Features:

  • 7" IPS display; 8 or 16 GB of internal storage (up to 256 GB with microSD)
  • 1.3 GHz quad-core processor
  • Up to 8 hours of battery life
  • Alexa enabled
  • 1 GB of RAM
  • VGA front-facing camera + 2 MP rear-facing camera with 720p HD video recording
  • Dual-band Wi-Fi
  • 90-day limited warranty
  • Enjoy millions of movies, TV episodes, songs, books, apps, and games
For the price and after the reviews I read I'm happy and pleasantly surprised!

Okay so I ordered two of these on prime day at $30 a piece. One for myself in the color yellow, and one for my husband in the color red. I depend on reviews when I buy everything so I did read all the reviews before purchasing, which is why I'm pleasantly surprised. I'll start off with the fact that neither of us plan on using our tablet as our main and constant source of entertainment. My husband works in a vape store where he has a lot of downtime throughout the day so his is most often used for watching Twitch gamers stream. I use mine for shopping Amazon, and playing puzzle type games. Some of the reviews I read, stated that the speaker quality was bad in these tablets. My husband and I beg to differ. We don't expect amazing noise cancelling audio out of these $30 tablets. The speakers provide plenty of sound to watch and hear videos in good quality and that's not even on the loudest setting. I also read that the battery life isn't the greatest but to be honest I don't agree with that either. As I said before, my husband uses his mainly for watching videos constantly. One hour of video only drops the battery percentage by about 7% which I think is great. My iPhone 6s Plus battery goes quicker than that. If I had to chose cons to these devices, I would definitely say minimum customization. For example, I wish I could change the screen saver. But as for most kindle devices, the screen saver cannot be changed and it will be ads and offers. The device comes with about 5gb of storage that is open for you to use because the operating systems do use some of your 8gb making it not a true 8gb available. But to me that isn't a huge deal because I have other devices such as laptops and cellphones. Not to mention that it does come with the option to expand storage via sd card. You also have unlimited photo storage which I think is neat. The ability to use Alexa is cool as well. We have Siri, Kortana, google home and Alexa in our house hold and I love them each individually. For the $30 I paid, I don't expect this device to be my holy grail. I don't expect the best sound quality or photo quality (although I'm really not upset with the quality at all). Normally you pay for what you get. To me and my husband these were definitely a bargain and a great deal. For $30 a piece I couldn't pass it up. They're great to have around. I'll update my review if anything happens, but as of now these are super solid for the price and I have no legitimate complaints for either of them :)

Great product!!

I bought 2 of these for my small children (ages 5 & 3) for Christmas last year (2017) and they are great! I love that they can download a game and not have to be on wifi to use it so taking it with us on road trips or to appointments is easy, as long as the games are already downloaded. I also made it so there is no YouTube because I personally don't like a lot of the videos they had for kids to watch. You can put a password to prevent accidental orders made by your child as well. I love the case that came with them, one pink and one blue for what I wanted/needed. I have to take the tablet out to clean it from grubby fingers about once a week to once every two weeks but that's easy to do. Overall, I am very pleased with these tablets and the greatest part has been the 2 year kids warranty, it's a real life saver!!!

Great tablet for basic use

This is my first kindle since the 1st generation. That tablet went away after a couple years. Kindle Fire 7th gen is a great tablet for the money. Honestly, I don't use it for reading. I use it for browsing websites, social media, and listen to podcasts. I use my Bluetooth headphones to listen to the podcasts. The couple times I've used the speaker on the tablet, I haven't been disappointed, but I wasn't impressed. It works just fine for watching videos in bed. Had no problems hearing. Search Google for some tips and tricks to get apps from the google play store. Silk browser is terrible. I reccomend installing Opera. I reccomend this tablet for people like me, who want to just lay in bed or on the couch and doing simple tasks on the tablet. Don't need a $300 or $400 tablet to do what I'm doing.

IPS screen makes all the difference in the world; still no Google app compatibility

Much improved screen! It turns out that the $49.95 Fire 7 version released two years ago didn't have an IPS screen. Now it does. Technically, both the old one and this new one are just 171 ppi (pixels per inch) but this one seems much "crisper" than the first generation "$49-er". My eyes don't lie. IPS makes the screen a lot crisper! There's also a stunning improvement in color quality with the new screen. Now it holds its own with the 62% color gamut original iPad Mini; before, it wasn't anywhere near. Mind you it's not current Apple screen quality, or current high-end Samsung screen quality - but what is? It's only $49.95, and it's good enough. Heck, at $49.95, its MORE than "good enough", it's great. It blows away just about any entry level consumer laptop screen, that's for sure. I pulled out my 2015 first-gen, $49.95 Fire 7 - the one this replaces - and placed it side by side with this new one. The colors (including a horrific green tint on white backgrounds) on the old one weren't video-worthy - ok for casual videos on Facebook and YouTube, maybe, but not good enough for Netflixing and Amazon Prime. This new one, though? It's movie-worthy, especially with earphones (ok, ONLY with earphones). I'd prefer 720p over the Fire 7's 600p (600p is better than 480p DVD's, but not ask good as even entry-level - 720p - HDTV quality), but overall even at 600p it's eminently watchable. By the way, for me streaming video content on Amazon Prime Instant Video has been noticeably sharper than streaming YouTube. I think Amazon Prime adapts to 600p (max for this tablet) while YouTube is is probably delivering only 480p (remember YouTube's defaults are 360p/480p/720p and up). So the short-and-sweet advice is try this out on your favorite video sources when you get it, and make sure you are getting the video quality you want; also, use Netflix's Fast dot com web site to check your internet download speeds. If they aren't high, even Amazon Prime won't be able to deliver sharp video. Tip: due to the limited 1gb of onboard RAM, try not to multi-task for zippy performance. After my Fire OS updates were completed (which slows down everything while they are downloading), there was no lag in ANY app, so long as I wasn't background running another app (like music). Tip: there's only one really usable brightness setting, and that's all the way up. This is not a screen with "extra" brightness in reserve. The best tablet experience with this is setting the brightness level to "11." Tip: if you don't have a spare lying around, order this with at least a 16gb Class 10/UH1 micro SD card (I like Samsung Evo Select currently under $15 for 32gb). Go into Settings (or follow the alert that pops up) and have apps and content default store to the micro SD card - Amazon now allows downloaded videos and books to go there, making the 8gb model very usable. At just $49.95 and with the ability to download both Netflix and Amazon Prime movies and TV, you shouldn't fly without this. Tip: there's only $10 difference between the 16gb version of this new Fire 7, and the entry level of the brand new 2017 Fire HD 8 - which already comes with 16gb, PLUS 1.5 gb RAM vs. 1gb on the Fire 7, PLUS actual HD video quality (720p). So for a mere $10 more you get a whole lot more. Of course if you can live with 8gb storage - I have my tricks! - nothing beats $49.95. Tip: GREAT for kids since Amazon says it survives drops better than even an iPad Mini, AND Amazon has the best kid control settings in the business. $49.95 vs. a couple hundred dollars counts for a LOT too. BUT Apple continues to rule the roost in terms of maximum number of education and game apps for kids. Tip: the speaker IS adequate especially if you cup your hands behind it to reflect the sound forward. BUT you are better served by a budget AmazonBasics Bluetooth speaker, or by earphones. The AmazonBasics won't sound THAT much better, but it WILL be easier to hear and easier to hold the tablet; with earphones, you'll think the tablet cost several hundred dollars! (That's thanks to the magic earphones work vs. tiny built in speakers on ANY tablet.) Tip: screen resolution is about the same as the entry-level Amazon Kindle E-reader, so apart from the E-reader's unparalleled ability to deal with bright sunlight without washing out the screen, you are probably better off with this more versatile $49.95 Fire 7 table than the $59.95 (current sale price) E-reader. Tip: "blue light control" saves your sleeping if you Kindle read a lot; just select the option from the swipe-down menu on the home screen. KUDOS: really compact, useful, and safe charger (it's Amazon, not mystery-sourced). It only puts out 5 watts (some phone chargers on low-end phones actually put out less!) but it's plenty for the modest battery in this $49.95 tablet. It seems very well built, works with the other phones and tablets I have (both Apple and Android), and the cable (detachable) that comes with it feels really solid and sturdy. Nothing flimsy or fly by night here. CAVEAT: You do know this won't run classic Google apps or Apple apps (like Music), right? (Yeah some users "hack" it do do so, but I'm talking about the rest of us.) This limitation is just Amazon going it's own way. Fire OS is a legal "clone" of Android 5.1.1, a solid Android release, with Amazon "skinning" (putting its own book cover on) the usual Android home screen etc.. Amazon has been very good about security and version updates with Fire OS, BUT I and many others long for the day, hopefully not too far in the future, when Amazon bites the bullet and releases regular Android on an Amazon tablet. And, btw, when that day comes, I hope it's still $49.95, but gets a bump to 720p. What a sales success that would be! (And by all accounts Amazon ALREADY has huge sales success with Fire tablets.) KUDOS: Alexa! You have to hold the button though, it's not always listening like a standalone Alexa speaker. This is 5 star if you don't care about Google and are a big Amazon fan, 3 star if you love Google apps and think Amazon turns the Fire line into "all Amazon shopping, all the time" sales tool, and for me about 4.5 star based on its price, build quality, and durability. A good $49.95 tablet is now great thanks to the IPS addition to the screen!

Awesome

Perfect gift for my husband who has Alzheimer's.

Very pleasantly surprised -- but upgrade all memory

After reading mixed reviews, I decided to try this tablet first, as I am on a tight budget. It is very nice: the display is quite crisp (I am not comparing it to $600 tablets or even the Fire HDs, just saying it does the job). As for sound, some said the speaker is weak, and I wondered whether that would also be true with headphones. But it is now driving my near-audiophile 55 Ohm impedance headphones, and the sonata I am listening to on NDR Kultur sounds very full. (Obviously, this is not the device to drive true audiophile high impedance headphones without an amplifier, but I did not expect that.) So if you are like me and the price difference makes a difference to you, go ahead and get this without worries. [Update a month later] I bought a micro SD card with 32 GB storage and had a great time downloading apps and books, music, and films. Then I ran into trouble: although I had selected to store on the SD card, and still had room on it, the internal storage ran out of space. I tried a factory reset, but the trouble returned. I contacted Customer Service, and a very helpful and bright associate told me that even if you store to the SD card, there are functions of apps and other things that also need internal storage for, so to speak, digital housekeeping. The moral being that an SD card is not a substitute for adequate internal memory. The 8 GB is fine if you don't add complex apps and don't download a lot, using wi-fi instead. But in the couple of weeks I had the Fire, I fell in love with it and decided it was worth something to have in full capacity, so I returned it and ordered the 16 GB model and a 64 GB micro SD card. (Had I ordered on Black Friday, I could have got the HD 8, which comes with 16 GB, but out of sale, the price difference made a difference, and there's a point to stop and enjoy what you can afford. So I don't make this update as a criticism, but I do encourage anyone who wants to use the tablet ambitiously (apps and downloads) to step up on both internal and SD card space. The recommended protective case is rather expensive considering the cost of the tablet. Instead I bought Ztotop Folio Case for All-New Amazon Fire 7 Tablet (7th Generation, 2017 Release) - Smart Cover Slim Folding Stand Case with Auto Wake / Sleep for Fire 7 Tablet, Black, which is fine.

First tablet for kids

*I purchased 3 of these a couple of days ago, now I see they have a deal for 3, lol. Anyway. My kids have wanted tablets but I was always skeptical about buying tablets unless they were Apple iPads. But let’s be honest, buying 3 iPads at once never seemed to fit my budget lol. My older kids began using tablets at school so they were pretty familiar with the concept and have been asking for one. My kids are 6, 5 and 2, they each got their own tablet and they LOVE it. I must admit, I love them too. They have plenty of colors and they loved choosing their own. We purchased the yellow, black and red tablet. The yellow is a very beautiful color and looks true to the pictures, while the red isn’t as red as I would have imagined - it’s more of a blood orange so I was a little disappointed in the shade difference. I do think the black one looks the best though. This tablet is perfect as a start off tablet for grade school kids as well as toddlers. It’s simple enough to use but still great for older kids and adults. I read the reviews after making my purchase so I was worried about some of the bad reviews but honestly, the tablets far surpass my expectations; • The screen is nice and just right for tiny hands - even for my hands or my husbands hands, it’s great. • The quality is surprisingly extremely clear and good. • The sound is loud on most things, videos, games, etc. Most apps have great sound quality and I have to tell my boys to turn it down sometimes but I did download a texting app for my daughter and during a phone call, the sound is extremely low.. it’s quite disappointing because you have to really have a quiet room to hear. I don’t think it has to do with the tablet but that’s a downfall if you’re looking to install a texting/calling app. Overall, the sound is pretty loud and clear. A major con of mine, which was mentioned in previous reviews, is the preloaded Amazon apps! Especially with 8gb of storage and this being a tablet for kids who download dozens of games and videos - I do wish the preloaded Amazon apps could get deleted because most aren’t needed but what can you do. Overall, I am really happy with this purchase and my kids are too! I would definitely recommend this product especially if your kids want a tablet but you’re a bit weary on spending too much - the price is just right. I would say, if you want this for yourself, it’s decent and it does the job - but maybe look into the 8 or 10! But for the simple person just looking for a affordable product that’s good quality, this is for you!

Oh No, not with Adds....but....

I got it with adds by a mistake because the cyber Monday deal was banggin' so I quickly purchased it. Once I seen that it was with adds I was going to cancel the order but it was too late. Anyway I look at a YouTube tutorial comparing the two and decided to keep it. The Adds are only in the lock screen mode. Sweeet! Now that we have it, the adds absolutely don't bother us at all. It's actually kinda cool. So with Adds or not, this device is BANgGIN' it does everything we love. Looks so nice with a fabulous display. It's dope, if you get to read this one review out of the thousands, I would definitely recommend this tablet for you, your kids and your gran happy grandPAPPY! enjoi

😺😺😺 Perfect Tablet For My Cat's Needs 😺😺😺

I bought this inexpensive tablet for my cat to have something to watch bird & squirrel videos on and to play video games for cats (yes, they exist). She always used to guilt me into turning her shows on TV--while I was watching it. So, this is the perfect solution. It's a great tablet, with all the features we need. I actually used it myself, to play a movie and broadcast to a Bluetooth headset the other day, while cooking. I soon realized I was getting dirty looks from the kiddo; this truly is her tablet. The picture is clear and bright and she loves to use it. If I had to find a fault with it, the built-in speaker could be a bit louder. But, overall, two 🐾 up! Way up!

GREAT product for the price

Original review Nov. 2017: I recently bought my first Fire tablet for an upcoming trip, and I couldn't be more pleased with it! For the price, it's more than what I expected. 8GB can sure hold a lot of ebooks, and I downloaded a few little time-wasting games on it too. (It should be a pretty long plane ride.) I have found that the battery lasts a bit longer than my smartphone battery when playing games on it. When reading (black background, white text, and brightness dimmed to half or less), the battery lasts much longer. The processing speed leaves something to be desired, but for a $50 tablet, I am not surprised, and will not mark it down for that. Overall I am extremely happy with my purchase and would recommend to anyone looking for an inexpensive e-reader that doubles as a tablet. UPDATE Dec. 2017: I still love this tablet! It was perfect for the long plane rides on our trip, and I quickly realized that I should have bought one for my husband too. The battery actually lasts longer than I originally realized, and I never had to charge my tablet during on-and-off usage during our 12-hour travel day. I keep my tablet in my purse most of the time, where it rolls around with all the other things in my bag, and it has held up like a champion (I do have a thin Fintie case on it). It was even accidentally dropped on the floor from about three feet up, and it was perfectly fine. On Cyber Monday this tablet went on sale, so I bought several for Christmas gifts. Even at full price ($50) this tablet is a great deal.

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