Amazon Fire HD8 vs Fire 7
Amazon’s Fire products are know well by quality and Amazon’s services. We had introduced Amazon Fire TV Stick. Today we are going to introduce Amazon’s tablets: Fire HD8 and Fire 7.
Fire HD8 and Fire 7 are tablets based on Android OS. However, Amazon created own Fire OS based on Android system to be better to take advantage of Amazon’s services and products. For example: To be convenient to read Amazon’s book, Fire OS provides specified Books tab page on home screen:
Fire HD8 and Fire 7 came with same designed package box. Both in Amazon Orange color. Our two Fire tablets all have 16 GB storage.
No matter Fire HD8 or Fire 7, content includes Fire tablet (7th Generation in 2018 Feb), Amazon 5W power adapter, USB charging cable and built-in rechargeable battery.
Here is the screen and software comparison, Fire 7 and Fire HD 8 have very similar screen and home pages:
The following is Fire 7 and Fire HD 8 back comparison, they are looked very similar just different size, but also Fire 7 has speaker holes but Fire HD 8 does not have .
The thickness are seems the same.
Since Fire 7 and Fire HD 8 have similar or same functions. like Reading book, we found Fire HD 8 is darker than Fire 7. We even set the maximum background brightness on Fire HD 8 but it is still darker than HD 7’s 70% brightness setting;
Fire HD 8 Ports:
Fire 7 Ports:
The following is Fire 7 and Fire HD 8 major specification comparison:
**Fire 7** | **Fire HD 8** | |
Display | 7” | 8” |
Resolution | 1024 x 600 (171 ppi) | 1280 x 800 (189 ppi) |
Storage | 8 GB, 16 GB | 16 GB, 32 GB |
Battery | Up to 8 hours | Up to 12 hours |
Audio | Mono speaker, built-in microphone | Dolby Atmos, dual stereo speakers, built-in microphone |
Processor | Quad-core 1.3 GHz | Quad-core 1.3 GHz |
Camera | VGA Front-facing camera + 2 MP rear-facing camera with 720p HD video recording | VGA Front-facing camera + 2 MP rear-facing camera with 720p HD video recording |
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