Fire HD 8 Plus tablet Reviews Summary

Performance

Pros:

• "It doesn’t stutter nor jump."
• "Graphics are great and the extra ram is great for gaming."
• "It's fast enough for most apps."
• "The Fire HD 8 Plus has exceeded my expectations in every way."
• "It's very fast with multiple apps open, you can download google play to get other apps, slot for extra memory, the graphics are pretty good!"
• "The performance on this thing is night and day."
• "It is the best gaming tablet for the money."

Cons:

• "It's not as smooth as fast as an iPad."
• "This device is pretty slow. It is hard to even get the Alexa app to load."
• "Apps constantly minimize or close while you're navigating them."
• "Sometimes it would lag, had some issues with video quality, but it usually didn't last long."
• "It is slow after few months, and volume buttons does not function properly since I started use it."
• "Touch screen navigation is slow and lags between clicks and drags."
• "This thing is just slow at loading everything."

Build Quality

Pros:

• "The casing is all plastic, yet not overly cheap feeling."
• "Feels sturdy but light, amazing battery life, great screen, very fast and responsive."
• "The tablet fits in my hand perfectly great for one handed use."

Cons:

• "Cheap build quality and extremely limited usability."
• "The back of the tablet is bulging the screen is also separating from the tablet."
• "It is built like a child's toy."
• "The plastic backplate on this tablet is quite smooth and slippery."
• "The physical button placement causes you to turn off the tablet every time you try to pick it up."
• "I really don't like the buttons - the on/off and volume +/- are too close together and it makes me crazy!"
• "It started falling off the dock and I realized the battery had become swollen."

Display & Sound

Pros:

• "The screen looks clear and crisp which is amazing for watching Prime Video or other streaming services."
• "The scene display is crystal clear."
• "The screen is bright the resolution is high enough so that you get very good picture quality."
• "The audio sounds good from the two speakers it has."
• "Need to add, the sound quality is excellent."

Cons:

• "The screen isn't the best, I went on YouTube and prime video and the quality of video was just terrible."
• "Not the best quality video, battery life could be better and my touch screen is finicky."
• "The screen quality is fine, but disappointing."
• "The sharpness in the screen isn't there compared to the older version."
• "But worst of all, is actually the abysmal volume on this thing."
• "My biggest complaint is that the volume is only loud enough if you are playing a game."
• "My Audible books are too quiet to hear but it appears to be a problem in the Audible app and not the kindle Fire."

Usability

Pros:

• "Very easy to use. The screen quality is very good."
• "Easy to download new apps."
• "Another feature I love about the Fire HD 8 Plus is the hands-free Alexa integration."