Amazon has been widely acclaimed for its popularity as a Tablet PC. In fact, the biggest advantage of the Amazon tablet is not how high-end configuration, how beautiful the screen. Instead, Amazon has a vast array of books and resources. Amazon's main source of income for selling tablets is not tablet computers themselves, but rather the sale of e-books. At present, China is paying more and more attention to copyright, and the trend of fees for e-book audio and video is quite obvious. Buying commodities that rely on massive amounts of resources can reduce the subsequent use costs to some extent.
Amazon is currently launching this Fire tablet, which is listed on the mainland at a price of 499 yuan, and it focuses on reading and learning English. It is the cheapest Amazon tablet in history. The author had the privilege of obtaining this opportunity for testing, preparing to fully share the experiences of the past few days, trying to be objective and truthful, and not ignoring the trust of Yi Xun staff and providing Xun Xun to provide the original intention of providing valuable and valuable information. The author used the word experience in the title, so what is shared is the one closest to the real use environment. There will be no deep and professional stuff.
Unpacking & Drawings
The entire box has been designed to be tapered. It has changed the tradition of square boxes and is still more creative. In fact, the author first thought of popcorn.
The packaging uses a tear-away design and there are not too many fancy things inside. The whole package is quite simple. On the one hand, it can save costs. On the other hand, it is more environmentally friendly. Of course, in the face of the current domestic situation of violent express delivery, it is not feasible to carry out transportation without additional packaging and reinforcement. For accessories, a manual, a data cable, and a charging head are provided.
On the back of the Amazon logo, 200W camera, the lower left corner of the speaker and the national electrical certification and other identification.
The top switch, Micro-USB port, microphone, volume keys, standard 3.5mm audio input and output interface. The volume key design is placed on the top, and it is relatively good to adjust the volume when you want to view the screen horizontally. It may also be considered that most of the game video is played horizontally. However, individuals are still accustomed to the volume keys on the side.
The right Micro SD card slot supports up to 128G expansion.
Although the thickness is not thin, it can still be mastered.
Fire tablet performance parameters
MediaTek MT8127 quad-core CPU, integrated ARM Mail450MP4GPU, can support H.265, playing high-definition video is not a problem. 1GB shipped to meet the general daily needs. Built-in 8G storage, maximum support 128G expansion. 7-inch IPS screen, 1024600 resolution screen, 171 pixel density, in this era of 720P rendering, how much looks cold. However, considering this tablet positioning in reading and learning English, and the price of 499 yuan, it is also acceptable. Amazon's entry-level Kindle is only 167 ppi. Support wireless, Bluetooth 4.0, with 3.5mm standard audio interface, microphone and speaker, standard features.
Security Bunny hardware detection and running results, hardware detection and the above table are basically the same, and the positioning and cost of the reading tablet, GPU only supports OPenGL ES2.0. Run 25970, put in the first two years of high-end, can only be considered low-end, but to meet the vast majority of application needs.
Then put an AnTutu to run a screenshot
Fire OS and Applications
The interface is relatively simple, in addition to pre-installed Baidu mobile assistant, iQiyi and scallop words, Himalayan FM radio, and Amazon's own software, there is no garbage software. Points are used recently, homepage, e-book, shopping and four columns. Simple, easy to use. Android-based system is also very rich in scalability, you can easily install the software you need.
Android-based system operation is almost the same, but also the top drop-down shortcut settings menu, WIFi, gravity sensor, Bluetooth, camera and other settings.
Using an e-book or shopping bar requires logging in to an Amazon account. You can register yourself, or you can sign up for an account with Amazon Shopping. Of course, Amazon will not forget to promote its own products. You can use this tablet to enter the shopping cart and you can buy things directly from Amazon.
The display on the Win10 system after Amazon connected the computer, built-in storage 8G, actually available 4.32G. The speed of writing the file was not shown in detail. I conducted a test and statistics, 1.32GB took 44 seconds to write, and the writing speed was about 30M/S. Under the USB2.0 interface, the performance was quite good.
Reading and English learning
Reading and English learning can be said to be the positioning of Amazon's tablet, and it is also a factor that we need to consider when choosing a tablet. It is also a place where I have a relatively large number of experience reports. The Fire tablet integrates the kindle e-book app, which makes it extremely easy for users to read and purchase e-books. Supporting X-Ray, listening to books, word definitions, etc. are all quite good features. At the same time anti-Blu-ray mode is also a big selling point.
Into the e-book section, from the left screen to the right, you can pull out the resource classification menu, in the free books column, you can get a lot of free e-book resources.
English learning (test column), there are many English original books, and classification resources. Of course, not all are free, but most of the charges are not expensive. At the same time, you can set your reading level and habits in the "Start" column.
When you read the original English text, you can open the new word prompt. In the article, long press the screen to select words and sentences can be used for coloring, notes, copying, text search and other operations. At the same time, you can use the dictionary at the bottom of the screen for interpretation. Click the play button to read and practice listening from the selected position. The author listened for a moment and was quite good. The speed of speech can be heard. When I played here, I remembered the scene where the author used a repeater and ran away with tears. There is also an English, Chinese word dictionary, and the author no longer displays.
The X-Ray function is the gospel of novel-loving friends and can be used to sort out the relationships between people. There are also related terminology explanations, and it's good to see academic stuff. Touch the screen near the top or bottom of the screen when reading, and the corresponding settings will pop up. Click Aa to set the screen brightness, font size, font (Arial, bold, body, circle), background color (white, black, light brown, green).
Finally, the anti-Blu-ray mode was shown, and the whole screen was covered with a layer of gauze. At the beginning, it was not very accustomed to watching. But reading books for a long time still found that the eyes were no longer uncomfortable. Amazon's new Fire HD8 is also adding anti-blue light.
Entertainment & Video
From the configuration and all aspects, this is not the strength of this Amazon Fire tablet, but it is not really bad enough to use it, the following facts speak.
Two screenshots of the 720P movie, the first one is a copy of the Macau Scene 2 from the computer, and the second is a casual one directly on iQIYI. Because of the relationship between resolution and prime density, the sharpness is quite good when the character is in the foreground. There will be a noticeable graininess at a little distance. If you are used to a high-resolution screen, this is still used as a spare tire.
Angry Birds 2 and Screenshots of Batman vs. Flash. It is very smooth to play, there is no card. At the same time, by watching the evaluation of other small partners, more than 1G games can run. If it is not a game enthusiast, it is fully enough. I believe gaming enthusiasts will not choose this tablet.
In terms of music, for those of us who use a hundred blocks of headphones to listen to loud noises, we can meet the requirements. Naturally speaking, it is not a problem to listen to English. If the sound effect is too good, I'm afraid that you can't stand the sound quality of the headphones when you take the exam. In addition, as long as the speakers are not particularly noisy, they can be fully heard.
Taking pictures
The realization of a mainstream mobile phone is just 800W pixel base, this 200W main camera and 30W front camera actually nothing to say. No flash, support panoramic shooting, photo mode is also an HDR and automatic. However, I once recorded my life with the 30K main camera MTK phone. Look at the photo effect below.
This is in the light of the cloudy day shooting (a rare selection, and then one beat, expensive in reality). When the light is available, the shots are barely visible.
When the light is poor, there are quite a few noises and the color distortion is obvious. Indoor fluorescent lighting environment, Amazon Fire and iphone5C straight out of contrast. Color reproduction, noise, obvious differences in all aspects.
200W camera, can not ask too much. In the current situation where the mobile phone is walking at 800w pixels, it is not possible to use the Fire tablet to record life. It is estimated that Amazon designed such a thing mainly because it is necessary to use video and chat, and that the camera is an essential part of the tablet. If you don't have other equipment in your hand, you can just as well. 200W was also the mainstream.
Charging & battery life
Charging and battery life are actually the common issues facing large-screen mobile phones and tablets. Compared to the small-screen straight bar era, the current mobile phone life is much worse. If you often use and go out, it is almost necessary to have a mobile power supply.
Charging: The above table is a record of my charging of the Amazon Fire tablet. It takes 2 hours and 50 minutes, and the remaining 26% starts to charge. The increase is recorded every half hour. The data in the middle is the value that increases every half hour, and the next one is the amount of electricity at that time. It can be seen that the electricity charged every half hour is basically balanced. The strange thing is that the last 16% of the electricity took nearly 50 minutes to fill. The entire charging process took 2 hours and 50 minutes, and the charging speed was good. In addition, due to safety concerns, some electronic products may charge at a slower speed in low temperature environments. The author's test environment should be only a few degrees (no thermometer, only estimate), if the temperature is high, the charging speed may be a little faster. (Note: Only record once, the data is for reference only).
Life: This did not make a deliberate test, said his own use of the remaining 72% of the electricity, intermittent use from 11 am to 6 pm (lighting time of more than 3 hours), the remaining power of 32%. From 11 pm to 8 am standby, 3% power loss. It is still relatively power-efficient.
other
The WIFI signal has not been tested for strength because it is related to the launching equipment. Here we compare the phone. I use the TP-LINK TD-W89841N wireless router, after wearing a wall, the signal beats between one and two boxes, the same as the author's iphone5c.
to sum up
The Amazon Fire Tablet is mainly for reading and learning English, taking into account entertainment. Although the configuration is not high-end, from the experience of these days, the system is very smooth and does not feel stuck. If you want to buy English to learn English, read e-books, listen to books, play casual games, this would be a good choice. If you want to buy a movie to watch, and you have a blistering mobile game, this tablet may not meet your expectations. As long as more than 200 pieces of Buying cards can buy such a hardware configuration. However, Amazon's massive resource support, as well as strong after-sales protection, can be used for special design for reading and learning. Some friends may also have noticed that the foreign price is 50 knives, which is cheaper than in China. However, many users in China currently do not have the habit of paying for reading. I said at the beginning that Amazon Tablets mainly rely on selling e-books to make money. It is reasonable to add some money to the goods.
Advantages: (1) International big-name price is guaranteed after sale
(2) Enjoy the advantages of Amazon's massive resources
(3) Anti-blue eye for reading
(4) The configuration is acceptable and can meet most application environments
(5) The charging speed is fast, and the battery life is OK
Suggestions: (1) Properly strengthen packaging strength design to cope with the current status of violent logistics
(2) Appropriately improve hardware configuration, especially resolution. The corresponding price can also be appropriately increased.
(3) To provide some privileged resources, the Amazon kindle app is now available for download on almost all major platforms, and Amazon needs to consider some privileges for its own branded device users. This is one of the reasons why people choose Amazon devices.