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Unboxing and Setup of the $50 Amazon Fire Tablet
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A couple of weeks ago Amazon announced its new line of Fire tablets.
The entry level device, a 7 inch $50 tablet, can actually be purchased as a six-pack that basically gives you one free tablet with the bundle. The package has been so popular that there is now a month long backlog for order fullfilment.
I ordered just one of these $50 Fire tablets from Amazon so that I could check it out and see how it performs. Having never tried one of Amazon's Fire devices, this is a new experience for me and I will be bringing you my thoughts about that more in depth in a couple of weeks. In the interim I did get the device unboxed and setup so I wanted to share those images with you now.
The only hardware related flaw I have seen to this point is a single white pixel that is constantly turned on about two-thirds of the way down in portrait mode on the right edge of the screen. I have not asked Amazon about their return policy for this but I will be researching that as I continue to use the device. It is on the edge of the screen so it does not interfere with using the tablet.
I do have a few Initial observations though:
Flaky/Slow WiFi connectivity
Slow navigation between menus and dialog boxes
Needs a case or stand for watching streaming videos
Streaming seems to work great and image quality is good. The WiFi issues I mentioned above only seem to be in and around the tablet OS itself.
The single speaker is on the back of the tablet so all of the sound goes away from your ears.
The Amazon Underground app store is full of free apps and games including DLC and in app purchases.
I will of course be bringing you more about this tablet in the near future.
Did you grab one of these yourself? What are your initial impressions about the device?
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