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Originally Posted by ZodWallop
Can't you just create a folder on your home screen with all the relevant Amazon apps?
I'm asking from ignorance, as even though I'm a Prime member the only side service I use is Prime video and that is only on my TV. I hated my $50 Fire tablet.
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Yes. It's not hard at all to run the Amazon apps. Work even better than they do on an iPad since you can order directly from within the app. Even so, the Amazon web site is still the best experience.
The FireOS is a whole skin/launcher. Who knows what else they've done to Android itself. But the home screen has your recent books and media at the top....suggestions on content you might like. Then a grid of app icons. It's not rocket science, but it is simpler - hiding away Android - for those who are really just reading kindle books and watching Prime Videos or Netflix.
I don't miss it like "I'm going to find a launcher for Android that looks just like it". The whole purpose of buying the Walmart tablet was to get that vanilla (for the most part) Android experience. I'm hoping Vanilla Android means even these cheap tablets will get OS updates (not just security updates). It's a lot to ask from a $64 tablet.
These both represent a nice "floor" to the Android tablet experience. Great price with acceptable functionality. I was disappointed Amazon didn't up it's game last year, but look forward to what they do with their Fire 8 HD tablet this fall. I've already explained how I think Walmart has a LONG way to go to put together the content package to make their tablet a real threat....but hardware wise, it's there. Cheaper, and s smidge better (due to Android 9).
I am an Apple fan. But I've long been a fan of Android on the low end as well. The low end gets better and better. These tablets are perfectly fine for reading, video, social media at prices below the cheapest eInk....for those who don't need or desire the eInk experience.
They have terrible cameras and aren't wonderfully fast like an iPad mini. But they are 10% of the cost