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Originally Posted by leebase
It's hard to pay "iPad money" for reading. If I didn't use my tablet for so many other things...I'd not buy an iPad.
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Lol, I paid "iPad-money" for a 64GB iPad 2 solely for comic reading. At the time of release, it worked much better and was cheaper than the Windows/Atom-based UMPC alternatives. Mind, iPad-money is a pretty big range nowadays ($250-1700).
Surprised to see Amazon charging more for storage upgrades compared to Apple (Amazon $1.25-$1.88 per GB; Apple $0.59-1.04 per GB). Definitely better to just use a microSD card if one needs more storage on the Fire.
It's a shame that Amazon never increased resolution on their normal tablet lineup choosing instead to double down on ultra low pricing. Iirc, the discontinued Fire HDX 7" was 1920*1200, 300g and Fire HDX 8.9" was 2560*1600, 375g. Would've liked an 8" version of the Fire HD 10 even at the same $150 price point.
I'll probably grab one. At $100 for Fire HD 10 + $65 for a 512GB microSD, it makes for a pretty nice media player. Anyone know if this natively supports 4K H.265/HEVC MKV and what player to use? Converting to 1080p H.264/AVC is pretty time consuming.