AMAZON KINDLE FIRE 7 16GB UPDATE
AMAZON KINDLE FIRE 7 16GB ANDROID

That being said, for simple video call use, these will more than suffice. Both the selfie camera and its rear-facing counterpart are puny 2MP numbers, so don’t expect to be taking any award-winning photos.

AMAZON KINDLE FIRE 7 16GB UPDATE

One major design update is that the All-new Fire 7 has been reconfigured to be more suitable for landscape use, with the selfie camera now set on one of the long edges of the display, as opposed to the short edge placement used by its portrait-friendly predecessor. The only other change here is that, instead of micro-USB, the charging port has been modernised to USB-C.

AMAZON KINDLE FIRE 7 16GB ANDROID

The colour variety is pared down here, with just Black, Denim and Rose on offer – only the black model is available in the 32GB variant at the time of writing.īest Android tablet 2023: Exceptional iPad alternatives from £60Īround the edges, things are as familiar as ever, with the power and volume buttons joined by a 3.5mm headphone jack, a single speaker and a microSD card slot – this at least is different, as it now supports cards of up to 1TB in capacity. It’s not the most stylish of tablets, but it has a nice solid feel to it and is rugged enough to handle the occasional drop. It uses the same matte plastic construction with identically thick screen bordering bezels as the 2019 model. All-new Amazon Fire 7 (2022) review: Design and key featuresĪesthetically, not much has changed with the All-new Fire 7 (2022). £90 will get you the 32GB version with ads, which has better performance and battery life than the All-new Fire 7, as well as a slightly bigger 8in screen. Spend another £10 and you can buy either the 32GB version with ads or an ad-free 16GB model, while the 32GB tablet with no ads (reviewed here) comes in at £80.ĭepending on which model you opt for, the All-new Fire 7 starts to veer dangerously close to Amazon’s own Fire HD 8 tablet – its only real competition in this sub-£100 category. That will get you the 16GB model with adverts on the lock screen. All-new Amazon Fire 7 (2022) review: Price and competitionīreaking with the insane affordability of its predecessors, the All-new Fire 7 is slightly pricier at £60. The Fire 7 also runs on a newer version of Amazon’s FireOS, with all of the usual benefits and drawbacks, and offers hands-free Alexa compatibility. RAM has doubled – admittedly from 1GB to 2GB, but still – and the new MediaTek processor has improved clock speeds up to 2GHz, compared to the 2019 model’s pitiful 1.32GHz. While the exterior is unchanged, things are looking quite different on the inside.

The 2022 refresh bears near-identical measurements to its predecessors and once again the display is a simple 7in IPS panel with a resolution of 1,024 x 600.

The transition from the 2017 Fire 7 to the 2019 model saw very little advancement in the design department and Amazon is clearly still happy enough with how it looks and functions.

Cutting prices so low that nobody can compete, the retail giant continues its reign as the unrivalled champion of budget tablets.Īll-new Amazon Fire 7 (2022) review: What you need to know In keeping with the 2021 refresh of its bigger brother, the Fire HD 8, the 2022 Fire 7 has crept up in price since the last time we saw it, but justifies this extra cost with improved speeds and battery life.įor how little the All-new Fire 7 costs, you were never going to get the best of the best, but Amazon has once again redefined just how much tablet you can get for well under £100. It’s been a few years since the release of the previous iteration of Amazon’s ultra-cheap tablet, but a brand-new Fire 7 has finally made an appearance.

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