-core processor with four 1.3GHz cores that run simultaneously to give ensure fast app loading, smoother gaming and great overall performance.

Expandable storage

Fire comes with 8GB OR 16GB of storage space for your apps and games. A microSD card slot means you can increase this space by up to 128GB, making it possible to keep all of your music, photos and movies with you too. Plus all of your Amazon content is automatically stored in the cloud for you to download whenever you need it.

Go wherever the day takes you

With a battery life of up to 7 hours and a durable design, Amazon Fire 7 is ready to travel with you all day and survive everyday bangs or scrapes.

Dual cameras

Make Skype calls using the front-facing VGA camera, or take photos and record HD videos to share with friends using the rear facing camera.

Fire OS 5 Bellini

Amazon Fires run on Amazon's exclusive 'Fire' operating system. Fire OS uses Google Android and customises it to give you the fastest access to your favourite apps and Amazon services. It includes unlimited Cloud storage for Amazon content and photos taken on your Fire, the latest productivity apps and enhanced platform integrations so you can seamlessly access over 33 million movies, TV shows, songs, books and Android apps and games.

Fire OS 5 features an updated user interface to help you find things quicker, free apps with Amazon Underground and a faster way to read, with Word Runner, which brings the words to your eye line. It also makes it easy to share content with your family in a Family Library, can suggest movies and shows for you to watch based on your viewing habits and includes Mayday, for on-device, face-to-face expert customer service.

Books, movies, music and more

As well as apps and games, available from the Amazon App store, Fire 7 provides access to some of the best consumable content available. There are millions of ebooks available for download from the Kindle Store and more than 100,000 audiobooks from Audible. Users with a Prime Instant Video subscription can access high quality streams of thousands of movies and TV shows, with bonus features like ASAP, Whispersync and X-Ray helping you access your favourite content from any device and further enriching your viewing experience with instant trivia. Videos can also be downloaded for viewing anywhere, even when you're offline. You'll also find over 20 million songs on Amazon's MP3 store.

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flyingflea

8 Feb 17 3 #10

Same price direct from Amazon with free delivery

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Chanchi32

8 Feb 17 2 #1

Nice find Gooner - looks same price at Currys too (and Tesco but oos)

Maybe possible to get a further £10 off by picking up some cheap e-vouchers forJohn Lewis or Currys with the Zeek deal
http://www.hotukdeals.com/vouchers/10-off-for-new-customers-zeek-10-off-m-s-john-lewis-hungry-house-loads-more-2610504

Edit: that deal may have expired

sue4412

8 Feb 17 #2

Hi, how do you get the free delivery?

manicmidlander

8 Feb 17 #3

good cheap tablet. Easy enough to enable it for Google apps too

omarmahmood

8 Feb 17 1 #4

Delivery is not free..

https://s23.postimg.org/ftn57gvsb/Screenshot_2017_02_08_08_25_07.png

goonertillidie to omarmahmood

8 Feb 17 2 #6

yeah, edited to C&C, ta!

No 2 year guarantee though, can't fault JL CS :smiley:

mspychala

8 Feb 17 #5

Same price at currys.

Gordon.Bell

8 Feb 17 #7

I found the interface to be a giant amazon advert. The alternative firmwares all seem to have various glitches (like camera no working). At least I managed to get google play on.

Nice enough tablet though, but I wouldn't use it day to day - Prefer pure android.

redarrowrules

8 Feb 17 #8

How is this for watching videos on? Thinking about getting one for playing movies on during flights instead of taking my Surface Pro 3. Is the screen too small?

RogerN to redarrowrules

8 Feb 17 #28

reckon screen is just over three inches smaller against SP3 (diaagonal)! And if you want to stream Amazon video to TV you will also have to buy Amazon dongle :disappointed:

tech3475

8 Feb 17 1 #9

IIRC you can modify the stock firmware depending on the firmware version e.g. replace the launcher, remove adverts, add Google play, etc.

flyingflea

8 Feb 17 3 #10

Same price direct from Amazon with free delivery

omarmahmood to flyingflea

8 Feb 17 2 #12

it's not the same price this is 4p cheaper :man:

adamwilko007

8 Feb 17 #11

are they slow as hell with 1gb ram?

eddibabyyeah to adamwilko007

8 Feb 17 #13

They aren't quick. And there aren't many apps that you can install without a lot of messing about.

I guess it all depends on what you need it for. I got mine purely for watching Amazon prime videos, netflix and Kodi when I travel. I don't think its much use for much more than this with the lack of apps in the amazon store.

rtbsghgfh to adamwilko007

8 Feb 17 #14

I find that it is, but it's mainly for my daughter who has her own profile.. I'm not sure if having 2 profiles slows is down? The screen is also very poor but the main comparison is an old fire HDX which did cost a bit more. I might try giving her the main profile (if I can keep some controls) and also see if I can get a faster SD card and see if that helps.

Pickaname to adamwilko007

8 Feb 17 1 #38

Yes.

presterjohn71

8 Feb 17 #15

These make great backup devices that you can throw in a bag and not worry about. Not that fast and that that brilliant a screen but they work and are quite well built. I keep mine in my work bag or for when traveling.

kpearsoncj

8 Feb 17 #16

£extra £5 off if you use nowfive on a primenow appas a new customer

adamwilko007

8 Feb 17 1 #17

Thanks for getting back to me . Sounds like money down the drain rather than a bargain

Mr.Mot

8 Feb 17 #18

Any deals on the HD version?

othen

8 Feb 17 2 #19

If this is the same price more or less everywhere why is it a hot deal?

solid

8 Feb 17 #20

Any good to replace a 2013 nexus7?

Decyther to solid

8 Feb 17 1 #24

tbh no, lower resolution, lower power, lower everything apart from weight

Gordon.Bell

8 Feb 17 #21

Thanks - I'll look into any further mods, I do find the default skin to be a little annoying as I will never buy books, movies or apps from Amazon.

amour3k

8 Feb 17 1 #22

Hehehehe, it's the generic nature of every 'game' out there really?.

'Self' first, 'Consumer' second ..... (though in the thick of things, every once in a while that is, the tide does move back and forth somewhat?) :-)

rayliuphotographer

8 Feb 17 1 #23

I got one during the Black Friday sales. I went for the 8GB one thinking I would give it to my daughter but ended up using it myself (as she kept using the aging Ipad Mini 1)

So yes the FireOS is restrictive and if it was only that and buying everything off the Amazon ecosystem, I would have gave up ages ago. The saving grace was I could get Netflix on it, so between Netflix and Amazon Video, theres enough to watch.

However, I was missing vitals things like Now TV (which I subscribe too) and Chrome as a decent browser, as well as many native Google apps like Maps, You Tube etc.

Then I found out you can side load the Google Play onto the device, by installing the Google APK files (like executables) onto the device via USB, and voila, we have Google Play Store thus allowing you to download anything that is on Google Play Store :smiley: Wont link to anything as I dont want you blame me for bricking your device, but its been working a charm for me.

I mainly use the Fire 7" as a media consumer for train journies with the odd bit of surfing, and for £30-40, I'm willing to forgive some of its shortcomings. Surprisingly the screen is very usable, yes its not the greatest resolution but the viewing angles are decent.

qwerta369

8 Feb 17 1 #25

I too bought this for £29 during Black Friday. Flashed it with a custom ROM and it's now a vanilla Android tablet, cleansed of everything Amazon. Works pretty well.

IAmTheDude to qwerta369

8 Feb 17 #26

I did the same. ResRemix I think, haven't updated it since then (if there is an update haven't checked) but still find it slower and less responsive then FireOS tbh.

Toss up really for what you want. I still only use it as a Kindle using the app but without the restrictiveness of the Amazon crap.

If you wanted to use it a s fully fledged tablet then it would be lacking imho.

Some games I tried wouldn't play or were awful (Walking Dead titles), Fallout was slow and Hitman Sniper was pathetic and Go was slow.

If I find the time I might wipe and update see if its any better since.

It was £29. Enough said really.

kpearsoncj

8 Feb 17 #27

its decent for a kids tablet seeing as the actual kids one they do is the same with a case on it for £100 approx

amour3k to kpearsoncj

8 Feb 17 #37

Not quite so a generic 'like for like' is it?.

Amazon Kids Tablet has a hardened Polystyrene Protective Casing around it (first and foremost), secondly it has a 2 Year included Subscription to lots of Kids oriented Content - Games, TV Episodes, TV Films and the like, for free! (which will then set you back £6.99 Per Month, thereafter!), and thirdly (but MOST importantly), is this, Amazon Kids Tablet INCLUDES 2 Years worth of free DELIBERATE Breakdown/Repair, and/or Replace Service built-in to that £100 Kids Tablet Package of theirs?, so ..... for an UNLIMITED amount if time! (eg. IF your little one's butter fingers are more buttery than butter!, you could literally send it back to them on a basis of one once each and every Month to get it 'sorted', for/throughout the whole duration of the 2 Year window that your little ones Kids Tablet is valid for!)

Your previously above aforementioned don't even compare with the Kids one in any way? (not even close ... )

It's like that legendary free 2 Years John Lewis Warrantee/Guarantee, BUT, for the masses?!.

There's a reason why on HUKD hands down (more often than not?), John Lewis 'stuffs' far excel beyond the realms of the exact same equivalent Product selling in otherwise also notable Retail Chains from the likes of Tesco, Sainsbury's, Currys, PC World, and the like, regardless?, or ..... (whether your prepared, and/or happy to then/therefore pay any additional 'extras' in leu of that fact etc?, is an entirely different argument in itself entirely ..... lol). :-)

princesspeanut

8 Feb 17 #29

Would this tutorial work for installing a custom ROM - https://www.thepolyglotdeveloper.com/2016/05/install-better-custom-rom-amazon-kindle-fire/

tech3475

8 Feb 17 #30

I recommend somewhere like XDA-Developers.

bavi014

8 Feb 17 1 #31

again?

redarrowrules

8 Feb 17 #32

:laughing: Thanks, I'm aware it's smaller. Was more wondering if you can comfortably watch films on this during a long flight. I love the screen on my Surface but when I'm travelling with hand luggage only it's a bulky thing (with a case on) and it also needs it's own charger.

Liking the idea of the Fire tablet because it's smaller and can charge via standard USB (correct?). But just wondering if it's too small or not for most people.

Also separate question, does this have Bluetooth so I can connect it to my Bose headset?

SFconvert

8 Feb 17 #33

Does this have HDMI out at all?

dwl99

8 Feb 17 2 #34

It's a 10 minute job to put Cyanogenmod 12.1 (Lollipop) on this and everything works perfectly. No prospect of Marshmallow or Lollipop until someone figures out how to unlock the bootloader.

mickey_brock

8 Feb 17 #35

i have had one of these for a while now over a year , and when i use it the amazon apps thats come with it is just background photos to me which i dont use , i jiust go on what i want and use it to watch movies or tv shows , sometime i browse the web , so if you want it just to watch tv and movies then this is ok , its a bit small because i swap from this to my huddle , and if anyone has a huddle and it freezes or turns of and wont come back on just hold down the on button and the volume down button and wait for about 20 seconds and it just reboots and comes back on i hope this helps

mickey_brock

8 Feb 17 1 #36

i watch it in bed before i go to sleep yes its a bit small but once you have your headphones in and get into the movie you forget about it being small .hope this helps

Dodge62

8 Feb 17 #39

My wife seems perfectly happy with hers for web browsing, email and watching Amazon video.
My wife seems perfectly happy with hers for web browsing, email and watching Amazon video. On the odd occasion I've borrowed it for web access it seems to work well enough. If your requirements aren't too demanding, it works fine.

brendinho

8 Feb 17 #40

excellent!! cheers!!!

ELVIS_THE_PELVIS

8 Feb 17 #41

Attention to detail!:smile:

herby247

8 Feb 17 1 #42

Yes but the £34.99 version comes with ads from Amazon, it's £44.99 without the ads for the 8gb.

dans1972

8 Feb 17 #43

Christmas shopping starts early this year....

gadger100

8 Feb 17 #44

How's that? Thanks

Gordon.Bell

8 Feb 17 #45

Google it. Example:
http://www.howtogeek.com/232726/how-to-install-the-google-play-store-on-your-amazon-fire-tablet/
I used the Windows method.

captainbeaky

8 Feb 17 1 #46

Nope.

tarantulas

8 Feb 17 1 #47

Install the 4 .apk files from XDA Devs

The £34.99 model from john lewis has adverts, too.

rudy691

8 Feb 17 1 #48

just go on the chat and tell them you wasn't informed that they will have adverts and they will remove them for free. can confirm, as I've just done that :wink:

SuperMariosDad

8 Feb 17 #49

So, is this the ad free tablet? In one of the jl reviews it says the cheaper one has ads but there is no cheaper alternative to each tablet as they are both different storage options. If it's as free this is a great price.
Saying that, if you plan to wipe a flash with android it doesn't matter either way.

SuperMariosDad

8 Feb 17 #50

ok, disregard that last comment as didn't read the previous couple of comments properly. Can see it comes with ads

indywooda

8 Feb 17 #51

Got one of these in the Xmas deal JL did, fair warning they are very slow, sometimes prohibitively so; but as a terminal for watching iPlayer etc.. once it's loaded it's ok, other than that for regular use, get something with more ram.

Gordinho

8 Feb 17 #52

Installed Play store on mine okay but when I thought I'd go for pure Android I bricked it.

Anyone want to buy a paperweight?

bylromarha

8 Feb 17 #53

anyone like to comment on the camera on these please? I need some cheap cameras & video to record my class at school. I have some money left in the budget, but don't want to waste it buying rubbish like the Hudl that sits dead in a drawer after a years use.

dwl99

8 Feb 17 #54

Have a look here about how to unbrick it

amour3k

8 Feb 17 #55

Lol.

Your way is the luck of the draw really?, as I know that some both last year and the year before, through both/2 consecutive Black Friday's, commented via HUKD to having had tried your very same method too!.

Let's just say, a majority handful (though not all) got their 'wish' ..... :-)

BSAR101

8 Feb 17 1 #56

I just got 1 £20 off a £50 spend at very so thought id see if it worked on the kidle offer ........added the kindle which is also the same price as above (added 16gb with blue case for £44.99 and a mascara to get over £50 ...added code so 16 gb kindle and mascara for £30 ....if you have a very code then its worth getting from them and collecting from local point to avoid the delivery ....just a thought anyway :smiley:

gorgo2015

8 Feb 17 #57

1 GB ram. Pass!
Fire OS. Pass!

herbertpug

8 Feb 17 #58

** warning ** - if you want to flash an alternate os to it, do not let it auto-update as the more recent is updates prevent flashing.. check the firmware version carefully before considering a custom ROM.

Blade3

8 Feb 17 #59

maybe dumb Q but with C&C with JL & generally, can u go to a local place to collect this, not used C&C but sounds great !

kevlfc

8 Feb 17 #60

i got my tablet from john lewis week ago and msg them today and got refund 15 quid price decrease

kevlfc

8 Feb 17 #61

live chat to amazon to get ads off other day free of charge

caz15

8 Feb 17 1 #62

Are these any good? I see them fairly regularly on offer; you never can be sure if thats a good or bad thing?!

rudy691

8 Feb 17 #63

luck of the draw ? quite a few of my friends bought this from places other than amazon and did the same live chat way. all of them had ads removed free of charge. not really lucky. you're not informed about the ads if you biy these outside of amazon, nor there is anything about them on the box. they not even gonna argue on the chat. literally took me 2 minutes every time.

micky999

8 Feb 17 #64

Can't you just get a Micro hdmi to hdmi lead similar to a HUDL. Cost only a couple of quid

whickerg

9 Feb 17 #65

Can you get Minecraft on it from Amazon? And will it run ok?

rudy691

9 Feb 17 #66

of course you can get minecraft. works fine. my kids are using these mainly for minecraft and terraria.

hutchi03

9 Feb 17 #67

Can this tablet be used with Chromecast? Wanting to use the app or local cast, is this possible?

Avi22

9 Feb 17 #68

Can i use viber , facebook etc on this.

Babbler

9 Feb 17 #69

Looks like a facebook icon in the picture to me so yeah I guess so...

R37R0

9 Feb 17 #70

Good price for a backup tablet. But if you intend watching videos on it, it does struggle with more than 25 fps and full hd video.

redarrowrules

9 Feb 17 #71

Picked mine up last night at PC World. Decent tablet for the price. Played a few Amazon Videos on it with no issues. Not really sure what people are expecting for a tablet at this cost. It's been designed to consume Amazon media, if your expecting more than that your wasting your money.

Only problem with mine is there are a cluster of pixels stuck on, so in dark scenes there is a small white dot :neutral_face: Taking it back today for a replacement.

djh1975

9 Feb 17 1 #72

I must have used mine for thousands of hours now and no problems. Ideal size to hold in one hand.

djh1975

9 Feb 17 1 #73

I've got two of these and both have the odd pixel that has gone white or orange but for £30 each I don't care.

redarrowrules

9 Feb 17 #74

I still expect anything I buy, no matter what cost, to be fully working. Either way I walk past the shop at night so no harm in going back in and swapping it out.

teerex

9 Feb 17 #75

Can't find setting to stop it auto updating? I've installed play store on mine but it's not working anymore since the last auto update

np99

9 Feb 17 #76

You would need to root to disable ota.

Have you just tried re installing 4 google apks from xda?

*Vincent*

9 Feb 17 #77

I've had one for about a year. Perfectly good tablet, just a terrible battery and I'm always charging it (more than my phone). But for the money it's very good.

teerex

9 Feb 17 #78

Installed google apps when I bought it last year but didn't root

djh1975

9 Feb 17 #79

Glad I bought two when they were £30, very handy to have one charging while using the other tablet.

tarantulas

9 Feb 17 #80

I find the fire to have one of the better battery of budget tablets; I use one as a remote control and another to read ebooks - the latter I regularly get ~15hrs of screen-on-time from, the one acting as a remote usually sees around 8hours SoT with around 7+ days standby before needing another charge.

borofan47

9 Feb 17 #81

I bricked an Amazon Fire a few years ago. I contacted Amazon via their online chat service and told them it wouldn't boot, without mentioning why. They replaced it for me with no quibble.

borofan47

9 Feb 17 #82

JL work with Waitrose for C&C. We don't have a JL near us, but we have a Waitrose an hour's bus ride away. We have been there a few times to collect JL order.

Blade3

9 Feb 17 #83

Thanks, I didn't know that either!
JL is too far but got a Waitrose 20 mins away

gallshau

10 Feb 17 #84

any tips?

modelman

10 Feb 17 #85

Brilliant for £35 with the 2 yw.. We got ours for £30 a few years back and it's still going strong..
It works fine for basic everyday use, easy to add Google Play (not then governed by Amazon) and runs everything my kids have thrown at it. Add VLC player and your kids have mobile films freeing up your TV. Great entertainment for long car journeys.

It is what it is, so don't go comparing it to tablets 10X more expensive.

tarantulas

10 Feb 17 #86

Use Supertool to install kingroot, root, and remove kingroot & install SuperSU and FlashFire.

Follow these instructions for flashfire to install either Fire Nexus or CyanogenMod 12.1 - the latter has been discontinued though, so no more security updates.

dwl99

10 Feb 17 #87

https://forum.xda-developers.com/amazon-fire

freekamaal

10 Feb 17 #88

fantastic !! ordered and received one..looks good..thanks OP heat added..:smile:

Gordinho

10 Feb 17 #89

I've been trying to unbrick it today and came across a few people saying the same thing, I may have to give it a go, truth is that I mucked it up and feel a bit guilty asking them to put it right.

SpongyMave

11 Feb 17 #90

I bought one of these for my daughter for Xmas 2015 and put Minecraft on it last year. I don't get the game but she plays it regularly.

kutekitty

14 Feb 17 #91

I bought a Kindle Fire back in 2012. The charger port broke a couple of years after, which apparently was quite common on the 2012 model. (So I can no longer charge it).

Has this been fixed, or do the new models still suffer from that problem?

pauby

16 Feb 17 #92

Price is now £49.99 and £59.99 respectively.

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