![]() If you’re used to high-resolution phones like Samsung’s Galaxy S8 Plus or Apple’s iPhone 8 Plus, you’ll notice a difference right away on the Fire HD 10. If you’re used to high-resolution phones, you’ll notice a difference right away. It’s finally a Full HD (1,920 x 1,200 pixels) resolution, up from last year’s 1,280 x 800-pixel screen. One of the improvements in the new Fire HD 10 is the screen. It will be tough to notice the Fire HD 10’s minor issues in portrait mode, as the screen’s tall 16:10 aspect ratio had us sticking with the landscape orientation most of the time. There’s a reason the iPad Pro and Galaxy Tab S3 have four-speaker arrays that adjust to orientation, providing a richer audio experience - but those tablets are far more expensive. When propped up vertically, they point to the left. The Fire HD 10’s side-firing Dolby Atmos speakers aren’t effective when the tablet rests horizontally - the tiny circle-shaped grills face downward. It’s an arrangement that works well in landscape orientation, but having to reach all the way to the top in portrait mode can become annoying pretty quickly. The power button sits next to the MicroUSB port on the right-hand side, adjacent to the volume rocker, microphone, and 3.5mm headphone jack. The Fire HD 10’s ports and buttons haven’t moved from their familiar spots on the tablet’s top edge. You’ll have trouble using it with one-hand. The edges around the screen on the front, or “bezels,” are thick, allowing you to firmly grasp the slippery-smooth Fire HD 10. The tablet’s unibody has a matte plastic finish with curved edges and a prominent Amazon logo on the back. The new Fire HD 10 looks virtually the same as last year’s model, which means it looks like a rather ordinary tablet. In our review, we found the new Fire HD 10 to easily take the crown for best budget tablet - but make room for plenty of compromises. Its spotlight feature is hands-free support for Alexa, the same voice assistant in products like the Amazon Echo, but it also comes with an upgraded screen, a faster processor, and a battery that lasts two hours longer than last year’s model. That’s the antithesis of the Fire HD 10, the newest iteration of Amazon’s 10-inch Fire Android tablet. They all have the same thing in common: They’re expensive. We can’t ignore the booming 2-in-1 market including Microsoft’s Surface Pro tablets, though they work and are marketed more as laptop replacements. There’s Samsung’s HDR-certified Galaxy Tab S3, and Apple’s zippy new 10.5-inch iPad Pro. Tablets aren’t as commonplace as they used to be but despite the lack of enthusiasm in the market, manufacturers are still pumping a handful of them out every year. ![]()
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