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The chassis houses a Full HD x pixels display, and the included grip-coated plastic case has a built-in kickstand that makes a nice firm click when it's in position — though if you don't open the kickstand all the way out to the point that it clicks into place about 60 degrees , the tablet will start slipping.

In the hand, the stand can be used as a handle, making drops less likely. All the tablet's business bits sit on one side, including power and volume buttons, as well as the USB Type-C 2. Along the top you'll find dual speakers and a selfie cam. Naked, the slate is identical to the Fire HD 10 The Fire HD 10 Kids Pro is sturdy and feels firm and stable in the hand, even without the textured, rubberized case. At over a pound, though, it can be tiring for younger users to hold for extended periods.

However, with the kickstand out and the tablet in position on a hard surface, you can push firmly on the tablet and it won't go anywhere. Based on my testing, you should encourage kiddos who like to get tap-happy to set the Fire HD 10 Kids Pro up on a rigid, flat surface that offers a bit of friction.

The Fire HD 10 Kids Pro has a bright, color-rich display that brings highly-saturated cartoons and games to life. Those results are nearly identical to those earned by the Amazon Fire HD 10 and a bit better than what we saw testing the Samsung Galaxy A7 Lite Navigating via touch feels responsive and precise as well, offering fine control in apps like KidsDoodle. The tablet also seemed to discern pressure and width of contact well. The Fire HD 10 may be a bit reflective, but it's bright enough to be viewed from a decent range of angles.

As Stormfront demolished a building's walls, I was able to see the action when I viewed the Fire HD 10 from 30 degrees to the left and right. The animations for zooming in and out of photos, however, had some lag time — but nothing too bad. The Fire HD 10 provides decent visuals, but its sound lacks slightly. Jamming out to Michael Jackson's "Thriller," at my home office, I noticed that while the tablet can fill a small-to-medium sized room, its low-end sounds were a little flat, and when I could hear some bass it was slightly distorted.

Listening to Lizzo's "Truth Hurts," her vocals sounded a little too sharp, and not full enough. The Fire HD 10's 2. As I smoothly tapped through Amazon's channels of home-grown content, the Fire HD 10 loaded everything pretty quickly, from songs in the Music app to samples of Kindle ebooks.

The one annoyance I had was the slight pause upon switching through tabs in the Silk web browser, though that app has never lived up to its namesake in terms of seamlessness. I even saw a bit of visual stutter upon opening a new tab. You could try and rock the DuckDuckGo browser, which is in the Fire OS app store, but it limits you to a single tab at a time. That's not how I'd want to fix the Silk browser's issues juggling multiple tabs. In terms of gaming, the Asphalt 9 racing game looked great when all of the cars were revving their engines, but as the game introduced more chaotic elements, the Fire HD 10 had trouble keeping up.

And what good is a neat-looking Mitsubishi when the frame rate drops when you're pushing it through cool stunts like a spinning leap off a ramp. The Fire HD 10 provides shockingly long-lasting battery life that beats the field. The Fire HD 10 features 2. A selfie I shot at home showed surprising amount of detail in my hair — not just the split ends you see in most low-end webcams — and captured the hues of my cheeks and lips relatively accurately.

Its rear camera also did a pretty good job picking up the purple of the tag on my Roku remote control, but that photo, and all the images I shot with the Fire HD 10, were still slightly soft, lacking the strong detail most phone cameras can get. Because all of Amazon's Fire HD tablets are running the company's own forked version of Android, forgoing any Google services including the Play Store, developers have to list their apps in Amazon's Appstore.

The result is that many of the key Android apps that users have grown to rely on are nowhere to be found on a Fire tablet. For example, Slack, a key app for productivity for many of us, isn't listed in the Amazon Appstore. You can still access Slack using the built-in Silk browser, but it's not the same experience as a dedicated app.

As I already mentioned, you won't find any Google apps available on the Fire HD 10, so that leaves you with using services like Gmail, Google Workspace or Docs through the included browser.

Zoom is available in the App Store, as is nearly all of Microsoft's mobile apps, including Teams, Outlook, Word, Excel and the rest of the Office suite. Effectively, you have an Amazon tablet that gives you direct access to all of the company's apps and services, combined with a dedicated tablet for those who are entrenched in Microsoft's Microsoft At the end of my time using the Fire HD 10, I've come to the conclusion that this is a tablet that's better left to serve as an entertainment device, with the occasional email or document typed out on the keyboard.

It can work, in a pinch, if your main laptop or computer is being repaired, or you're looking to do light work while traveling. But there are just too many concessions, with apps and performance, for it to truly earn its productivity namesake. Doogee S80 hands-on: A waterproof, rugged walkie-talkie phone. You agree to receive updates, promotions, and alerts from ZDNet. You may unsubscribe at any time. By signing up, you agree to receive the selected newsletter s which you may unsubscribe from at any time.

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