After holding off and refraining from purchasing the 2015 Fire 7, I have noticed that the brand new 2017 model is out at the same price as the original; starting at just £49.99 for the 8GB Model.
Online articles have so far mentioned these differences:
'Thinner and lighter, which has an improved screen, longer battery life and more storage' as well as having Alexa built in.
I assume that 'more storage' is from the support for 256gb Micro SD cards now. Screen resolution is the same, but is now IPS. This has finally convinced me to take the plunge and I hope that others will too!
In stock 7th June!
Also: "Buy any 3 all-new Fire tablets and save 20%"
- EQL
All comments (23)
jamesw306
17 May 17#1
any ideas on the ram? can't see it on Amazon
emodan to jamesw306
17 May 17#3
Display 7" (17.7 cm) touchscreen, 1024 x 600 resolution at 171 ppi, SD video playback, with IPS (in-plane switching) technology and an advanced polarising filter
Size 192 x 115 x 9.6 mm
Weight 295 g
Actual size and weight may vary by configuration and manufacturing process
CPU & RAM Quad-core 1.3 GHz with 1 GB of RAM
dwl99
17 May 17#2
It will be interesting to see if this can be flashed with Android. I bet they've locked it down to make it much harder than with the older version.
neilanderton1
17 May 171#4
Still stuck at 600p... for a so called improved screen they could at least bump that up to 800p.
Also, I was disappointed to find that NowTV won't work on this tablet.
wildcat___
17 May 17#6
be even worse soon as they are pulling Amazon underground soon and the app store is poor compared to the play store.
mchu6am4
17 May 17#7
Display is very poor on these tablets (very low resolution) - i wish i never purchased one!
Anthonyw98
17 May 17#8
these tablets , while dirt cheap are very much you get what you pay for, avoid if your a techie or can afford better. app support is very lacking , and the screens are very underwhelming ,battery on the other hand, at least on the 'hd' 8 is excellent, so I reccomend if you want something just for web browsing or for Netflix and Amazon.
Rid1
17 May 171#9
So the screen is still washy, guess the Nexus 7 2013 edition will stay around for a while longer.
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Opening post
Online articles have so far mentioned these differences:
'Thinner and lighter, which has an improved screen, longer battery life and more storage' as well as having Alexa built in.
I assume that 'more storage' is from the support for 256gb Micro SD cards now. Screen resolution is the same, but is now IPS. This has finally convinced me to take the plunge and I hope that others will too!
In stock 7th June!
Also: "Buy any 3 all-new Fire tablets and save 20%"
- EQL
All comments (23)
Size 192 x 115 x 9.6 mm
Weight 295 g
Actual size and weight may vary by configuration and manufacturing process
CPU & RAM Quad-core 1.3 GHz with 1 GB of RAM
https://forum.xda-developers.com/amazon-fire/general/how-to-install-google-play-store-fire-t3486603
Also, I was disappointed to find that NowTV won't work on this tablet.