New Amazon Fire HD 10 adds full HD display, hands-free Alexa

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The Fire HD 10 was always the odd one out in the Amazon Fire tablet line up. Neither premium enough to warrant its 170/$230 price tag, nor cheap enough to excuse cost-cutting concessions like a 1280i-800 pixel resolution screen (resulting in a paltry 149 PPI when stretched over 10-inches), there was little reason to recommend the HD 10 over its cheaper and smaller cousins.

I would, however, recommend the new Fire HD 10. Amazon has fixed the tablet's most glaring issues-the most important of which is the introduction of a full HD 1080p IPS display-while reducing the price to an impressive 150/$150. It even features a hands-free integration of Alexa, instead of the touch-to-talk of other Fire devices.

Few tablets boast a quality full HD screen for 150, let alone robust build quality and the backing of one of the biggest names in tech.

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