Kindle Fire HD 8 Or a Normal Tablet

There is so much choice in terms of different models of Tablets and Kindles to choose from. Which one do you go with. The Apple iPad Air models are still considered by many to be one of the best tablets models out there, and they do deserve that top spot. Reviews are mostly excellent. However, there is one thing (among others) about the Apple iPad Air and the Kindle Fire Tablets that is quite annoying, and that is how they keep everything “In House”. For Apple, it's the Apple Store, and for Amazon it's the Amazon App Store. The lack of freedom to download and use Apps and programs as you please is a big issue. OK, enough with the comparison between Apple iPad and Fire HD’s, they are worlds apart. And the Apple App Store is not even comparable to the Amazon App Store.

Pictured: The Fusion5 (T099) 7-Inch Tablet With Android 9.0 Pie

The Apple App Store is much better. This post is about whether you should buy a Kindle Fire HD 8 Or a Normal Tablet. Well, I have been told by numerous buyers of various models of Fire HD that to them it seemed like a reading device (Kindle) being highly marketed as a Tablet.

When in reality it is not really a full-blown "free" Tablet. Well it is and it isn't. There are some limitations. Is it really worth all the bother when there are great tablets out there for sale that do everything anyway, and you're not a slave to “In House” restrictions.

I mean, take the Fusion5 brand of Tablet. It’s been praised on this website a few times. It’s cheap to buy, very stable, and easy to use. The Kindle Fire HD 8 with 32GB storage isn't exactly cheap to buy. The Fusion5 (T099) 7-Inch Tablet with 32GB storage (Android Pie) costs around half the price and gives you the freedom to download and install whatever you want to.

Including the Kindle App for free so you can download and read all your favourite books anyway. Fair enough, the Fusion5 is not "HD", but it does have an IPS screen, and probably isn't really that much different in terms of the screen quality being a million miles from "HD" quality. And remember, It's basically half the price, more than capable and feature rich. Furthermore, it even has an identical review score rating on Amazon to the Kindle Fire HD 8. Both have 4.4 stars out of five. Although the amount of reviews for the Fire 8 do dwarf the amount the T099 has (9000+ reviews Vs 900+).

If severe limitations isn’t enough, freezing and turning itself off have also been issues with many of the Kindle Fire HD models. App compatibility has also been a bit of problem for many users. Google Play is a no-go area on a Fire HD and HDX unless you side load it. This basically means installing it from somewhere else manually other than the App store. Not too difficult to perform but does have the potential to throw up a few annoying errors.

So proceed with caution. With all the various problems, massive limitations, and lack of support, it has to be said, you would expect a much better product from Amazon. Save the annoyance and go and buy a normal tablet. Save some money and buy arguably the best super cheap tablet in the UK at this time. Or go for something a bit more expensive like a Huawei MediPad M3 10 Lite.

One more shocking “Feature” well worth pointing out with a Kindle Fire HD, if you weren't already aware of, is advertisements. Are you serious did you say. Yes, they actually serve ads on the device while in use.

They not only want to keep everything in-house they also want to self promote their products until you’ve just have enough and say OK, whatever you are selling I’ll buy it, just go away! You can pay £10 to have Advertisements removed. How cheeky is that! So what's it to be: Buy The Kindle Fire HD 8 Or a Normal Tablet? I think a normal Tablet offers much more freedom and value for money than the Kindle.