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Fire HD 7 Tablet

7" HD Display, Wi-Fi, Front and Rear Cameras, 8 GB or 16 GB
4.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (2,119 customer reviews)

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Fast quad-core processor, front and rear-facing cameras, five colour options... See more

 
Our most powerful 7-inch tablet under £150 - fast quad-core processor, HD display, front and rear cameras, stereo speakers and five colour choices
  • Fast quad-core processor up to 1.5 GHz—Up to 1.5 GHz for quicker apps and smoother videos
  • Beautiful 7” HD display—(216 ppi / 1280x800) with over a million pixels
  • Front and rear cameras—Rear-facing 1080p HD camera and front-facing camera for video calls
  • Free, unlimited cloud storage—For all Amazon content and photos taken with your Fire devices
  • Massive selection of digital content—Enjoy over 33 million songs, movies, TV shows, books, Android apps and games
  • Great for the whole family—Individual profiles for sharing books, games, apps, movies with family members. Plus Fire for Kids. Learn more
  • Stay connected and productive—Fast web browsing, and e-mail support. Plus, edit and view Office documents
  • Access over 700,000 ebook titles and thousands of audiobooks. Learn more
  • Prime members can stream thousands of Prime Instant Video titles

Powerful quad-core processor up to 1.5 GHz

The new quad-core processor consists of two high-performance 1.5 GHz cores and two lower-power 1.2 GHz cores running simultaneously for optimal load balancing and power efficiency. With over 2x the speed and over 3X the graphics performance of the previous-generation Fire HD, the new quad-core processor ensures faster app launch times, smooth games and videos, and better overall performance.

Beautiful 7" HD display

Fire HD 7 features a 1280x800 high-definition LCD display with over one million pixels (216 ppi) and an improved colour gamut leading to more vibrant colours, a brighter display and whiter whites. Enjoy a great viewing experience at even the widest angles through an innovative combination of IPS (in-plane switching) technology and an advanced polarising filter.

Virtual surround sound with Dolby Audio

Fire HD 7 with dual stereo speakers is noticeably louder than single-speaker tablets, while still delivering crisp, clear audio without distortion. Innovative Dolby Audio technology emulates a 5.1 multi-channel sound field that dynamically adjusts volume to audio content creating powerful virtual surround sound and easier-to-understand dialogue in films and TV shows.

Incredible reliability

With durable Gorilla Glass and rigorous reliability testing, our Fire HD tablets are extremely reliable.

Unique profiles for each family member

Create unique profiles for up to 2 adults and 4 children so family members can share a tablet and still keep personalised settings such as e-mail and social accounts, home screen carousel, and even their own level in Angry Birds.

Share content with your family

NEW—With Family Library, link two Amazon accounts so you can easily access shared content and Prime Instant Video benefits across all your Amazon devices.

Revolutionary parental controls with Fire for Kids

Fire for Kids allows parents to create a profile for each of their children and choose what books, apps, games and videos they want to give their kids access to. Also, it's easy to set daily limits for tablet use or restrict certain categories—such as games and video—while leaving unlimited time for reading. When children use Fire for Kids, it's like they have their very own personalised tablet.

Fire for Kids camera and Photo

NEW—Fire for Kids camera and photo software lets kids explore their creative side with fun editing tools like adding stickers and drawings on their pictures. Parents can easily print them to hang, choose to share with friends and family, or auto-save to Cloud Drive with free unlimited cloud storage for photos taken with Fire HD. As always in Fire for Kids, children are blocked from posting photos to social media.

Immediate video start with ASAP

New—No more waiting for a video to buffer every time you hit "Play." ASAP (Advanced Streaming and Prediction) learns what movies and shows you like and gets them ready for you to watch. The more you view videos on your Fire tablet, the more accurate ASAP becomes, dynamically adapting to your viewing habits.

X-Ray for movies and TV

Powered by IMDb, X-Ray for movies and TV can instantly show which actors are currently on screen, jump to other movies in which they star and more.

Watch on the big screen

Fling movies and TV shows from your tablet to your big-screen TV using Second Screen. This turns your TV into the primary screen, freeing up your Fire tablet to provide playback controls, a customized display for X-Ray, or simply be a place to email, browse the web, and more while you watch a movie. Second Screen is available for Amazon Fire TV, PlayStation 3, PlayStation 4 and Samsung TVs.

All-new Fire OS 4 "Sangria"

Fire OS 4 "Sangria" starts with Android and adds a customer-friendly user interface, unlimited Cloud storage for Amazon content and photos taken on your Fire device, the latest productivity apps, and enhanced platform integrations so you can seamlessly access a massive selection of digital content—over 33 million movies, TV shows, songs, books, and Android apps and games.

Unmatched entertainment ecosystem

Fire OS 4 integrates our newest services including ASAP. Second Screen headphone integration lets you watch Amazon Instant Video on a compatible, big-screen TV with headphones plugged into your tablet so you can enjoy the movie in virtual surround sound with Dolby Audio. Second Screen is available for Amazon Fire TV, PlayStation 3, PlayStation 4 and Samsung TVs.

Great for families

Includes new and improved features made just for families. Create profiles for up to two adults and four children so family members can share a tablet and still keep personalised settings such as e-mail and social accounts, home screen carousel, and even their own level in Angry Birds. With Family Library, link two Amazon accounts so you can easily share apps, games and books, and Prime Instant Video, without sharing a device or logging into and out of accounts. Fire for Kids 3.0 will include Teen Profiles for kids aged 8-13.

Increased power efficiency

Optimised to be fast and fluid by introducing new features including Touch Boost to automatically increase the performance of the CPU. FirePower with SmartSuspend learns when to turn off wireless connectivity and maximise standby battery life.

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Screen Size 6" 7" 7" 8.9"
Resolution 1280 x 800 (252 ppi) 1280 x 800 (216 ppi) 1920 x 1200 (323 ppi) 2560 x 1600 (339 ppi)
Processor Quad-Core up to 1.5 GHz Quad-Core up to 1.5 GHz Quad-Core 2.2 GHz Quad-Core 2.5 GHz
Battery Life 8 hours mixed use
10 hours when reading
8 hours mixed use
9 hours when reading
11 hours mixed use
17 hours when reading
11 hours mixed use
18 hours when reading
Audio Dolby Audio
Mono speaker
Built-in microphone
Dolby Audio
Dual Stereo speakers
Built-in microphone
Dolby Audio
Dual Stereo speakers
Built-in microphone
Dolby Audio
Dual Stereo speakers
Built-in microphone
Wi-Fi Single band Wi-Fi Single band Wi-Fi Dual band, dual antenna
(MIMO) Wi-Fi
Dual band, dual antenna
(HT80 MIMO) Wi-Fi
4G None None 4G model available 4G model available
Camera Front-facing VGA camera +
2 MP rear-facing camera
Front-facing VGA camera +
2 MP rear-facing camera
Front-facing HD camera Front-facing HD camera +
8 MP rear-facing camera
Storage 8 or 16GB 8 or 16GB 16, 32 or 64GB 16, 32 or 64GB
Dimensions 169 x 103 x 10.7 mm
(6.7" x 4.1" x 0.42")
191 x 128 x 10.6 mm
(7.5" x 5.0" x 0.42")
186 x 128 x 9.0 mm
(7.3" x 5.0" x 0.35")
231 x 158 x 7.8 mm
(9.1" x 6.2 " x 0.31")
Weight 290 grams 337 grams Wi-Fi: 303 grams
4G: 311 grams
Wi-Fi: 375 grams
4G: 390 grams
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Ultra-fast Silk web browser

Amazon Silk is a cloud-optimised web browser, exclusive to Fire devices. The latest version is faster and packed with new features. The Content Discovery feature provides helpful, contextual pointers to related topics while reading an article on the web. Other new features include private browsing, print support, and the ability to sync bookmarks, open tabs, and history between your Fire tablets and Fire phones

All your personal e-mail

The new e-mail app on Fire makes it simple to send e-mails, view attachments, group conversations by subject and sync contacts. The app provides full support for the world's most popular e-mail providers—Gmail, Outlook, Yahoo!, AOL and many more. Documents saved from e-mail on the tablet will be automatically backed up to Cloud Drive.

Facebook & Twitter

Fire tablets are fully integrated with Facebook and Twitter, making it easy to connect and share with friends and family. Sync Facebook photos, share quotes and passages straight from your book and more.

YouTube

Enjoy your favourite YouTube videos—discover, bookmark and view video content easily.

Enjoy and share

Relive your most memorable moments in stunning HD. Our beautifully designed photo app makes it easy to view your albums or watch personal videos. And sharing your photos couldn't be easier—just tap on individual images to e-mail them or to post them on Facebook or Twitter.

Import and edit

Fire makes it easy to keep your favourite photos and personal videos close at hand. Download your albums from Facebook or add photos and personal videos (up to 20 minutes long) to Amazon Cloud Drive from your PC, Mac or phone. Editing on your Fire is just as easy: simply select a photo to begin editing or use one of the many popular apps in the Amazon Appstore.

Free unlimited Cloud storage

No more worrying about storage space. Get free, unlimited Cloud storage for all Amazon content and photos taken on your Fire devices.

Be Entertained

Kindle Owners' Lending Library

Kindle Owners' Lending Library - with an Amazon Prime membership, Kindle device owners can choose from more than 500,000 books to borrow - as frequently as one book per month, with no due dates - including current and former top sellers in the Amazon.co.uk Kindle Store and all seven Harry Potter books.

Free month of Prime

If you haven't tried Amazon Prime in the past we'll give you a free month's trial. Experience what millions of Prime members enjoy: reading a Kindle book a month for free and unlimited One-Day Delivery on millions of eligible items. We think it's one of the best bargains in the history of shopping, and we hope you do too.

Prime Instant Video

Prime members enjoy unlimited streaming of thousands of popular movies and TV shows, such as Extant, Under the Dome, Vikings, Ted, Arrow, Hotel Transylvania, Revolution, Red 2, Lost and many more.

Prime Instant Video Downloads

Prime members can now download thousands of Prime Instant Video movies and TV shows on Fire HD and HDX tablets to watch anywhere - on a plane, on holiday, or in the car.

Mirror your screen

Turn your television into your tablet monitor. Fire tablets now include a SlimPort enabled micro USB port that lets you view images and HD video from your tablet on any compatible TV or monitor. With Fire HDX tablets, wirelessly mirror your tablet screen with select Miracast-enabled accessories and TVs.

Watch on the big screen

Fling movies and TV shows from your tablet to your big-screen TV using Second Screen. This turns your TV into the primary screen, freeing up your Fire tablet to provide playback controls, a customised display for X-Ray, or to simply be a place to e-mail, browse the web, and more while you watch a movie. With X-Ray Second Screen, it’s the ideal TV companion in the living room for an immersive viewing experience. Second Screen is available for Amazon Fire TV, PlayStation 3, PlayStation 4 and Samsung TVs.

The best HD games

Fire tablets are built for gaming, with tilt, turn and multi-touch controls. Enjoy best-selling HD games such as F18 Carrier Landing II, Angry Birds Stella, Hearthstone: Heroes of Warcraft, Call of Duty®: Heroes and Candy Crush Saga.

Your favourite apps

Fire tablets give you instant access to the most popular apps, including titles such as TVGuide.co.uk, Gumtree, Daily Telegraph and Met Office Weather.

Better gaming with GameCircle

Earn achievements, compare scores with friends or take on the world with global leaderboards. GameCircle titles with Whispersync store your progress in the Cloud automatically, so you'll never lose an unlocked level or saved game, even if you delete it from your device.

Play more, pay less

Purchase apps, games, and a broad range of in-app items with Amazon Coins and save up to 10%.

The best in film & TV

NEW—Rent or purchase from a selection of the biggest new releases and most popular titles from every major film studio and TV network. Stream instantly over Wi-Fi or download to enjoy later.

Prime Instant Video

Prime members enjoy unlimited streaming of thousands of popular movies and TV shows, such as Extant, Under the Dome, Vikings, Ted, Arrow, Hotel Transylvania, Revolution, Red 2, Lost and many more.

X-Ray for movies and TV - now even better

Customer-favourite X-Ray for Movies and TV now shows the names of songs as they play as well as a list of all music in the movie or TV show, and lets you jump to the scene in which a particular song is playing. X-Ray also shows trivia items in context with the action on the screen. X-Ray for TV also provides character back-stories so you can easily remind yourself of the character’s history. X-Ray is offered only by Amazon and is powered by IMDb.

Immediate video start with ASAP

No more waiting for a video to buffer every time you hit "Play." ASAP (Advanced Streaming and Prediction) learns what movies and shows you like and gets them ready for you to watch. The more you view videos on your Fire tablet, the more accurate ASAP becomes, dynamically adapting to your viewing habits.

Kindle Unlimited

NEW—With Kindle Unlimited, you can read as much as you want, choosing from over 650,000 titles and thousands of audiobooks. From mysteries and romance to sci-fi and more, freely explore new authors, books and genres on any device for just £7.99 a month. Try Kindle Unlimited free for 30 days. Learn more

Massive book selection

Shop in the Kindle Store for over 2 million of the most popular books, or explore millions of free, public domain books such as Pride and Prejudice, A Tale of Two Cities and Oliver Twist.

Vibrant HD magazines

Enjoy over 800 magazines in brilliant HD, with beautifully detailed illustrations and glossy full-colour layouts. Magazines and newspapers include favourites such as Glamour, Vogue, The Telegraph and Mail Plus. Find our selection of available magazines and newspapers in the Amazon Appstore on your Fire.

Low book prices

We check hundreds of prices every day to make sure our prices are the lowest of any e-book store in the UK. Compare our book prices—you'll like what you find.

Exclusive Kindle titles

Over 500,000 Kindle exclusive titles from best-selling authors including Michael Ridpath and Phil Rickman.

Read-to-me

With Text-to-Speech, Fire can read English-language content out loud to you, when available from the publisher.

Whispersync for books

Fire HD uses Amazon Whispersync technology to automatically sync your library, last page read, bookmarks, notes and highlights across all your devices. With Kindle reading apps available for phones, tablets, PCs and Macs, you can keep the story going wherever you are.

X-Ray for books

Tap on any page as you read to access X-Ray, an easy way to uncover more from the books you love. Instantly find chapters and locations that mention ideas, characters and important places, as well as background info, biographies and more via Shelfari and Wikipedia.

Audiobooks by Audible

Audible is an Amazon company and offers more than 100,000 titles written by best-selling authors and performed by world-class narrators including leading Hollywood actors like Jake Gyllenhaal (The Great Gatsby) and Kate Winslet (Matilda) as well as much-loved British celebrities like Stephen Fry (More Fool Me) and Miranda Hart (Is It Just Me?). Simply purchase and download any audiobook to your library using 1-Click™ or become an Audible member and download one book per month for only £7.99/month. If you are new to Audible we'll give you a one-month free trial.

Choose to listen or read

With Whispersync for Voice you can switch seamlessly between reading your Kindle book and listening to the audiobook companion. Whispersync creates a virtual bookmark, so your Kindle picks up right where you left off listening. You don't have to do a thing; it's automatic. Learn more

Huge music selection

With over 30 million songs from thousands of artists, Amazon's Digital Music store is home to one of the largest music libraries on Earth. Music you buy from Amazon is saved to the Cloud for free, and you can play or download it at anytime. Available for UK customers only.

Your CD and vinyl purchases, available on fire

AutoRip gives you free MP3 versions of eligible CDs and vinyl you purchase from Amazon. With AutoRip, MP3 versions are added to your music library automatically, where they are available for download or playback - free of charge. You’ll find the CDs and vinyl you purchased years ago, as well as your new purchases, available in Your Music Library on your Fire. No more waiting for the CD to arrive - buy it and listen on your Fire right away.

Your music. Everywhere.

Import the rest of your music library to Amazon Music and play it wirelessly on your Fire - just tap Music on the Home screen to get started. Browse and search your library, create and manage playlists, play your music from the Cloud, or download for playback offline. All of your Amazon digital music purchases and your first 250 imported songs are stored for free.

Better together

Our slim, form-fitting cases are designed to fit your Fire HD perfectly and provide full front and back protection. The cases are easy to attach and remove, and feature an integrated magnetic closure to ensure your case stays shut while on the go. These innovative cases put your Fire tablet to sleep automatically when it is closed and wake it upon opening, saving battery life while making it easy to jump back into your apps, games, movies and more.

Hands-free viewing

Whether you are browsing the web at home, or enjoying a movie on the plane, our integrated case stands your Fire tablet in either landscape or portrait orientation so you can enjoy your content hands-free.

Stay Productive

Your work e-mail and docs

Fire tablets provide a robust Exchange e-mail experience with ActiveSync, so you can check and reply to work e-mail on the go. You can also view Word, Excel and PowerPoint files.

Print from your tablet

Fire tablets support the printing of documents, spreadsheets, presentations, photos and e-mails via your home or office wireless printer.

Fire tablets at the office

Take your Fire to the office and get the most out of your tablet. You can connect to your corporate Wi-Fi network and get on your company's intranet, download files, submit expenses and more. Take advantage of Fire's rich selection of productivity and business apps.

Stay connected

With Fire you can now stay connected whether you're at the office or away using remote VPN. Access your company's network on the go and keep your corporate data secure with encryption. Learn more

Share with Your Family

Perfect for parents...

Fire for Kids is a new service, built to help give parents peace of mind when it comes to tablet use. Parents can create a profile for each of their children and choose the content they want to give their kids access to. Fire for Kids is free on the Fire HD and HDX 8.9.

Fire for Kids now includes Video. Shop for thousands of movies and TV shows and add them to Fire for Kids.

...And perfect for kids

When children use Fire for Kids, it's like they have their very own personalised tablet. The background colour and fonts change to a child-friendly design. Children only see the titles that have been selected for them and their most recently viewed titles are displayed on their Home screen Carousel. Children can even navigate to content using pictures based on characters or topics - for example "Cinderella", "Dinosaurs", or "Puppies".

Put learning first

NEW - Educational tools help put learning first with Fire for Kids. New, more advanced time limits allow parents to set daily educational goals for reading and playing educational games, while blocking entertainment content till the educational goals are met. Parents can also set different time limits for different days of the week, as well as set a new Bedtime so that Fire for Kids only works during the time of day you choose.

Beloved kids' films, TV shows, games and books

On any Fire tablet, kids can access a selection of thousands of favourites like Peppa Pig, Rio, Smurfs and Up. Kids will also find their favourite books, like Paddington Bear and the Tiger Who Came to Tea. There is also time for playing with great games like Toca Hair Salon and Angry Birds Star Wars.


Enjoy your content on many devices

At Amazon, we make it easy for you to access your content on other devices and platforms. Apps and games that you buy for your Fire HD can be used on other Android devices. Kindle books can also be enjoyed with Amazon apps for Windows, Mac, Android and iOS. Films can also be watched via the Amazon Instant Video app on your smart TV, games console, iPhone/iPad or laptop.

Whispersync

Start streaming a movie on your Fire HD, pause, then resume watching the same scene on your TV. Whispersync remembers how much you've watched, read, listened, or played, so you can pick up right where you left off, no matter which device you are using.

Free Cloud storage

With every Fire tablet, you get free, unlimited Cloud storage for all of your Amazon content, including any photos you've taken with your Fire tablet, so you can rest easy knowing that you'll never lose the content you love.

Store your music

Import your entire music library to Your Music Library and play it wirelessly on your Fire tablet - just tap the Music tab on your Home screen to get started. Browse and search your library, create and manage playlists, play your music from the Cloud or download for offline playback. All of your Amazon Music purchases and your first 250 imported songs are stored for free.

Store photos and more

Don't worry about losing your photos or not having access to your important files on the go. Amazon Cloud Drive makes storing your photos, videos, documents and other digital files in the Cloud quick and easy. Get started with 5 GB of free storage: enough space to store up to 2,000 photos.

Unlimited photo storage with Cloud Drive

Your Fire tablet includes free, unlimited storage in the Amazon Cloud for the photos you take with the device, plus 5 GB of storage for photos and files you add to Cloud Drive from your phone and computer. Access all your Cloud Drive content on your Fire tablet by going to Photos and Docs

Cloud Collections

Organise your content library into Collections like "Favourite Books" and "Sports Apps" that are synchronised with your other Kindle devices and reading apps.

Technical Details
Display7" (17cm) high definition touchscreen; 1280x800 resolution at 216 ppi, video playback up to 720p, with IPS (in-plane switching) technology and advanced polarising filter
Size191mm x 128mm x 10.6 mm
Weight337 grams
Actual size and weight may vary by configuration and manufacturing process
CPU & RAM1.5GHz Quad-Core CPU, with 1GB of RAM
Storage8GB (4.5GB available to user) or 16GB (11.6GB available to user) of internal storage, plus free, unlimited Cloud storage for all of your Amazon content
Battery LifeUp to 8 hours of reading, surfing the web on Wi-Fi, watching video or listening to music. Battery life will vary based on device settings, usage and other factors such as web browsing and downloading content. Actual results may vary
Charge TimeFully charges in under 6 hours using the micro-USB power adapter included in the box, or slightly longer with other micro-USB power adapters that you may already have
Wi-Fi ConnectivitySingle-antenna Wi-Fi. Supports public and private Wi-Fi networks or hotspots that use the 802.11b, 802.11g, or 802.11n standard with support for WEP, WPA, and WPA2 security using password authentication; does not support connecting to ad-hoc (or peer-to-peer) Wi-Fi networks
PortsSlimPort enabled USB 2.0 (micro-B connector) port to connect to an HDTV or VGA monitor with an adaptor or to a PC/Macintosh computer, or to charge your device with the included power adapter
Audio3.5 mm stereo jack and integrated speaker with Dolby Digital Plus audio engine
Content Formats SupportedKindle (AZW), KF8, TXT, PDF, unprotected MOBI, PRC natively, Audible Enhanced format (AAX), DOC, DOCX, JPEG, GIF, PNG, BMP, Dolby Digital (AC-3), Dolby Digital Plus (E-AC-3), non-DRM AAC, MP3, MIDI, PCM/WAVE, OGG, WAV, M4V, MP4, AAC LC/LTP, HE-AACv1, HE-AACv2, MKV, AMR-NB, AMR-WB, HTML5, CSS3, 3GP, VP8 (WEBM)
SensorsAccelerometer, gyroscope
Camera SpecsVGA Front-facing Camera. 2.0 MP rear-facing HD camera
Location ServicesLocation-based services via Wi-Fi
Additional FeaturesExternal volume controls, built-in Bluetooth with support for A2DP compatible stereo headphones, speakers, microphone and LE accessories support
Accessibility FeaturesScreen Reader, Explore by Touch, and Screen Magnifier, enabling access to the vast majority of Kindle Fire features. Screen Reader features IVONA's award-winning natural language text-to-speech voice. Also includes adjustable font sizes/colour, and built-in dictionary.
System RequirementsFire HD 7 is ready to use right out of the box—no setup, no software to install, no computer required to download content
Warranty and ServiceFire HD 7 is sold with a worldwide limited warranty of one year provided by the manufacturer. If you are a consumer, the limited warranty is in addition to your consumer rights, and does not jeopardise these rights in any way. This means you may still have additional rights at law even after the limited warranty has expired (for further information on your consumer rights, click here). Use of Fire tablet is subject to the terms found here.
Included in the BoxFire HD 7 tablet, USB 2.0 cable, 9W power adapter and Quick Start Guide

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews
76 of 79 people found the following review helpful
5.0 out of 5 stars A well received gift 28 Dec. 2014
By Laura TOP 500 REVIEWER
Colour Name:Black|Configuration:With Special Offers|Digital Storage Capacity:8
A few years ago my husband surprised me with a Kindle as he was sick of me keeping him awake at night reading with a lamp on. The funny thing was, he bought the wrong Kindle and it didn't have a back light!! Anyway, I enjoyed many years of reading on my Kindle although of late, the battery life is not what it was so this Christmas, my husband surprised me again with the Kindle Fire HD7, 8GB.

After playing about with it since Christmas Day, I am really pleased with it. To me, it is very similar to my mobile phone (Samsung Galaxy Siii Mini) in that I can read on it, read and reply to emails, use Facebook, shop on it etc. However, what I like about the Kindle Fire is of course the screen size so now when I read email and go on Facebook etc, everything is enlarged and it's much easier. I am still getting used to the keypad and can't type as fast on this as I can via my phone but I remember struggling with my phone keypad when I first got it and now it's a doddle.

Once I logged into Facebook, it asked if I wanted to copy all my Facebook photos over to Cloud which I did and that's good as well, to have all my photos. I have used the camera a few times but not quite used to that yet and not convinced it takes as good a photo as my phone does.

I have used it to shop on Amazon. I have downloaded a few apps and have even downloaded a game app my kids are fond of and had a play on it myself! So far, the battery life is impressive although I do power it off when not in use same as I always did with my original Kindle. This one comes with a charger (I believe the older versions didn't).

As for reading books on it.
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194 of 206 people found the following review helpful
5.0 out of 5 stars Why Buy An iPad?? 23 Dec. 2014
By John Murray TOP 1000 REVIEWER
Colour Name:Black| Configuration:With Special Offers| Digital Storage Capacity:8|Verified Purchase
I bought this new Fire HD 4th Generation to replace my old original 1st Generation Fire which has given great service under heavy use but the pop up keyboard was starting to act up so I decided to renew.
The new Fire is a fantastic device - but so was the old one. There are some changes to the software and screen presentation but you soon get used to them. A first time Fire buyer will master the device very quickly - and there is an online manual to help on the more complex operations plus 24/7 online support.
It is hard to fault the Fire HD. It is fast, the screen is superb, it operates very logically, even an old git like me feels at home with it quickly. The sound is OK for videos and audio books but can be improved dramatically by the purchase of tiny plug in speakers if you listen to much music on it as I do in bed. The speakers are about £10 each - well worth it.
The screen size sounds small but is ideal for watching videos on your own or reading Kindle books. My wife uses an Apple iPad which has a larger screen but is big and bulky compared to my Fire. The iPad, as far as I can see, does nothing better than the Fire (except offer more apps) but costs more than 3 times the £119 of the Fire HD. And the missus seems to have many problems with Apple updates - where my Fire just updates itself and keeps working perfectly. Baffles me why folk pay £400 for an iPad except for the 'status'.
Obviously any machine is only suitable if it does what you want. I check & reply to emails, shop online, download and read Kindle books, download & listen to audio books (great relaxation), download music and web search. In every respect the performance equals my Windows PC. If you want to create documents and the like the Fire is not for you.
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344 of 368 people found the following review helpful
5.0 out of 5 stars Fire HD 7 Wi-Fi 7 Nov. 2014
By S Riaz HALL OF FAME TOP 10 REVIEWER VINE VOICE
Colour Name:Black| Configuration:With Special Offers| Digital Storage Capacity:16|Verified Purchase
I purchased this to replace my old, broken Kindle Fire, and was interested in how it would compare with my previous model. As with all kindles, it is exceptionally easy to setup, which is one of the reasons why I always prefer Amazon gadgets to any others. My technical knowledge is not great, but I had this up and running within minutes - you merely link up to your wifi and register it to your account and everything is there for you to use. Although I haven't had a Kindle Fire for a few months, everything I had brought previously for my old model was available in my Cloud and ready to be used on this version.

This has a camera, front and back, which my old version never had. I have already used it at a school assembly to take some pictures and it was easy to use and a really good addition. The other thing I like about it is that I can set up profiles for my children - which is something new and a very useful idea. This means that all my children's apps, books, etc can live in one place and not clutter up my screen and you can also set up parental controls to stop them from viewing anything unsuitable. There is even the choice of setting daily goals and time limits, which you might find useful. Of course, the Kindle Fire is linked in largely to Amazon products and, so, it depends on how much you use them or mind being tied in with one particular company. Personally, as I buy virtually all my books via Kindle (the other site I use a lot is NetGalley and they can also download directly to your kindle), listen to Audible books and find that the apps available for my children are more than enough, it works very well for me. Reading on the Fire is probably not as good as a Kindle ereader; although for colour picture books for children or magazines, it works very well indeed. Overall, it is a handy little tablet which does everything I need. You are slightly limited in being tied in to Amazon products, but only you can decide whether or not that works for you.
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Most Recent Customer Reviews
5.0 out of 5 stars nice tablet.
Seems to do everything I need it to do havnt tried printing yet .
Published 6 hours ago by theron
5.0 out of 5 stars Fantastic Product
Fantastic products kids over the moon with them.
Published 10 hours ago by karen
5.0 out of 5 stars Five Stars
excellent present for my wife keeps her quiet for hours
Published 12 hours ago by daniel tong
5.0 out of 5 stars Five Stars
brilliant love that it has a camera
Published 15 hours ago by valerie bruce
5.0 out of 5 stars Five Stars
Highly recommended
Published 16 hours ago by LAC
5.0 out of 5 stars Five Stars
Love this excellent buy
Published 17 hours ago by Margaret Stacey
5.0 out of 5 stars I love the kindle Fire
I love the kindle Fire. It has everything I want and need . One small drawback was On the day I bough it I was given an email saying it was on further offer at £20 less than I paid... Read more
Published 17 hours ago by Yorkie
5.0 out of 5 stars Love it. I have hand joint problems and it ...
Love it.I have hand joint problems and it is perfect for me
Published 17 hours ago by tracy magun
5.0 out of 5 stars This is well worth the money and I have been been enormously pleased...
A prodigious little beast.
I debated long and hard over the purchase of a tablet. I needed to replace my old Kindle as it was becoming slow and dated . Read more
Published 18 hours ago by Lee
4.0 out of 5 stars Four Stars
Really like this device my only problem with it is that it sometimes freezes
Published 21 hours ago by flutterfly
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