Fire 7 tablet, 7" display, 32 GB, (2019 release), Twilight Blue

First and foremost, FOR THIS PRICE is a great product!! Unbeatable, I must say; it's a lot more that you can expect!! I am surprised this thing is such a high quality product for just few bucks (I bought mine on eBay for $39,99, but later I found it's the same price here at Amazon). AMAZON x100: It is true its operation is 100% based on a Amazon environment, and that its Android OS is a special version (with some limitations); however I use Amazon store and services a lot, so that does not bother me at all. The inconveniences that are annoying for me I have overcome them satisfactorily... TRILLIONS OF ICONS: For example there are tons of Amazon App icons in the main screen that I don't use, and the app they belong to cannot be uninstalled (or at least I haven't found the way to do it). Well you can stop their services so they don't use tablet's resources, and occupy less memory and space that way; but the icons are still there. Also, they are not allowed to be stored in a folder (by long pressing each icon) so you have to deal with that bunch of icons in the main screen, which is very annoying (to my liking). But today I finally discovered a TRICK ;) to store them in a folder (Yeah!), so goodbye to those disturbing icons that I don't use (I just see 1 folder). My screen is already clean now, and only with the Apps that "I" use. AMAZON'S ANDROID: As for the OS limitations, the only one I could not overcome is that I have an annual subscription to Norton antivirus, and I have it installed on my Desktop, Laptop and Smartphone; unfortunately it cannot be installed on Fire 7 (9th gen). Today I contacted Norton technical support and they confirmed it; they say it cannot be installed due to the version of Android that Amazon uses on their tablets, which is limited and also different, with a very specific configuration that meets their tablets. Well instead I installed a free anitvirus that is going well for now (hope it protects me enough). STORAGE: As in every smartphone or tablet, internal memory is a concern of all of us (it quickly gets full); and this Fire 7 is not the exception. However it has 10.63GB for user's available internal storage (of 16GB it comes with) and I still have 8GB and something FREE, but this is because I use a 32GB MicroSD (it accepts up to 512GB) and configured all apps to store things over there. This is a good advice for all smartphone/tablet users. Oh yes, also Amazon gives you 5GB for Free in their cloud for you to store your stuff (pics, docs, music, or whatever you want). That's space you won't use in your Fire's storage so that's a nice gift. BATTERY: The battery life is awesome; what I've tested so far it gave me about 8 hours while Spotify downloaded my entire playlists for offline use. After that I gave it the second charge and have it playing music for about 5 continue hrs and the battery still has 70% remaining. SPAM: There's something that bothers me a bit which is the advertising of Amazon stuff when I unlock the screen. I haven't found how to stop it so after various attempts to get rid of it I ended up accepting to live with it. I just swipe my finger from the bottom of the screen and advertising is quickly gone. KEYBOARD: It can be set in several languages (well that's standard; I just downloaded the Spanish dictionary so it checks my spelling), but something that I liked is that it includes the Swipe method of "writing" (you enter words by sliding a finger from the first letter to the last; you lift only between words). I love that method and have used it in my smartphones for years now so I'm glad I found it here too. MORE TO COME: I'm so excited with my new Fire that I want to explore more functions, for example Alexa, and more other stuff that comes with the tablet. I will find the time for that later, but for now, I am very happy with what I've got. MY CONCLUSION: I am 200% satisfied with this product, I think it works sensational, at a very satisfactory speed. It plays my Spotify and MP3s playlists without problem, pairing it with my JBL Flip 4 speaker was fast and easy (and it sounds spectacular), the WiFi works perfectly, the email configuration was super fast and without problems, etc etc etc. What a good product!! And for this price, even better!!

I’ve owned this tablet for almost two months now (I didn’t buy it directly from amazon, but through Best Buy because of the great back to school sale price lol as if the price point wasn’t good enough!) and it has been amazing! I have used this tablet daily for just about everything: surfing the web, listening to music, watching videos, gaming... It is so useful and has become a staple in my day to day activities. I was pleasantly surprised at the quality of this tablet, I was expecting it to be pretty cheap at only about $50 but since I mainly wanted it for simple daily tasks I didn’t want to spend a fortune on it. And this fit what I needed perfectly! Better than I was expecting. The screen is great everything looks clear and bright, although the glass is very reflective and leaves finger prints but it was easily fixed with a matte anti glare/anti fingerprint screen protector. The audio is also very good and clear. It runs surprisingly fast, I was expecting it to be a bit slow and laggy when surfing the net or especially when gaming such as Minecraft etc. but I haven’t had a problem with speed. It’s very responsive, honestly it’s as fast as my iPhone. The colors are a big bonus. I love the unique selection, I got the sage green and it’s beautiful! Exactly as pictured. It was actually one of the main selling points that made me decide to try this tablet was because of the visual appeal, it’s nice to have a nice classy pop of color rather than a stereotypical gray or black device. I would love to see a blush pink color option added in the future but that’s just wishful thinking. It’s a good size too, easy to carry in my bag on the go, but still big enough to game and watch videos comfortably. It’s about the size of your average paperback book just slightly narrower. I also like that you can have multiple sign on accounts and kid accounts. The restrictions and curfew settings are pretty great and would make a great family device, or for those like me who like to keep themselves accountable. I also like that you can increase the existing internal storage with a micro SD card. Now as for cons, I don’t have any big ones, at least they are not deal breakers. My only complaints are these 4 things: 1. the battery does charge slowly, (the only reason I gave 4 stars for the battery) it usually takes a couple hours to charge, but it’s not too much of a hinderance. The battery life is pretty good, it lasts a while and I always get a few solid hours use before the battery starts getting low. 2. The tablet starts to get hot after extended use. Since it has a plastic backing it gets a wee bit hot to the touch especially if it’s in a case, but again it’s not that big of a deal and it does cool down fast once I turn it off. 3. More of a wish than a con but I wish it was procreate/photoshop compatible and that procreate or photoshop were available in the AppStore not just knockoffs. As an artist myself I would love to be able to do digital art on this, or if Amazon came out with a tablet and pencil specifically for art I would totally be down. I would prefer not to spend $1000+ on the iPad Pro just for my art. 4. Again another wish rather than an actual con but I wish the newly released Call of Duty Mobile app was available in the Amazon AppStore. Actually I really wish they had more of a selection of apps, there’s precious little, if any, of the actual big name games and apps available, most of them are just knock offs. Over all I love my Fire 7 it’s a great tablet, can’t beat the quality for price point.