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Amazon Fire HD 8 Plus Tablet

Pecky — Tue, 05 Jan 2021 18:00:40 GMT

I just saw the presentation on Amazon tablet Fire HD 8 plus 32GB. The price is $80 comes with cover and a few other things. I don't have a tablet and do want to purchase one. I went to Amazon to check what they have and they have this one and a 64GB for $140 just for the tablet. Is it worth getting the 64GB? I really don't have much knowledge on this. Thanks for any input.

Re: Amazon Fire HD 8 Plus Tablet

Catty2 — Tue, 05 Jan 2021 18:29:34 GMT

I got a Fire 7 tablet as a gift last summer with 16GB. It didn't take long for me to need more memory. So I would recommend the 32GB choice. If you need more memory you can buy it. And I bought a great case on Amazon for $10 and a stylus for $6. Much easier to navigate with than using your fingertip.

Re: Amazon Fire HD 8 Plus Tablet

misskansas1947 — Tue, 05 Jan 2021 18:30:25 GMT

I have a fire device, and the only option when I bought mine, was an SD card to expand it to 32GB. I love the device, and would buy the device with the larger memory capability. I have tons of books loaded. It basically serves as a tablet computer. I recommend the device highly

Re: Amazon Fire HD 8 Plus Tablet

Kachina624 — Tue, 05 Jan 2021 18:45:40 GMT

I don't have this tablet but doesn't it have an expandable memory? I bought one last year and returned it but was thinking that it did. If it does, you just buy a SD card. They're very inexpensive so there's no reason to spend $$$ for more memory.

Re: Amazon Fire HD 8 Plus Tablet

Nuttmeg — Tue, 05 Jan 2021 19:03:27 GMT

@Pecky wrote:
I just saw the presentation on Amazon tablet Fire HD 8 plus 32GB. The price is $80 comes with cover and a few other things. I don't have a tablet and do want to purchase one. I went to Amazon to check what they have and they have this one and a 64GB for $140 just for the tablet. Is it worth getting the 64GB? I really don't have much knowledge on this. Thanks for any input.

@Pecky

A 64 GB tablet will give you about 50GB of free storage. A 32 GB device will have maybe 25GB.

Storage goes fast.

I use a Samsung S7+ tablet as a computer replacement. The only difference is the processor is fast and it has a 256GB of storage. I don't worry about deleting files.

I buy my tablets from Amazon. The company offers prime customers a 5 payment plan on many of their products.

You should not have any trouble finding a case, and prime delivery is a plus.

Folks have suggested buying a micro SD card. A 32GB tablet and an micro SD card should cost about the same.

Re: Amazon Fire HD 8 Plus Tablet

Pecky — Tue, 05 Jan 2021 18:58:47 GMT

@Nuttmeg wrote:
@Pecky wrote:
I just saw the presentation on Amazon tablet Fire HD 8 plus 32GB. The price is $80 comes with cover and a few other things. I don't have a tablet and do want to purchase one. I went to Amazon to check what they have and they have this one and a 64GB for $140 just for the tablet. Is it worth getting the 64GB? I really don't have much knowledge on this. Thanks for any input.

@Pecky

A 64 GB tablet will give you about 50GB of free storage. A 32 GB device will have maybe 25GB.
Storage goes fast.

LOL. I use a Samsung S7+ tablet as a computer replacement. The only difference is the processor is fast and a 256GB of storage. I don't worry about deleting files.

I buy my tablets from Amazon. The company offers prime customers a 5 playment plan on many of their products.
You should not have any trouble finding a case, and prime delivery is a plus.

@Nuttmeg I also noticed that Amazon offers to link the tablet to my Amazon account and also offers ad free. This also has expandable memory so I may just order from Amazon the 32GB with the wireless charging dock.

Re: Amazon Fire HD 8 Plus Tablet

Nuttmeg — Tue, 05 Jan 2021 19:10:38 GMT

@Pecky wrote:
@Nuttmeg wrote:
@Pecky wrote:
I just saw the presentation on Amazon tablet Fire HD 8 plus 32GB. The price is $80 comes with cover and a few other things. I don't have a tablet and do want to purchase one. I went to Amazon to check what they have and they have this one and a 64GB for $140 just for the tablet. Is it worth getting the 64GB? I really don't have much knowledge on this. Thanks for any input.

@Pecky

A 64 GB tablet will give you about 50GB of free storage. A 32 GB device will have maybe 25GB.
Storage goes fast.

LOL. I use a Samsung S7+ tablet as a computer replacement. The only difference is the processor is fast and a 256GB of storage. I don't worry about deleting files.

I buy my tablets from Amazon. The company offers prime customers a 5 playment plan on many of their products.
You should not have any trouble finding a case, and prime delivery is a plus.

@Nuttmeg I also noticed that Amazon offers to link the tablet to my Amazon account and also offers ad free. This also has expandable memory so I may just order from Amazon the 32GB with the wireless charging dock.

@Pecky
I never found a problem with the ads on a tablet, you can pay later to cancel them.

The charging device should be nice.
Enjoy your new tablet.

Re: Amazon Fire HD 8 Plus Tablet

patbz — Tue, 05 Jan 2021 19:28:03 GMT

I always buy the lowest memory Fire tablet and then add at least 200mgb micro SD card. There's no reason to buy Fire 8 plus unless you are also buying charging pad. But $80 is good price if that includes s&h. I currently use a current generation Fire 8 and its a nice little tablet. I buy my covers from a third party on Amazon for $10-$15.

Re: Amazon Fire HD 8 Plus Tablet

Kachina624 — Tue, 05 Jan 2021 23:50:29 GMT

@Nuttmeg. Have you priced SD cards lately? I was amazed; their price has dropped like a rock. They are practically giving them away.

Re: Amazon Fire HD 8 Plus Tablet

Nuttmeg — Fri, 08 Jan 2021 01:30:55 GMT

@Kachina624 wrote:
@Nuttmeg. Have you priced SD cards lately? I was amazed; their price has dropped like a rock. They are practically giving them away.

@Kachina624

Yes, the price is pretty reasonable for a small size Micro SD card. A 512 GB card can cost about $75 for a major brand. Samsung charges $99 for one.
Thanks

Re: Amazon Fire HD 8 Plus Tablet

ritasNo1Fan — Thu, 07 Jan 2021 22:36:43 GMT

I too love that fire 8 hd tablet. Have not needed to expand memory, yet...

Re: Amazon Fire HD 8 Plus Tablet

Pecky — Fri, 08 Jan 2021 14:21:46 GMT

Does anyone know if there is GPS on this tablet and can you down load google apps? I am new to the tablet and have only used my laptop and cellphone.

Re: Amazon Fire HD 8 Plus Tablet

Nuttmeg — Fri, 08 Jan 2021 15:18:36 GMT

@Pecky wrote:
Does anyone know if there is GPS on this tablet and can you down load google apps? I am new to the tablet and have only used my laptop and cellphone.

@Pecky

The Fire tablets have a custom Android 9 without GPS.

You can add the Google Play store to this Fire tablet.

You need to unlock the tablet to accept some files to run the Google Play store.

I have modified a Fire 10 device last year.

I found a YouTube video with a Google search'

"How to add the GPS to a Fire tablet"?

The video is by the "Android Police". It will explain the steps how to download the files and install install them.

This is something easy and will not harm your device.

Re: Amazon Fire HD 8 Plus Tablet

Pecky — Fri, 08 Jan 2021 16:09:15 GMT

@Nuttmeg wrote:
@Pecky wrote:
Does anyone know if there is GPS on this tablet and can you down load google apps? I am new to the tablet and have only used my laptop and cellphone.
@Pecky
The Fire tablets have a custom Android 9 without GPS.
You can add the Google Play store to this Fire tablet.
You need to unlock the tablet to accept some files to run the Google Play store.
I have modified a Fire 10 device last year.

I found a YouTube video with a Google search'
"How to add the GPS to a Fire tablet"?
The video is by the "Android Police". It will explain the steps how to download the files and install install them.
This is something easy and will not harm your device.

@Nuttmeg Thanks! I just checked out the video. I may just get use to the tablet before I add the google play. I am suppose to get it today. Do you have the option of using both google apps and Amazon app?

Re: Amazon Fire HD 8 Plus Tablet

Nuttmeg — Fri, 08 Jan 2021 21:29:03 GMT

@Pecky wrote:
@Nuttmeg wrote:
@Pecky wrote:
Does anyone know if there is GPS on this tablet and can you down load google apps? I am new to the tablet and have only used my laptop and cellphone.
@Pecky
The Fire tablets have a custom Android 9 without GPS.
You can add the Google Play store to this Fire tablet.
You need to unlock the tablet to accept some files to run the Google Play store.
I have modified a Fire 10 device last year.

I found a YouTube video with a Google search'
"How to add the GPS to a Fire tablet"?
The video is by the "Android Police". It will explain the steps how to download the files and install install them.
This is something easy and will not harm your device.

@Nuttmeg Thanks! I just checked out the video. I may just get use to the tablet before I add the google play. I am suppose to get it today. Do you have the option of using both google apps and Amazon app?

@Pecky

You can use both app stores. LOL , GPS is much larger.

Re: Amazon Fire HD 8 Plus Tablet

diva1964 — Mon, 18 Jan 2021 13:44:26 GMT

I see no difference in the plus tablet then I see with the one without it, I wanted the larger screen size [10] and the product was promised with a more vivid screen. I found the screen was dim and the colors bleeding into each other. Very laggy device. I went for another tablet the Vankyo 10 .1 inch got it home the other day and I am enjoying it very much. I recommend this tablet if you want a good reliable tablet for a cheap price. It got more 5 star reviews then Samsung and lenovo on amazon.