Amazon's New $50 Fire Tablet

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Post by bsilvereagle » Thu, Sep 17, 2015, 7:59 PM UTC

Amazon's New $50 Fire Tablet
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Re: Amazon's New $50 Fire Tablet

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Post by atomi » Thu, Sep 17, 2015, 8:14 PM UTC

My Nexus 7 from 3 years ago has better specs and cost only slightly more. Who buys this junk?

Re: Amazon's New $50 Fire Tablet

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Post by EA » Thu, Sep 17, 2015, 8:26 PM UTC

atomi wrote: post #2

My Nexus 7 from 3 years ago has better specs and cost only slightly more. Who buys this junk?

Parents. It comes with a two-year "no questions asked" warranty and free access to tons of media curated by an independent third party.

Re: Amazon's New $50 Fire Tablet

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Post by Osiris » Thu, Sep 17, 2015, 8:30 PM UTC

EA wrote: post #3

atomi wrote: post #2

My Nexus 7 from 3 years ago has better specs and cost only slightly more. Who buys this junk?

Parents. It comes with a two-year "no questions asked" warranty and free access to tons of media curated by an independent third party.

Actually, the "no questions asked" warranty is only on the "Kids edition" which is $100. The Kids edition is the $50 tablet + a case + "FreeTime", and the 2 year replacement warranty.

Re: Amazon's New $50 Fire Tablet

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Post by noja » Thu, Sep 17, 2015, 8:32 PM UTC

atomi wrote: post #2

My Nexus 7 from 3 years ago has better specs and cost only slightly more. Who buys this junk?

Your Nexus 7 did not cost 50 bucks three years ago.

(Also it's hardly junk because you don't like the price)

Re: Amazon's New $50 Fire Tablet

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Post by fweespeech » Thu, Sep 17, 2015, 8:33 PM UTC

atomi wrote: post #2

My Nexus 7 from 3 years ago has better specs and cost only slightly more. Who buys this junk?

People who are not technically literate and bought into the Amazon eco system.

Also Hearthstone players where, with the right combination of events, you can buy in-game currency at a discount that likely exceeds the $50 [if you buy $500 worth of in game currency, which is not unusual in a TCG, you only need a 10% discount to effectively get a "free" tablet]

http://hearthstoneplayers.com/today-only-special-bonus-on-am... [40% discount, spend $200 and end up with a free tablet]

Re: Amazon's New $50 Fire Tablet

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Post by leesalminen » Thu, Sep 17, 2015, 8:38 PM UTC

atomi wrote: post #2

My Nexus 7 from 3 years ago has better specs and cost only slightly more. Who buys this junk?

My customers use cheap Fire tablets as e-signature collection devices.

Re: Amazon's New $50 Fire Tablet

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Post by borkabrak » Thu, Sep 17, 2015, 8:40 PM UTC

Maybe I'm not sufficiently hardware-savvy, but what's the downside here?

I am more or less in the market for a modest tablet, but I'm indifferent to whether it comes from Amazon. Can someone recommend a better deal?

Re: Amazon's New $50 Fire Tablet

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Post by schmichael » Thu, Sep 17, 2015, 8:41 PM UTC

atomi wrote: post #2

My Nexus 7 from 3 years ago has better specs and cost only slightly more. Who buys this junk?

The Nexus 7 was 3 times as much. Maybe $100 isn't much to you, but it is to a lot of people.

Re: Amazon's New $50 Fire Tablet

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Post by scrollaway » Thu, Sep 17, 2015, 8:44 PM UTC

fweespeech wrote: post #6

atomi wrote: post #2

My Nexus 7 from 3 years ago has better specs and cost only slightly more. Who buys this junk?

People who are not technically literate and bought into the Amazon eco system. Also Hearthstone players where, with the right combination of events, you can buy in-game currency at a discount that likely exceeds the $50 [if you buy $500 worth of in game currency, which is not unusual in a TCG, you only need a 10% discount to effectively get a "free" tablet] http://hearthstoneplayers.com/today-only-special-bonus-on-am…

Re Hearthstone: This is something that applies to any user of the Amazon store, which is open to regular android users. I doubt Amazon's target demographic for this tablet is "Hearthstone players"... at least, not for that reason.