As I’ve written in recent threads for these Fire tablets, these are a really good deal, even for the previous-gen 8 or 10" models, if you use the “Amazon fire toolbox” software on a PC to install the Google Play store and gain access to pretty much any Android app you could want.
I agree with you on these… Got mine on Prime Day and was happy with it–but became much happier when I got the Google Play store on it. I just did a Web search and found a page with instructions to install the Play Store and it was a piece of cake.
This is a much better deal on a more useful device than those ancient Samsung tablets Woot keeps trying to sell us running way outdated versions of Android.
I’m not saying these aren’t a decent deal, especially if you don’t need much of a camera. But the current edition of Fire OS is 10 (YES TEN) so the previous edition is 9 (NINE) which was released in early 2019. Seventh (7th) edition is 3 (THREE) editions back, 2017. Not particularly old, but 9th edition units are $95-$115 on other sites, albeit for only 32gb there. The $80 for the 32gb edition is the best deal.
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I just bought a current generation and the specs say " Generation 9th generation - 2019 release" Trying to figure out generations of Amazon’s devices isn’t easy. I have 2 of what I thought was the previous generation and it says they are generation 7, so a generation 8 was slipped in there somewhere. This makes it really hard to buy cases and other peripherals. The generation should be in the name, not buried in some fine print, or the settings on the tablet. Some of the “10 generation” confusion could come from the fact they have an 8" tablet that is 10th generation, but not a 10" tablet, and maybe that’s how I missed a 10" generation, maybe the 10" tablet went from generation 7 to 9 and skipped generation 8. That would make 7 the previous generation, but like I said, they don’t make it easy to follow.
The specs list the charging info from the current generation (usb-c and sub 4 hr charging) not the microUSB 5hr charging of the generation listed for sale - is this the best place to let woot know their listing needs fixing?
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I just bought the latest Fire tablet for myself for Christmas, and @KyserSoze is correct: It is the 2019 version, which is the 9th generation. The name of the product is “Fire 10” because the tablet has a 10" screen, so that is likely where confusion may set in. The tablet being sold on Woot today is the version just before the 2019/9th generation, so it truly is only one generation back.
I agree that this is a decent deal, but if you’re not in a hurry to get a Fire tablet, you can pick up a 9th generation version for about the same price directly from Amazon during one of its price drops, which happen fairly frequently. (Just add the tablet to your cart and watch for the magical notification of the change in price. I got my 32GB for $79.99 after waiting about two weeks.)
Wikipedia has a nice chart to keep these straight.
It’s best not to get caught up with the versions/generations of Amazon’s tablets, as they don’t correspond like you’d expect.
Fire OS, first of all, doesn’t match up with the underlying Android versions as expected; the current Fire OS 7, for example, is based on Android 9.
Then, the tablet “generations” more or less correspond to the year, except not every tablet is refreshed every year. The Fire HD 10, for example, was originally released in 2015 and refreshed in 2017 and 2019 (so presumably, a new model will arrive later this year if the pattern holds.) Contrast that with the HD 8, which has been refreshed every year since 2015 except for 2019, and who knows if they’re going to resume updating it every other year from this point on. That HD 10, then, has only had 3 generations, except they’re the “5th, 7th, and 9th” generations of Fire tablets, confusingly.
So the one that we were talking about was the 2nd (“7th”) generation HD 10, and despite the fact that its successor is a nice upgrade and has been on sale frequently, this 2017 version is still worth buying at an even cheaper price; I wouldn’t be surprised if we continue to see it sold here on Woot in the future. It works great, especially as just an ordinary Android tablet. I currently have mine in the wireless charging dock accessory, which works well (other than the fact that it adds a little weight and bulk.)