First Impressions
I was sent an Amazon Fire 7 tablet (2022) and acorresponding casefor it.
The case gives the tablet a more professional look and succeeds in making it pleasant to hold.
Without it, the Fire 7 feels like a small slab of plastic.
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This is a tiny tablet about the size of your average book—only thinner.
It feels nice to hold.
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The Fire tablet lineuphas been small so far, and the seventh iteration isn’t breaking tradition.
It’s easily suitable for travel in handbags or even your back pants pocket.
I found its size great while reading, but generally detrimental to anything else.
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Visually, it certainly looks aged.
Not much has changed from the previous model, staying similar right down to the screen.
The display is relatively low-resolution at 600x1024 pixels, notably less than the 1920x1080 an HD screen would offer.
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The RAM, processor, and battery are all improved from the last gen.
Still, they’re nothing to write home about.
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The storage situation is pretty routine.
The Fire 7 comes in either 16 or 32GB, a current standard.
If that’s insufficient for you, slot in amicroSD card of up to 1TBon the side.
It’s a solid storage size with some decent upgradability.
It, like the other internal parts, is better than the previous iteration.
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Charging from empty to full took somewhere in the range of four hours, which is pretty slow.
There’s no real way to improve this regardless of the charger; it simply has noquick charging.
Amazon Alexa: Helpful as Always
Predictably, Amazon’s Fire 7 supports Alexa.
If you’ve used one of these virtual assistants, you’ve pretty much seen them all.
Alexa works the way it normally would.
It has some loudspeakers, so they are functional.
It has 2MP front- and rear-facing cameras with 720p HD video recording.
Everything needs to fall in line to get a half-decent shot with this camera.
Too much light makes it appear washed out; not enough light makes it dim.
It’s perfectly serviceable and about what you would expect for the price.
Still, if you wanted your tablet to have a solid camera, you won’t find it here.
Should You Buy the Amazon Fire 7 Tablet (2022)?
The tablet is lightweight and versatile, but the frequent lag sours the experience.
It’s cheap, it feels cheap, but it works.
It’s a good place to read books or watch videos.
I just don’t believe you should be using this for your office.
That value is also improved by having subscriptions to existing Amazon services.
The OS is annoying, but it’s not inoperable.
If you have a generation-older Fire 7 Tablet, It probably isn’t worth upgrading to this model.
