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Old 09-17-2015, 11:07 AM   #1
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New Tablet aiming at the low end
They are really a step down from the previous models, 10 inch screen and 149 ppi, Yikes !
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I agree. There's times my HD6 lags or freezes. Can you imagine what will happen with the 10" using the same processors?
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Old 09-18-2015, 07:43 AM   #4
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The 10" seems to be selling better than the 8", if you look at the best sellers in electronics.

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(I'm miffed that the $49 one doesn't come in orange....if it did I would have it in my wish list).
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The 10" seems to be selling better than the 8", if you look at the best sellers in electronics.

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(I'm miffed that the $49 one doesn't come in orange....if it did I would have it in my wish list).
I am going to give the $49 7" a whirl because I was nothing but disappointed with my 6". I do not know if it was an issue with my 6", my account or all the HD 6s in general. But I hated when I turned mine on I would have to wait for it to rebuild my library for several minutes. It got to the point that I had to turn it on 10 minutes or more before I wanted to use it just for it to be ready when I wanted to use it. And honestly, who remembers to do that? I am 80% sure the problem comes from the Fire trying to update to all the collection changes from my paperwhite.

I just hope the 2015 version does not have this issue, but if it does I am returning it within the 30 days. Because honestly the only thing I want this new version for is the sd memory. I don't like having to keep remembering to update my kingston drive with new files.
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I do not know if it was an issue with my 6", my account or all the HD 6s in general. But I hated when I turned mine on I would have to wait for it to rebuild my library for several minutes. It got to the point that I had to turn it on 10 minutes or more before I wanted to use it just for it to be ready when I wanted to use it. And honestly, who remembers to do that?
My HD 6" is slow when I first turn on wifi. My girls' are too, and my books are blocked on theirs. So I don't know if the books cause the slowness, or the processor, or some behind the scenes syncing of apps, or what. But yeah, the HD 6 is a slow device, in my experience.
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The one thing I _do_ like in the new tablets is the ability to add storage via a microSD card. That changes things for when I travel and want to download several videos to the tablet, since no way I'm going to be able to stream HD content on most hotel WiFi! This is enough of a game changer for me that I suspect I'll buy the 8". Purely as a streaming device, and I'll add the 128 GB microSD, and configure it with the maximum internal memory.
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I am going to give the $49 7" a whirl because I was nothing but disappointed with my 6". I do not know if it was an issue with my 6", my account or all the HD 6s in general. But I hated when I turned mine on I would have to wait for it to rebuild my library for several minutes. It got to the point that I had to turn it on 10 minutes or more before I wanted to use it just for it to be ready when I wanted to use it. And honestly, who remembers to do that? I am 80% sure the problem comes from the Fire trying to update to all the collection changes from my paperwhite.

I just hope the 2015 version does not have this issue, but if it does I am returning it within the 30 days. Because honestly the only thing I want this new version for is the sd memory. I don't like having to keep remembering to update my kingston drive with new files.
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My HD 6" is slow when I first turn on wifi. My girls' are too, and my books are blocked on theirs. So I don't know if the books cause the slowness, or the processor, or some behind the scenes syncing of apps, or what. But yeah, the HD 6 is a slow device, in my experience.
My HD6 fires right up; ready to go. I don't notice any slowness.
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I am going to give the $49 7" a whirl because I was nothing but disappointed with my 6". I do not know if it was an issue with my 6", my account or all the HD 6s in general. But I hated when I turned mine on I would have to wait for it to rebuild my library for several minutes. It got to the point that I had to turn it on 10 minutes or more before I wanted to use it just for it to be ready when I wanted to use it. And honestly, who remembers to do that? I am 80% sure the problem comes from the Fire trying to update to all the collection changes from my paperwhite.

I just hope the 2015 version does not have this issue, but if it does I am returning it within the 30 days. Because honestly the only thing I want this new version for is the sd memory. I don't like having to keep remembering to update my kingston drive with new files.
It seems doubtful that the new tablet will be any better: has a slower cpu and soon, same Fire OS. While having fewer pixels on a larger screen, and slightly less battery capacity. More likely, the new OS will confer some performance benefits. But if the problem is with your collection sync, that may not help either.

I am gonna stick it out with HD6, and am looking forward to the update and new features. Not having any particular performance issues however.
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Don't really have a lot of issues with my Fire6. I have a lot of books in the archive and a lot of collections that sync on my Voyage and fire and android apps. Now the android kindle app on my Nexus is slow and just sits there for a long time. But I don't really use my Fire for reading anymore, I used to read Scribd on it and sometimes kindle if my e-ink was charging. But overall it runs pretty smooth.

Only time it gets a bit slow is if I forget to turn some notifications of some games off and boy some of those games are pushy.

But $49 for a tablet is insane. I mean one could mount one in the kitchen area to have it plugged in at all times as a media device there, or my husband is eyeballing one for his ham radio stuff app thingies he has running so he could run them on the side.

I am good with my 6, but would have bought this one just for the price and what I use it for.

Not everyone can afford a several hundred dollar high end tablet and now people can also have a larger one for a lot less.
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Don't really have a lot of issues with my Fire6. I have a lot of books in the archive and a lot of collections that sync on my Voyage and fire and android apps. Now the android kindle app on my Nexus is slow and just sits there for a long time. But I don't really use my Fire for reading anymore, I used to read Scribd on it and sometimes kindle if my e-ink was charging. But overall it runs pretty smooth.

Only time it gets a bit slow is if I forget to turn some notifications of some games off and boy some of those games are pushy.

But $49 for a tablet is insane. I mean one could mount one in the kitchen area to have it plugged in at all times as a media device there, or my husband is eyeballing one for his ham radio stuff app thingies he has running so he could run them on the side.

I am good with my 6, but would have bought this one just for the price and what I use it for.

Not everyone can afford a several hundred dollar high end tablet and now people can also have a larger one for a lot less.
Electronic cookbook. And timer. That might be an idea.
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I agree. There's times my HD6 lags or freezes. Can you imagine what will happen with the 10" using the same processors?
Same resolution as your HD6, so exactly the same speed. The size of the screen doesnt matter, the pixel number does.
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I really like my HD 6. I don't think it's slow at all. But I have less than 50 books and few apps on it.

$49 for a 7 in is tempting, but my old original Fire 7 in is still working, although the battery has lost some life. I use the 7 in. for web surfing and the 6 in. for reading books.
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I really like my HD 6. I don't think it's slow at all. But I have less than 50 books and few apps on it.
I have zero books on mine and use it for games and cartoons. It has a really good display (252 ppi).
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My HD6 does seem quicker since I removed thousands of side loaded books. I do have some Amazon books downloaded to it, maybe 25.
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