Amazon Fire HD 10 (2017)

By Simon Hill

It’s no secret that the tablet market is in decline. People don’t need to buy a new tablet every couple of years, the way they buy a phone.

While Apple and Microsoft try to conjure fresh interest with a flurry of overpowered wannabe laptop replacements, Amazon has chipped away at the other end of the price spectrum with a series of solid, unremarkable slates on which to binge watch TV shows.

Improvements have been gradual, but the 2017 version of Amazon’s Fire HD 10 offers a high definition display, speedier performance, and hands-free, voice activated assistant, Alexa.

The greatest trick Amazon has pulled off here is managing to reduce the price. This year’s Fire HD isn’t just better than its predecessor, it’s also cheaper, at just $150/£150.

You can get plenty of diminutive tablets without breaking the bank, but it’s harder to find big screen tablets with such a reasonable price tag.

Amazon Fire HD 10 (2017) price and release date

• The Amazon Fire HD 10 costs $150/£150 (around AU$195)
• You can pay $15/£10 extra to get rid of lock screen adverts

We didn’t much care for the Amazon Fire HD 10 (2015), which cost $230/£170 and had a terrible screen resolution, sluggish performance, and a plasticky …read more

Source:: techradar.com – PC and Mac