![]() ![]() It’s actually less powerful than the CPU of the Nexus 7 from 2013. The actual power it has on tap is fine, but not close to what you get with the Nexus 9. ![]() Part of this likely comes from so much of the interface being made up of little bits of digital fluff that live in cache memory, to be written over and replaced regularly. Just getting from A to B takes longer, and there’s interface lagginess act times too. I also found it slower to operate than a ‘plain’ Android tablet. It’s app-discovery-tastic, but if you want a tablet that’ll just let you get on with the business of actually using it, the Amazon Fire HD 10 might get on your nerves. The rest is really about pointing you towards more stuff from these various places that you might like. However, now it sells pretty much everything digital, including music, audiobooks, ebooks, apps, video… and let’s not forget the Amazon Prime Instant Video Netflix-a-like service.įire OS is a set of horizontally-scrolling home-screens, but only one is dedicated to the stuff you own. It’s quite different to normal Android and iOS in that an awful lot of its interface space is taken up by content from the many Amazon silos rather than apps you’ve already downloaded.Īmazon was once a website where you’d buy stuff, and it’d get delivered. The Amazon Fire HD 10 runs Fire OS, the custom Amazon version of Android. It’s not dated in all areas, but that makes the ultra-low resolution even more head-scratching. It also uses an up-to-date screen lamination technique, meaning that the image looks like it’s right on the surface rather than recessed. It’s an IPS LCD screen like the iPad’s, and looks alright from any angle. The Amazon Fire HD 10 display isn’t terrible in all respects, though. To really bring it home, consider that the 5.5in Sony Xperia Z5 Premium screen has 8,294,400 pixels. And yes, that’s down to the tablet, not us. Remember how I was comparing the Amazon Fire HD 10 design to tablets of 2011? This is the resolution we got back then too.įeed the tablet a well-encoded 720p movie and it’ll still look sweet, but read articles on it and the text looks a bit crude. It’s dead blocky, to the extent that any other good elements of image quality are completely overshadowed by this naff pixel density. So stretched you can see between the pixels. Spreading 1280 x 800 pixels across 10.1 inches in 2015 is like stretching pizza dough so thin you can see through it. But the Amazon Fire HD 10’s screen quality is very disappointing. Sure enough, a big screen is always going to be a good fit for video. There’s also a microSD card slot on the side, a handy extra if you’re planning on using the Fire HD 10 for what Amazon told us it envisions: playing video. And while it feels like a budget tablet, underneath the plastic skin is a metal frame that makes it totally rigid. With two hands to spare and no onlookers silently asking ‘cripes, what are they using?’ the Fire HD 10 makes much more sense. However, if you want something to use while sprawled across the sofa, maybe that size issue just doesn’t matter. If I was looking for a tablet to use on the way to work, I’d certainly pick the 8in Amazon Fire HD 8 over this. It’s no coincidence that the ‘official’ Nexus 9 Android tablet switched to a 8.9in screen with a 4:3 aspect like the iPad. However, nowadays they’re part of a category for people who simply must have a bigger tablet, because their sheer size makes them feel a bit too big for supremo portability, partly because the weight distribution across all that tablet area seems awkward. Back in 2011 we saw Android tablets like this all the time. The Amazon Fire HD 10 is a 16:10 aspect tablet with a 10.1in screen. Living with the Amazon Fire HD 10, what puts me off more is the sheer practicality of the shape. The outer layer is ultra-super-glossy black plastic that feels cheap and collects fingerprint smudges as if this tablet runs on the things. However, in person it’s a bit less special. It’s 7.7mm thick and is 5g less heavy than an iPad Air 2. Boom! Boom!įirst of all, there’s the design. It’s fine, but it’s not going to set your world on fire. I can’t imagine too many people who spend a good time researching their gadget purchases settling on the Amazon Fire HD 10. ![]()
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