New Fire HD 8 Tablets

tubemonkey · 10-04-2024, 12:01 PM

Meet Amazon’s new lineup of Fire HD 8 tablets

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now with 50% more RAM for enhanced performance

October 2, 2024

Plus, we’re introducing brand-new generative AI-powered experiences to the Fire tablet family.

Amazon’s popular Fire HD 8 lineup is getting an upgrade. The new Fire HD 8, which starts shipping today, features a vibrant 8-inch HD display and lightweight, portable design that customers love, now with enhanced performance, for high-quality HD entertainment on the go. And just in time for Prime Big Deal Days, the new Fire HD 8 tablets will have introductory pricing with savings of up to 50% through October 9, with prices starting as low as $54.99.

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cvkemp · 10-04-2024, 04:26 PM

Ordered one yesterday, traded in 2 unused Amazon devices and got 57 dollars off on top of the discount.

DNSB · 10-04-2024, 06:23 PM

Since Amazon still considers 1200x800 to be HD, not going to consider one of these for my next small tablet purchase.

cvkemp · 10-06-2024, 10:07 PM

I got my new Fire HD8 today, it is much faster than my previous generation HD8

I installed Google Play Store, and was able to add my favorite apps.

tomsem · 10-17-2024, 04:20 AM

I'm happy with my HD 10 Plus and Max 11. I still have a functioning HD 6, also 1200x800.

booklover6 · 10-21-2024, 06:12 PM

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Originally Posted by tomsem

I'm happy with my HD 10 Plus and Max 11. I still have a functioning HD 6, also 1200x800.

Ohhhh I loved the HD6 when it came out....but we ran into so many issues with space. Earlier this year my mom gave hers back to me so I tried to use it....even after factory reset and no apps added, it constantly gave me lack of storage messages, and was SO slow. Such a shame, we had 3 of them from release day! That was 10 years ago!

I traded the HD6 in for a 12th gen HD 8, which I use almost daily, and really love it. I also have a 10th gen HD 8 that I use to view my Wyze Cam, and 2 9th gen HD 10 tablets, one of which is rarely used, the other, I use to stream Spotify to my Echo. So much as I love the new tablets, I don't really have any need for them.

The 8" size is really nice, though I miss that cute 6" tablet.

booklover6 · 10-21-2024, 06:15 PM

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Originally Posted by cvkemp

I got my new Fire HD8 today, it is much faster than my previous generation HD8

I installed Google Play Store, and was able to add my favorite apps.

Good to know! Do you remember which gen your previous HD8 was?

cvkemp · 10-22-2024, 11:49 AM

I had the previous generation of HD8, it only had 32gig of storage and I believe on 2 gig of ram. It was very slow and with the Google play store installed didn't have much storage left and was even slower. This newer generation is much faster and has 64gig os storage, which is enough

booklover6 · 10-23-2024, 02:24 PM

I just looked, and my daughter's HD 10 that was registered in 2019 has less than 2 GB space available. But she almost never uses it, so I guess it can sit there. The others have more space than that. (As an aside, I still have a 2012 Fire HD running N2A on it! It's got 16GB and not much space available, BUT it has my favorite version of Bubble Pop, which I can't locate in any app store. So it will stay on the shelf, plugged in and ready! LOL)

10-06-2024, 10:07 PM	#4
cvkemp Loving life Posts: 1,420 Karma: 7991496 Join Date: Mar 2009 Location: Hot Springs Village, Arkansas Device: PaperWhite 5,iPhone 13, IPad, MacBook Air	I got my new Fire HD8 today, it is much faster than my previous generation HD8 I installed Google Play Store, and was able to add my favorite apps. Last edited by cvkemp; 10-08-2024 at 11:13 PM.

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booklover6 Grand Sorcerer Posts: 6,540 Karma: 14008730 Join Date: May 2008 Location: PA (USA) Device: Kobo Clara, 2E, Libre 1, PW4, PW5, 2022 Kindle, Kobo Libre Colour	I just looked, and my daughter's HD 10 that was registered in 2019 has less than 2 GB space available. But she almost never uses it, so I guess it can sit there. The others have more space than that. (As an aside, I still have a 2012 Fire HD running N2A on it! It's got 16GB and not much space available, BUT it has my favorite version of Bubble Pop, which I can't locate in any app store. So it will stay on the shelf, plugged in and ready! LOL)