Those were unveiled just last month and its rare to see Amazon discount new branded items. At the exact same time, theyre substantially enhanced from before. Amazon refreshed the Fire HD design with smaller (though still not little) bezels, a thinner profile, quicker 2GHz quad-core MediaTek 8168 chips, USB-C charging and up to 12 hours of battery life.
The Fire HD Plus adds 3GB of RAM (rather than 2GB on the routine Fire HD model), faster wired charging and wireless charging by means of an optional dock. The package with the wireless charging dock does not seem marked down, nevertheless.
These are strong tablets for the rate, being ideal as Alexa devices, Kindle readers and Netflix/Prime Video home entertainment machines. The disadvantage (and it is a big one) is that the Fire HD tablets do not included Googles Play Store or Google apps. That implies youre stuck rather with Amazons AppStore and generic alternatives for apps like Gmail, though you can still get Play if youre not frightened of sideloading it. In any case, the Fire HD tablets are just on sale today, so if youve been looking at getting one for a relative or yourself, nows the time to act.
Amazons brand new Fire HD 8 tablets are $30 off for today only – Engadget
