![]() ![]() We might have preferred moving the headphone jack to below as the cord can sometimes get in the way of reading. They run in that order from left to right. While in portrait orientation you’ll find the power button, microUSB port, microphone, headphone jack, and volume buttons. Reading, however, doesn’t require speakers so it matters little which side they’re on. It makes sense that you’d like a balanced audio experience when watching video or playing games. The dual stereo speakers are on the bottom when in landscape, moving to the left side when in portrait. The speaker and button placement try to answer this question. But, just about everything else finds us flipping on its side. To that end, portrait mode works well, spreading pages out to take advantage of the screen. Given its size we love to read magazines and books on it. ![]() We like both settings but would appreciate if it felt “right” in one or the other. We’re torn between landscape and portrait, going back and forth depending on our usage. If there’s one thing we could say about the Fire HD 8, and other tablets from Amazon, it’s that we don’t know what orientation is the best. Nevertheless, it works just fine for games, magazines, and other media. Toggling the blue light filter feels much stronger than what we get in most phones and tablets. ![]() It’s not the brightest image we’ve seen and it sometimes skews a little bit yellowish, but we’ve seen worse in other tablets. The HD 8’s LCD display is 1280 x 800 pixels, giving readers 189 pixels per inch. Just a shade under ½-inch thick, it weighs about 13 ounces. The thing is, though, the Fire HD 8 tends to meet our needs again and again.Īvailable in black, blue, yellow, and red (the color we were sent), the Fire HD 8 measures 8.4-inches by 5-inches. There’s plenty here that would cause us to look elsewhere if we had different needs. Hell, it still doesn’t even have the Google Play Store on it. You won’t use this one for heavy work needs, it’s not rugged, and it doesn’t come close in benchmark tests. Indeed, it’s now Amazon’s game to lose.ĭon’t get us wrong, this is not a performance-based device. No longer is that space occupied by no-name and lesser known brands. Whereas only a few years back we might have recommend proceed with caution on a tablet that carries a price tag of $100 or less, today that’s much easier to do. ![]()
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