Testseek.com have collected 106 expert reviews of the Amazon Kindle Fire HD 8.9 inch and the average rating is 75%. Scroll down and see all reviews for Amazon Kindle Fire HD 8.9 inch.
May 2013
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The editors liked
The size and build are pretty close to ideal. It doesn't reach the high points of an iPad or Nexus 10
But it's a solid piece of gear at a super low (starting) price. There's also a noticeable speed boost from the Fire HD 7
The 7-inch regularly took 5+ s
Display
Build quality
Access to Android's apps
All the ebooks you'd want
The editors didn't like
It's still the software. The entire Kindle OS feels like a longwinded workaround. Yes
It is noticeably faster here than it was on the Fire HD 7. But its sore spots are a whole lot sorer
Too
Then there are the little things that add up. Text is displaye
Amazon skinning of vanilla Android OS, Amazon-centric OS is a bit clunky, Non-expandable memory
Like the 7-inch version, the Kindle Fire HD 8.9 offers great value for money. There's a lot of quality hardware on offer here at a reasonable price, with the high-resolution screen being a stand-out feature. However, you do pay for those Amazon subsidisat...
There are very few nine-inch tablets on the market right now, with most settling to go an inch wider, or two less. The Amazon Kindle Fire HD strikes an excellent balance: it’s not so big as to guilt you into leaving it at home, but not so small that the front face seems to be nothing but plastic (something definitely true of the smaller Kindle Fire HD).That display too is superb: at 1920x1200, it
You get what you pay for, in some ways. The nondescript Amazon Kindle Fire HD 8.9 is nothing if not boring to look at. It lacks the premium polish of an iPad, switching cool metal for banal black plastic, with a massive bezel around the otherwise superb display.All this, we could deal with, especially for the price. But Amazon has once again made a needless mistake: the power button is not only n
The Amazon Kindle Fire HD 8.9 is a bold idea - make tablets even cheaper by tying them to a retail store you want to use - with a mesmerising display. Ultimately though, it suffers from the same problems as its smaller brother: it lacks the bleeding ed...
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Published: 2013-03-22, Author: Stuart , review by: itproportal.com
Awesome screen, Great sound, Rock, solid construction, Decent performance and battery life
Not the best gaming or productivi tablet, Tied in to Amazon for content and apps
The Kindle Fire HD 8.9 isn't everyone's perfect tablet. Larger screens still lend themselves better to productivity and business applications, and there are better choices for gaming. However, if you mostly want to consume content and you're happy for th...
Good 'more than Full HD' screen with extrawide viewing angles, Nearly perfect legibility online and in UI, Excellent sound, Good WiFi, Large choice of ebooks and growing app selection
UI not very customisable, Very low gaming capabilities, recent games have mediocre graphics, Still no Google apps, The occasional lag in the OS
Other than a bigger screen and 'Full HD' resolution, has the Kindle Fire HD evolved much from the 7-inch version? Not really. The user interface, while sleek, doesn't offer everything Android has to offer and gaming is hindered by low graphics capabilitie...
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Published: 2013-03-14, Author: Matt , review by: telegraph.co.uk
Abstract: The original Kindle ereader is a lens through which, primarily, to view books bought from Amazon . The Kindle Fire HD is, likewise, a device through which to view films and TV programmes bought on Amazon. It's a screen that technically runs Google And...
Published: 2013-03-13, Author: Chris , review by: pocket-lint.com
Nice sharp display, lovely to hold, integrated with Amazon from the off, allows sideloaded content, price, speaker performance
Lacks the flexibility of regular Android tablets, performance is on the slow side
There's a lot to like about the Kindle Fire HD 8.9. As a tablet it looks good, both in terms of that display and the simple design. The build is good quality too and the speakers offer really impressive performance, as does the dual Wi-Fi antenna...
Limited app store, not as versatile as standard Android tablets, quite heavy if used for reading at length
It has a great screen, decent speakers and easy access to the biggest library of content in the world. If you want to watch, listen, play or read, the Kindle Fire HD 8.9 is a very nice piece of kit. It doesn't have the versatility of the iPad or most A...
Higher res than iPad Mini, Tied into Amazon eco-system, Tame, approachable version of Android
Screen is a bit dark, Cheaper version comes with ads, Only one camera
Not for everyone, but for compulsive media consumers this is an all-you-can-eat buffet ...
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Published: 2012-11-29, Author: Chris , review by: reviewed.com
If there's one thing the Kindle Fire HDs do well, it's media consumption for the masses. Fortunately for Amazon, that seems to be a winning strategy for its tablets, even if they're severely lacking in the internet features department. Despite the fact th...
