Is this 4G LTE? Iam looking for a cheap 4G tablet
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Amazon Fire HD 8" 16GB - $74.99
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- Ridinginoffice7
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- Oct 18, 2018
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- Quentin5
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Can it run Accubattery?Fightguard wrote: ↑ I bought two of the 2017 8" Fire tablets. Used daily for about a year now by my kids (Netflix, YouTube, games). Did the whole Google Play, nova launcher, yadda yadda...
Does everything they need just fine and were quite happy with the ourchases... however, battery life went downhill fairly quickly, I find.
The first few months were decent. Kids keep them about 70-80% brightness. Though the last little while, it seems that they can get only around 3 hours, I'd say, from a full charge. It was round 6 hours or more when new....maybe this is normal, given their usage patterns? Don't know if the newer model uses the same battery. Just giving my feedback.
Also 80% brightness probably kills it, i found with my Lenovo tablet that 20% battery uses just over half the power of 100% brightness.
Also charge levels matter, if its being stored at 100% charge (or above 80%) for long periods it may have lost much of its capacity already.
In fact in Rand McNally they wear hats on their feet and hamburgers eat people
- Angultra
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- Mar 1, 2002
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Wifi onlyRidinginoffice7 wrote: ↑ Is this 4G LTE? Iam looking for a cheap 4G tablet
- Gibsons
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- Feb 20, 2015
- 5279 posts
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This is the consensus what I've read about the device. My old iPad Mini 2 still runs the latest OS and is relatively fast doing almost anything (I don't play games). IOS has a leg up with it's light interface and less stuff running in the background. Get a iPad 2018 if you want something good.Psykopathik wrote: ↑ Love my 8" for watching netflix, awesome speakers. For anything else its slow. Frequently has long lags. Would not buy again.
The 10 is apparently much better with obviously a bigger price tag
No hacjing needed for play store integration just download and install the play store APK. Big thread on rfd on it. Cannot be rooted IIRC
Not having Alexa on the CDN version kills it for many people, myself included. They need new versions of these with updated hardware.
- jackass_ca
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- Jan 6, 2005
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- gyong3
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- Feb 15, 2007
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Isn't a time for hardware revision for these tablets? feels like these tables been around for a long time without updating their hardwares.
- cheapbastage
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- Feb 6, 2004
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Strange, I have a Canadian account and I just asked Alexa the weather. Works fine for me. I didn't do anything special, just worked out of the box.killer_chan wrote: ↑ Correct, not supported in Canada as of now. The tab for Alexa is not there, if you use an US Amazon account you will get it.
- VANSTERDAM60420
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- Dec 30, 2018
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bought this during BF and returned it.
wanted to use this with the google chromecast for plex/netflix/youtube and it would not work.
other then that for the price its solid for just browsing/youtube/watching videos
wanted to use this with the google chromecast for plex/netflix/youtube and it would not work.
other then that for the price its solid for just browsing/youtube/watching videos
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- tickyboy
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- Oct 23, 2007
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Anyone using this for zwift?
- bonegraft
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- Aug 10, 2013
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- Petro99
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- Aug 19, 2007
- 223 posts
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Got mine yesterday, installed Google play in about 15 minutes. Alexa also works for me (with Canadian account)
- Wrocky
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- Feb 11, 2004
- 2069 posts
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- Nepean
- TomRFD
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- Jun 17, 2013
- 18226 posts
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I bought one of these last year for the kids. They were using a really old iPad mini before and it was really starting to struggle. The Fire HD 8 does a pretty good job running most of the kids apps they use.
- killer_chan
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- Feb 10, 2004
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Hmmm, haven't used it for a while, will try again tonight. I know it didn't before and I even called them and asked about it.
This is the hand-free, Alexa feature? If you swipe down from the top of your tablet's Home screen, tap the Settings (gear) icon do you see a tab for Alexa? The tab was not there for me, but when I sign in with my .com account, I see the tab and able to use Alexa.
https://www.amazon.com/gp/help/customer ... =202083830
- JonahL
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- Dec 5, 2017
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Pretty good deal. I bought this 3 weeks ago at $99 for my 2 year old. Was a long flight to Japan so we had no choice but to pay full price. Not planning on getting another one, but this deserves an upvote anyway.
- cil254
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- Dec 18, 2002
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I have 2 and they both have Alexa (Canadian)
- whoa-albert
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- Sep 4, 2007
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I primarily use it to stream sporting events to my Smart TV. Can't do it with my iPhone until my TV adds AirPlay 2.
Works great if I don't do too much on it.
Works great if I don't do too much on it.
- LuxErus
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- Aug 27, 2014
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My iPad 2 (released in 2011) still works very well for Netflix. I use it when flying, downloading content ahead. It is too slow for almost anything else (but still usable).Psykopathik wrote: ↑ Love my 8" for watching netflix, awesome speakers. For anything else its slow. Frequently has long lags. Would not buy again.
The 10 is apparently much better with obviously a bigger price tag
No hacjing needed for play store integration just download and install the play store APK. Big thread on rfd on it. Cannot be rooted IIRC
I think this tells a lot about how weak the Amazon Fire HD is. But it explains the price.
Note that you can find refurbished iPad 2 on eBay for damn cheap.
- Quentin5
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In fact in Rand McNally they wear hats on their feet and hamburgers eat people
- tatung
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- Feb 15, 2009
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Thinking of getting this to put recessed into my wall to control Home Assistant. Has anyone else done this?
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