The Fire HD 8 has sufficient resolution for reading e-books comfortably, but there's definitely some screen glare. (Rick Broida/Yahoo)
The Fire HD 8 isn't the sexiest tablet in town, but it delivers incredible bang for the buck — especially when it's on sale, which it is right now. Just ahead of Labor Day, Amazon has slashed the Fire HD 8 to just $65, a 35% savings. At the risk of sounding hyperbolic, that may be the greatest tablet deal in the history of tablets. (OK, maybe not quite, but in the ballpark!) Actually, this ties the lowest price of 2025; you'd have to time-travel back to 2024 to find a better deal.
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There's an embarrassment of tablet riches to be found here. The Fire HD 8 features a sharp display and something you can't get from any iPad: expandable storage. If you fill up the included 32GB, just pop in an inexpensive MicroSD card for up to 1 terabyte more.
Other Fire perks: USB-C connectivity, dual speakers, hands-free Alexa voice controls for your smart home ecosystem and support for something called Show Mode, which effectively turns the tablet into a poor man's Echo Show 8.
It's not perfect, of course; the front and rear cameras are pretty low resolution — fine for Zoom calls and such, but not great for shooting photos and video. I also don't love Amazon's short warranty, which expires after just 90 days.
Still, if you're primarily looking to consume entertainment — books, music, movies and TV, games and so on — this is an incredible deal. And it's why this is our top budget pick in our roundup of the best tablets.
Want to learn more? Read our complete Fire HD 8 (2024) review.
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