Fire HD 10 tablet, 10.1", 1080p Full HD, 32 GB, latest model (2021 release), Black
[{'review_meta': 'Reviewed in the United States on May 27, 2021', 'review_star': 'a-icon a-icon-star a-star-5 review-rating', 'review_body': "The keyboard case is pretty nice. It basically turns into a nice little laptop. Easy to use and responds quickly without lag. The memory expansion option is nice. I’m happy with it. The split screen feature is great if you want to have music or tv on the side while you read news or surf the web.\n\nUpdate: I’ve had it for around 3 weeks now. I still really like it. It works well as my entertainment laptop. It handles email, streaming services, Kindle and Audible books, Amazon photos, etc. really well. I added the 256GB memory chip. It isn’t a work laptop replacement but is great for entertainment/home use where you’re tired of using your smartphone and want a bigger screen but not a full blown laptop. That’s what this is perfect for in my opinion. I really like the keyboard and find it handy as a good quality storage case in addition to being a keyboard. Very happy with it and would buy again.\n\nUpdate August 12, 2021: I've had this for 2.5 months now and still really enjoy it. I think it is perfect for what I wanted - an entertainment machine. I still wouldn't recommend it as a work laptop replacement, but if you're looking for something to read news, watch TV in a portable way with hot spot on your phone, review email, surf the web, and do your internet shopping - I'd say get this with the keyboard case. For the money, this is as good as you'll get on the market today.\n\nUpdate April 11, 2022: The tablet is still great for my purposes. The add-on keyboard for it had keys that stopped working, so I wouldn't recommend that any longer. I'd buy the tablet itself again for sure though. Haven't had any problems after almost a year and it is still zippy. Still love the HD screen, too."}, {'review_meta': 'Reviewed in the United States on May 31, 2021', 'review_star': 'a-icon a-icon-star a-star-5 review-rating', 'review_body': 'None of the reviews here at the time are showing \'Verified Purchase" because the pre-order was split into three parts: 1) The new fire you chose 2) The "All New, Made for Amazon Bluetooth Keyboard with detachable case in Black, for Fire HD 10 (11th Generation) 2021 release" 3) Microsoft 365 Personal | 12-Month Subscription, 1 person. So, do go look at those pages if you want to see more reviews.\n\n1) The Fire I got was the "All-new Fire HD 10 tablet, 10.1", 1080p Full HD, 32 GB, latest model (2021 release), Denim". It\'s very similar to the last two HD 10 releases, except it\'s faster. It shuts down faster, too, but I have to hold down the start button longer to get it to start up. The port locations aren\'t exactly the same as the 2017 and 2019 models, so my MoKo cases for them don\'t have the cut-outs right for the 2021 model. The on button and the charge port are partially covered. The 2021 model uses the same charging cord as the 2019 model, not the 2017 model, and a charging cord and 9 watt charger are of course included.\n\nThe speakers of the 2021 model don\'t sound any different to me, and it\'s best to play music from Fires on external speakers anyway. I never use the cameras, so can\'t comment on those on any models. I bought a Fire with ads, but they are only on the lock screen, not pop-up types. For me, the 32 GB was fine, too, because I never need extra space, and, if I did, would just insert a memory card.\n\nOne difference I truly appreciate about the 2021 model, though, is there are none of my Kindle books showing on my home page, which makes me so glad. The last software update for the 2017 and 2019 models put books from my library on the page, and you can either hide them or remove the download. Other books will replace them, though, if you hide them. If I wanted to see my Kindle books I would just tap the Kindle app. I don\'t need to see them on my home page.\n\n2) The keyboard and keyboard case I really like! With the Fire attached, it weighs 2 pounds, 6.4 ounces, so it does add quite a bit of weight to the Fire HD 10, but it turns it into a little Chromebook. In my opinion, it types and feels just like a laptop keyboard except it has no touch pad. (I\'m going to investigate Bluetooth mice, but now just use my stylus and the touch screen to do mouse tasks.) It makes a nice light clicking sound when you type and doesn\'t skip any letters or numbers; although sometimes when typing a sentence starting with the letter "I", it will make a small "i" instead of a capital one.\n\nThe Fire is held in a frame that attaches magnetically to the keyboard. It quickly attaches and detaches. I\'ve held it over cushioning and tried to see if I could shake the Fire off the keyboard, but it did not fall off. The Fire has a good tilt on the table, but not on the laptop stand I tried. Also, it can\'t be flipped to make a 2-in-1 type of laptop. The keyboard connected easily to my Fire by Bluetooth, comes with a charging cord, but not a charger. I\'m using a 9 watt Fire charger. If you want to see more reviews on the keyboard, do go to the keyboard page listed in the first paragraph of this review.\n\n3) The 1-year Microsoft 365 Personal subscription is one of the reasons I got the bundle deal. I\'ve been subscribing to it monthly, and it will cost a lot less with this subscription. My monthly subscription was up for renewal last week, so I cancelled it and waited until I got a letter from Microsoft saying it had expired. I then went to my "Memberships & Subscriptions" page here at Amazon and downloaded it on my desktop. Well, it was already downloaded, but doing so activated it again. I had no problems whatsoever with activation.\n\nTo get Office on my Fire, I just had to sign in at Microsoft using my Microsoft e-mail and password, not my Amazon e-mail and password. Everything is there on the Fire, but I don\'t know if everything will work on the Fire as it does on a desktop or laptop. I only use Word to create documents, and that works fine on the Fire. I like having the subscription through Amazon, too, because you can go to your Memberships & Subscriptions page and turn on or off auto-renew or cancel next year. You don\'t have to go to Microsoft to do so.\n\nWell, that\'s a brief summary of everything. I\'m happy with the bundle deal, especially since I also got a $30 gift card for a trade-in of my 2019 Fire HD 10 and applied it to the deal, making what I paid even less.\n\nP.S. Seeing all the questions about printing capabilities, I decided to print a document from Office using the HD 10, something I\'ve never done before. First, I turned on my TS8320 Canon printer, than I turned on my new HD 10 and the keyboard, chose a document in Office and chose print. It asked if I wanted to save it as a PDF or print. I chose print and chose "all printers". Up came my TS8320 instantly as a choice, I pressed the print symbol, and it printed faster than it does from my desktop! I guess the printer was instantly there as a choice since it is part of my wireless network. I definitely didn\'t do any Bluetooth stuff to connect the HD 10 to the printer. This is the first time I have ever tried to print anything with a Fire.'}, {'review_meta': 'Reviewed in the United States on May 26, 2021', 'review_star': 'a-icon a-icon-star a-star-5 review-rating', 'review_body': 'My older Fire tablet came up missing while having repairs done, which was really upsetting. My older Fire was around 15 years old. I didn’t think it would be very different with the newest version but I am very pleased. It is faster and seems to be very responsive. I am very pleased with the quality of this Fire tablet so far. I will follow up with an update when I have had it for a while.\n9/13/21 This is the best Fire tablet I have purchased (I have had 5.)\nThe battery life has been really fantastic. I bought a lighting cable and was surprised how quickly it charged up. I am very happy with my Fire.'}, {'review_meta': 'Reviewed in the United States on May 27, 2021', 'review_star': 'a-icon a-icon-star a-star-5 review-rating', 'review_body': "I'm in love! I wanted something that I could use in quite moments when I didn't want my full laptop. I have used it in the evening and mornings when I want to check my email or finish writing a proposal. It's compact enough that I can type with one hand and the voice controls are amazing. I also love being able to taking notes on my kindle books as I do research and now I can easily put them in OneNote.\n\nI have an iPad with a keyboard case as well, but this is just a little easier to use for things like watching a TV show while I work on something. Plus it is lighter weight. The keyboard weighs a lot more than I thought it would, but the fire is lighter.\n\nI would 10/10 recommend this for anyone who just wants to curl up in a cozy spot and get a bit of work done.\n\nI also relealize that it is excessive to have an iPad Pro, Mircosoft Surface Pro and a Fire, but the Fire was well worth the money. Its as if my iPad and Surface had a baby. I would suggest the fire as a great alternative to the ipad if you are not doing anything that reqires a lot of processing power. I would also recomend it as a way less expensive option to the Surface if you aren't going to game and do a bunch of annotations.\n\nI do wish it had a smart pen and a way to house it with case."}, {'review_meta': 'Reviewed in the United States on May 30, 2021', 'review_star': 'a-icon a-icon-star a-star-5 review-rating', 'review_body': "Faster & Better... Just finished downloading Google Play Store and then Mystery Manor for my wife's new Generation 11. Much improvement over her older Samsung Galaxy. I have a lot more positive (Pros) to say plus I'll throw in the few negatives (Cons) but, later. Right now I am too busy setting things up for her.\n\nOk first thing... If you just want to install Google Play Store:\nFirst search how to install the Google Play Store on an Amazon Fire Tablet. Scroll to where you see the Android Police link but, it should be at the top. Here you will find complete instructions. First you will have to enable install apps from unknown sources in the tablets settings. There will be 4 APK files which you will need to download. Note that they will need to be downloaded from the Silk browser. Follow instructions to the letter because the 4 files will have to be downloaded before you start the install process and then in a certain order. The links on the Android Police website give links to variants of the files depending on your version of the OS. The latest is Fire OS 7.3.1.9 ((Android 9.0 (Pie)) and if your not tech savvy then find a friend or family member who is. If you have children then they most likely to have the knowledge because it isn’t that difficult and most kids nowadays are tech savvy enough to do this in about 10 minutes.\n\nADVANCED: Turn your Amazon Fire Tablet into a Beautiful Android Device (Custom Launcher & Install Google Play Store)\nWatch at https://youtu.be/2sPdjNfW9I0 there is a second video in the series that I highly recommend you watch so you can add back your Amazon Prime, Fire Tablet camera, Kindle features and more. Also, it goes in depth about all the other toolkit options.\n\nFULL SPECIFICATIONS:\nAlso known as Amazon Fire HD10+, Amazon Fire HD 10 Plus (11th Generation)\nNETWORK Technology No cellular connectivity\n\nLAUNCH Announced 2021, April 27\nAvailable. Released 2021, May 26\nBODY Dimensions 247 x 166 x 9.2 mm (9.72 x 6.54 x 0.36 in) Weight 468 g (1.03 lb)\nSIM No\nDISPLAY Type IPS LCD Size 10.1 inches, 295.8 cm2 (~72.1% screen-to-body ratio)\nResolution 1920 x 1200 pixels, 16:10 ratio (~224 ppi density)\nProtection Aluminosilicate glass\nPLATFORM OS Android 9.0 (Pie), Fire OS 7\nChipset Mediatek MT8183 Helio P60T (12 nm)\nCPU Octa-core (4x2.0 GHz Cortex-A73 & 4x2.0 GHz Cortex-A53)\nGPU Mali-G72 MP3\nMEMORY Card slot microSDXC (dedicated slot) Internal 32GB or 64GB 3GB or 4GB Ram\nMAIN CAMERA Single 5 MP Video 720p\nSELFIE CAMERA Single 2 MP Video 720p\nSOUND Loudspeaker Yes, with stereo speakers and 3.5mm jack\nCOMMS WLAN Wi-Fi 802.11 a/b/g/n/ac, dual-band Bluetooth 5.0, A2DP, LE\nGPS No\nNFC No\nRadio No\nUSB USB Type-C 2.0, USB On-The-Go\nSensors Accelerometer\nText-to-Speech English-language content reader\nBATTERY Type Li-Ion, non-removable\nCharging Fast wireless charging"}, {'review_meta': 'Reviewed in the United States on May 29, 2021', 'review_star': 'a-icon a-icon-star a-star-2 review-rating', 'review_body': 'I traded "up" from my older Fire Tablet. Used the older to watch movies I had on SD\'s. When I got the new tablet it would not recognize my movies SD. They were in MP4 format. So I called customer and got a whirlwind of agents that border on incompetent claiming they "knew" but did not. They had me do a reset wiping out all I already had downloaded from previous tablet. That did NOTHING, same issue. Next agent told me that I could ONLY use one of two "approved" SD\'s,which I knew was untrue from a latter agent. Then I get an email from unknown customer agent that the SD\'s had to be formatted only FAT32 not exFat32 which is in direct contradiction to the tablet help files. So on and on with numerous calls with some "pretending" to be advanced Tech support but did not know about formatting in FAT32 or other from9 am until late at night. One was supposed to call back in 20 minutes did not. Another when I asked what country they were calling from ( asked because of the time zone difference) said that was rude and just hung up the phone.\n\nNow I find out it is supposed to be a Generation 11 2021 table but when you look in the "about Tablet" in the Setting it states Gen 10. You also cannot use the "Play Store" but only their App Store keeping it Proprietary like computers did 40 years ago. And it is not really a true Android.\n\nAll in all this tablet is not worth the trouble unless you just content with Amazon shopping and Prime watching. After a supervisor is "supposed"to call me back June 2 ( three days) and see if they resolved the MP4 SD issue I will return it unless resolved. I have 17 - 32 gb SD\'s each with 30+ movies on each (510) I have been watching on my previous Fire Tablet. I will be darned if I am going to save all those, reformat the disk, and reinstall them on the disk for a crappy new Fire tablet and worse customer Service for it.\n\nUPDATE:!!! Well the supervisor that was supposed to call me never has. So I called and got another"Expert" that has done exactly the same thing all the rest did and was going to send me another tablet until I seen in the reviews that others have had the same issues. You cannot use this tablet unless you format the SD in their machine and then transfer whatever you want to put on it.\n\nNow do want to even return my "Gift Card" I applied to this order. So they want to keep my old table, keep my gift card. And I have to drive 35 miles to return this shitty table.\n\nHERE IS THE AMAZON CON. THEY DID AN "UPDATE" AND CHANGED THE WORDS GENERATION 10 TO "TABLET 10 (11TH GENERATION)" AND NOW THEY WANT TO KEEP MY OLD TABLET AND THE $30 CREDIT FOR SENDING IT IN .'}, {'review_meta': 'Reviewed in the United States on May 26, 2021', 'review_star': 'a-icon a-icon-star a-star-5 review-rating', 'review_body': 'So far I have been enjoying the new fire hd 10. I traded in my old model for the new one without any problems. I really like the new split screen option and the added ram. I also bought the Amazon keyboard cover and it basically makes it a chrome book. So much easier for browsing and watching shows.'}, {'review_meta': 'Reviewed in the United States on May 26, 2021', 'review_star': 'a-icon a-icon-star a-star-4 review-rating', 'review_body': "Upgrades from Old Fire HD 10 (2019) to NEW Fire HD 10 (2021) and Fire HD 10 Plus (2021):\n\nOld Fire HD 10 (2019): 2 GB RAM, up to 512GB expandable storage, 2MP rear camera, weight 504 grams\n\nNEW Fire HD 10 (2021): 3 GB RAM, up to 1 TB expandable storage, 5MP rear camera, aluminosilicate glass screen, 10% brighter display, split-screen feature, thinner and lighter (465 grams)\n\nNEW Fire HD 10 Plus (2021): 4 GB RAM, up to 1 TB expandable storage, 5MP rear camera, aluminosilicate glass screen, 10% brighter display, split-screen feature, thinner and lighter (468 grams), wireless charging\n(Productivity Bundle option comes with Bluetooth keyboard and 1 year of Microsoft 365 Personal)\n\nAll versions still have: Octa-core 2GHz CPU, 32 or 64 GB internal storage,1920 x 1200 pixels (~224 ppi density), 2MP front facing camera (720p), Bluetooth 5.0\n\nMy opinions so far:\n\n-I like the lighter weight, it feels more comfortable to hold so far\n-The screen is noticeably brighter, and I seem to get less glare on this new version\n-I haven't really noticed a big difference in speed going from 2GB RAM to 4GB yet, but I will try out more games in the future to see if there is a noticeable difference\n-Note that the Bluetooth keyboard charges separately from the Fire HD 10 Plus, so you would need two USB-C cables to charge them both at the same time.\n-The Bluetooth keyboard is really small, and I didn't find it very comfortable to type on for long periods of time.\n-I have yet to find a use for the split-screen function, I feel like if I wanted to look at a screen that small I would just use my phone.\n-The regular Fire HD 10 (2021) comes in four colors (black, denim, lavender, olive), but for some reason the new Plus version only comes in black. I guess this is to match the black keyboard if you get the productivity bundle?\n-The productivity bundle is $40 more than the Plus version, and comes with 1 year of Microsoft 365 Personal, which currently costs $70/ year. So if you need Microsoft 365 Personal, it could be worth it for you to upgrade to that version just to save on the year of service.\n-The upgrade to max 1TB expandable storage isn't currently that big of a deal for me, since 1TB microSD cards are currently super expensive at around $160\n\nI was a little disappointed that after 2 years, the new Fire HD 10 still has the exact same processor and resolution as the 2019 version, and honestly the only thing I really love about the new version is the wireless charging option. Without wireless charging, the regular Fire HD 10 (2021) is not worth the cost to upgrade from the 2019 version, in my opinion. I will update this review if my opinions change or if I notice other issues."}, {'review_meta': 'Reviewed in the United States on May 27, 2021', 'review_star': 'a-icon a-icon-star a-star-1 review-rating', 'review_body': 'It\'s unusable. It insists on forcing you to use it\'s "amazon" apps, which you can\'t remove from the home screen by the way, and it won\'t let you download any google apps. This isn\'t a "Android" tablet. it\'s a "Amazon" tablet. it\'s as incompatible with other android devices as Apple is. returned the day i got it.'}, {'review_meta': 'Reviewed in the United States on May 27, 2021', 'review_star': 'a-icon a-icon-star a-star-1 review-rating', 'review_body': 'Edit: Got worse. Blue shade, my favorite feature, is ruined\n\nYep. Doesn\'t matter what channel/frequency, the all new Fire HD 10 will only connect to my WiFi if I have SSID broadcast enabled. My previous fire (HD 8") does not have this problem with the hidden network. The 8 is connected and runs without issue (even during troubleshooting). The 10 being unable to connect to my Wifi network like ALL of my other devices is a surprising problem to immediately run into. It\'s 2021 and the device I purchased is supposed to be an upgrade.\n\nThe worst part is that I am able to manually add a network. That means that this device is programmed to handle cloaked networks. You know, that normal thing that wireless devices can always do. But as soon as I hide the SSID (after successfully connecting the 10 to the Wifi) the Fire disconnects itself and says Out of Range. Oops. forgot to try reseting the router. Ha! That was a lie. I reset everything multiple times.\n\nWhen I said, “worst part,” earlier I lied again: It gets worse. The Blue shade is worthless. I attached a photo comparing my HD 8 and my new Fire 10. Not sure whoever has approved this device as “ready” understands that blue shade is a nighttime thing. Or I’m just in some obscure part of their dismissible customers that uses it in the dark. It could be a hardware limitation: Sure would have liked to know about it before hand.\n\nI’d think that they would let you make the screen even darker in the HD10 as to make it easier to not disturb a partner while watching/reading something in bed.\n\nThis thing is uncomfortably bright with the room lights off/Blue shade on/Screen Brightness brought down all the way.\n\nIt’s useless to me because it is uncomfortable to use. I’m returning it and I am going to remove adds from my HD 8 and PRETEND that it has been upgraded ;)'}]