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How do these compare performance wise to other tablets (like an ipad)? I had one of these a few generations ago, and it was painfully slow. Though I could see at $79 one of the 8" being a great price for travel or watching in bed netflix.

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Very curious about this also. I tried out a tablet last year and was shocked at how slow it was. Best I could tell, it was good for reading Kindle books, watching Amazon Prime shows, and shopping on Amazon.com. At the time, it was basically an "Amazon tablet", not a general purpose tablet.

Hope this generation is faster, but based on their price points I'm guessing it'll be similar to previous generations.

edit: per Ars, the processor is 30% faster. Not likely to make a huge difference in usability, but a welcome upgrade nonetheless.

https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2017/09/amazon-fire-hd-10-pr...

I noticed in the comparison table that the smaller Kindle Fires come with only 90 day warranties. Makes you wonder about the build quality. Really, Amazon?

My 3 year old has had a kindle fire 7 (standard one not the kid case version) he can use to play games and watch shows in the mornings rather than have the TV on. Bought it for £29 at Xmas and at that price didn't bother buying any protective case or screen protector. Thing is like a tank. It's been thrown, stamped on, was the primary target of projectile vomit twice, juice spilled, food rubbed into crevices. It has 1 minor scratch but other than that it's solid.

How about the charging cable? I once bought couple of cheap tablets (not Amazon) and both had the same problem: the USB charging cable breaks off (sometimes from the mother board itself, or it gets loose).

The iPad on the other hand, does not have this problem.

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