The new and upgraded Amazon Fire HD 10 and Fire HD 10 Plus tablets may have been announced on April 27, but they weren’t released until today. So let’s take a look at the benchmarks for these new tablets then. Even though the processor in these tablets is still the octa-core MT8183 processor that we had in the predecessor too, it is installed on a new and more efficient motherboard, … more…
Amazon announced three new Echo Show smart home devices today, with a new Echo Show 8, new Echo Show 5, and a kids version of the latter. And Amazon is highlighting the 13MP camera with auto-framing on it, which is basically a similar function to the Center Stage function on the new iPad Pros, in which the camera keeps you in the center of the frame at all times during … more…
Amazon announced their two new versions of the Fire HD 10 tablet today, which are the the 2021 model Fire HD 10 and the 2021 model Fire HD 10 Plus. Both of these 10.1-inch tablets have a May 26 release date. Fire HD 10: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B08BX7FV5 Fire HD 10 Plus keyboard bundle: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B08XMP2S6 The difference between the two is that the Fire HD 10 features 3GB of RAM, while the Fire … more…
What has all the hallmarks of an Amazon operation, has just received FCC approval for a new device filed as a tablet. (UPDATED: These tablets were announced on April 27 as the new Fire HD 10 / Fire HD 10 Plus) Based upon experience, we’ve noticed that whenever Amazon files for FCC approvals, both their Fire tablets and their Echo Show smart displays have been filed as tablets, so this … more…
The spring tablet deals list just keeps getting better and better. The latest tablet to get a new record low price is the newest iPad Air 10.9, which has been cut to $549, the lowest sales price ever. The smaller but still capable iPad 10.2 has been treated to a little price cut too, but only as far as to $299. And for Easter, all Fire tablets are now on … more…
The best Samsung tablet deals of 2021 has just commenced, with the Samsung Galaxy Tab S7 tablets seeing record low prices starting this Sunday. The 12.4-inch Samsung Galaxy Tab S7+ with the OLED screen is cut by $215 to $188, meaning that Samsung’s flagship tablet starts at $661 right now, which is lowest sales price I’ve ever seen on it. But the 11-inch version Samsung Galaxy Tab S7 is also … more…
Amazon’s own Fire HD 10 is on sale today, adding to the other tablet deals in March. Unfortunately the Fire HD 10 sale is for today only: https://www.amazon.com/Fire-HD-10/dp/B07K2HBB1H And this is the first time I’ve seen the 64GB model get all the discount, as it’s cut from $189 to $107 in time for spring break. The Fire HD 10 is actually a Full HD tablet with a display resolution of … more…
Amazon’s Prime Day sales have just started, and the tablets that Amazon have put on sale have been a very pleasant surprise, as even flagship tablet like the Samsung Galaxy Tab S7 tablets are given a brief discount for 48 hours. You can find out everything about these tablets in the tablet comparison section here on Tabletmonkeys or by using the search function at the bottom of each page, so … more…
Amazon Prime Day(s) are coming up once again after a delay this year, and for 2020, the Prime Days will be next week, on October 13 and 14. Ahead of Prime Day 2020, Amazon have released a preview of some of the Prime Day deals on its own devices: https://www.amazon.com/primeday (UPDATED: Check out the full list of Prime Day tablet deals) Among tablets, Amazon have announced that the Fire HD … more…
Amazon still hasn’t announced the Prime Day 2020 date, but at least they’ve placed many of their own tablets and smart devices on sale right now anyway. All Fire tablets are on sale right now except the regular version of the 7-inch Fire 7. The Fire 7 Kids Edition is on sale though for $59, along with the Fire HD 8 Kids Edition for $89 and the Fire HD 10 … more…
A study on the tablet sales for Q2 2020 by Canalys, says that Apple still sold the most tablets way ahead of their rivals in the previous quarter. By their measure, total tablet sales for all brands saw an increase of 26% in Q2, with Apple shipping 14.249 million iPads, Samsung shipping 7.024 million Galaxy Tab tablets with Android, Huawei shipping 4.77 million tablets with various operating systems, Amazon shipping … more…
July has typically been Amazon’s own Prime Week sales week, which is Black Friday and Cyber Monday all rolled into one. But citing the global lockdown, Amazon has deleayed the 2020 Prime week until October this year instead. But from Monday of, to match the yearly expectation, all of Amazon’s Fire tablets are on sale anyway, starting from a mere $34 for the 7-inch Fire 7 tablet. The brand new … more…
People all make their buying decisions differently, and when it comes to new computer devices, it’s only natural that a lot of people want to know the specific details on the hardware. But when the new Fire HD 8 and Amazon Fire HD 8 Plus tablets were announced on Wednesday, some of those particular hardware specs were not included, and I had to ask for it myself. So knowing that … more…
When Amazon announced the new Fire HD 8 today, they also introduced the additional new 8-inch tablet with a couple of extras, called the Fire HD 8 Plus. Taking pre-orders now from $109, the release date is June 3 for this tablet too: https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B087F2C185/ What’s different about it compared to the standard Fire HD 8, is that it has 50% more RAM at 3GB of RAM, it comes with a … more…
Amazon announced the new 8-inch tablet Amazon Fire HD 8 today on May 13, and it will be released on June 3, which is 1 1/2 years after the Fire HD 8 predecessor was launched: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B07TMJ1R3X/ So here is what’s new with the new Fire HD 8 2020 model. The entry price has gone by $10 to $89, but then the specs have improved too. It now has twice the … more…