![]() Games with a lot of animations and graphics can give you problems, but of course, your mileage may vary. Neither of those are good, but you don't need a lot of horsepower for social media and streaming. The Fire 7 gets a Geekbench score of 166/525 (single-core/multi-core). Sure, lighter is better, but overall, I think Amazon kept this device light enough to be a sensible e-reader as well as a video player. I didn't find any discomfort during prolonged reading sessions. Speaking of reading, at 282 grams, this tablet is heavier than the average phone and the Kindle Paperwhite by about one-third. Then again, I also didn't notice any trouble while playing games that are more processor-heavy, so it's likely a combination of both. I did not notice any trouble turning pages when reading though, so that makes me wonder if it's the processor to blame. It's hard to tell if this is because of the screen, or the processor driving the touch controls. It'll get there, but it might take some extra persistence. When you're streaming video and trying to pause or rewind, it sometimes takes an extra tap or two. Touch sensitivity is also not terribly good. I could remind you here that this tablet costs sixty dollars, but that would be repeating myself to the point of being rude, so fortunately for you, I won't.Īt 282 grams, this tablet is heavier than the average phone and the Kindle Paperwhite by about one-third. You're not going to get Blu-Ray quality out of the screen and even some of the UI comes off as grainy. More than that though, the screen is just pretty low-res, weighing in at just 600 x 1024 pixels and 170ppi. So if there's a bright scene in your movie, you'll be able to see it well, but once things get dark, you lose all detail. The contrast ratio just isn't there to give you a good separation between lights and darks. Even my sun porch was too bright for it a lot of the time. Maxing out at 300 nits, it's not watchable in daylight. On the bottom is the microUSB slot that can be accessed using a fingernail.Īll told, this is not impressive hardware. On the right, there's a power button, volume rocker, USB-C port, and headphone jack. When held in landscape orientation, you have a single upward-firing speaker on the top left. ![]() The body of the tablet is made of plastic with Amazon branding (the trademark smile) across the back. The hardware on the Fire 7 tablet is about as basic as it gets.
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