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I was an early Kindle Fire adapter, but I think the last one I bought was in 2017. So this one is definitely a step up from that. I just got tired of the Fire OS - it was too locked up and not as robust as regular Android. Plus, there is one mindless Android game that I love that isn't available in the Amazon App Store, so that's a thing.I like to talk a lot before getting to the actual review. Sorry. Context is important for me.***Actual review***I decided to buy a new Fire because I wanted something a little larger than my phone screen (I have a Samsung Galaxy Z Fold 3, which actually has a pretty large screen) to watch movies on when on vacation. Fires tend to be cheaper than most tablets, so I looked there first. This came up with decent specs for an amazing price, so I bought one. Then realized that it wouldn't be out until 6/29.I got it yesterday and set it up. Here are my impressions:Kindle Fire 7 with 32gb storage & no ads.Pros - Perfect size to watch movies on an airplane tray table - Decent screen resolution (my eyesight isn't what it used to be, and this is still better than everything I had growing up) - Made for Amazon environment, so Prime Video, Audible, and Kindle books work great. Mostly. - Most of the apps I use are in the Amazon Appstore - I paid $94 to get this without ads and to get the 32gb size - that's way cheaper than a comparable name brand tablet anywhere else (I'm looking at you Samsung & Apple!) - There's an expandable memory slot - I have a 128gb micro SD card in there (It makes you format the card before you can use it) - USB-C cord!!!!!! I don't know when Fires switched to this, but I'm glad they finally did - Amazing battery life. I downloaded a whole bunch of shows and also reset a couple of times. Then downloaded again. After several hours of aggressive usage, it's still at 66%.Cons - Wow, this is slow. I'm comparing it to my phone, which is technically top of the line as of last November, and this is slow. It's also $1400 less than I paid for my phone, so while it's annoying, it's not enough to knock off a whole star. - Can't fast charge. Not a huge issue because the battery is pretty big & I have to sleep sometime, but still. - Can't download the one game I want from the Play store. Yes, I know that there's a way to do it, but it's annoying that it's not easy out of the box. - Not all the customer service people know enough about this to help when you have issues. (Yeah, technically not the unit's fault, but as someone who was DM'ing with them for 2 hours yesterday and talked with 4 different people, I'm putting this con somewhere!) - Can't save Prime Video content to the SD card. At least you can't download there. That's why I got the card. I'm not sure I can transfer Prime Videos between internal & SD yet. I think this is the same for all Amazon content. - I kept getting "service_error" when I downloaded tv episodes that I had purchased, even when the episodes weren't on another device. According to Customer Service, you can only have them on 2 devices. I only had them on one, and I deleted them off that one, and I still kept getting the error.TL;DR: This is a really, really good tablet, bordering on great FOR. THE. PRICE! The form factor is awesome for travel, and as long as you play in Amazon's sandbox, the experience is mostly good. I did have a lot of problems downloading episodes, which is actually why I bought this in the first place, and I don't like that you can't download Amazon content to the SD card. I'm not sure if there are legal reasons for that, but I don't like it.

I have had several Fire tablets over the years and loved them. I turned in my old fire7 and got this new one because it specifically said “ 32 GB of storage (add up to 1TB of expandable storage with microSD).” This would allow me to use a 512GB micro SD card so every one of my Kindle books, Audible books and every favorite movie would be available no matter how far off grid or long the storm caused power outage lasts. It would also have meant I would have been able to view all of this media at my parent’s or friend’s homes without using up any of their data allotment.The listing specifically says “ Add up to 1TB of expandable storage with microSD⁠—more space for downloading content to enjoy on-the-go.” This statement insinuates you will have the ability to view your media while away from internet connection. Turns out this is not true. The listing says absolutely nothing about not being able to store more than a few downloads at any given time. At a minimum I find this dishonest. The comparison table also says “ Storage 16 or 32 GB (expandable by up to 1 TB)” without a mention of the inability to store the entirety of your media on the aforementioned card. Later in the listing it says “ Some apps may require that they are installed on internal storage. App or feature updates may impact available storage.” According to this, if you format the SD card as ‘internal storage’ you should be able to actually USE that internal storage to store your media, but no…In case you can’t tell I am angry and rethinking the whole using fire tablets thing.************************************************************************UPDATE- Let me tell you- I got the low down on fixing this issue!So it turns out the Amazon customer service person I spoke to originally was courteous but incorrect about not being able to store ALL my media on the SD card. Caitlan from CS saw my review and called me in less than an hour to help me with the issue. Caitlan said that I SHOULD be able to store all my media on the card and walked me through fixing it. It has to do with choosing ‘portable’ for formatting and choosing the toggles to automatically down load my media to the SD card in settings. I saw that some others in the reviews have been told the same incorrect info, that movies/audible/kindle books cannot be stored on the card in ‘portable’ mode ( or any mode). WRONG! If you need help getting that done call for Caitlan! Now I can enjoy ALL the media miles away from Wi-Fi. Thank you Caitlan, my love for the Fire platform burns bright again.

I need an e-reader with color and thought that the fire tablet would be a good alternative to my older paperweight.Of course I read the hyped description on Amazon and thought that for the under $50 price I was getting a good e-reader plus.BUT it runs on a proprietary, limited android OS. Which means that the plus is not so much, and it is slow.It does come with a great speed reading feature, text-to-speech feature and Washington Post article access. So while I’m disappointed by the speed and inability for me to use it for as many utilities, like pill management, meditation for health, etc. that I have and wanted to take off of my phone, for the price, it does work great as a color e-reader, has much better battery life than phone and I can make wifi calls. Not bad for under $50. 4 pts out of 5.

Over the last 3 years I’ve purchased two ten inch and and an eight inch tablet…happy with all three and for what I do, watching videos and web browsing, they are all I need. When traveling I take one with me knowing that if it’s lost or stolen it’s replaceable for the price of a few chicken dinners. I never bought the seven inch…seemed like a waste of money because I’d probably never use it. Then they made this one and with the upgrades it’s an absolute pleasure to use. It fits in my cargo pants pocket along with a very slim phone I use only as a hotspot. For twenty-five bucks a month I have unlimited data and can prop my legs up on a tree stump and watch TV anywhere. I highly recommend this to anyone looking for an inexpensive knock-around tablet.