Amazon’s 2022 Fire HD 8 tablets get a little faster, and a $10 price hike
by Jon Porter from The Verge - All Posts on (#63WND)
The Amazon Fire HD 8 in blue. | Image: Amazon Amazon is announcing a quartet of new 8-inch Fire tablets today led by the Fire HD 8, which the company claims is 30 percent faster than its predecessor from 2020. Its starting price is also $10 more expensive at $99.99 this time around. Alongside the Fire HD 8, the ecommerce giant is also announcing new Fire HD 8 Plus, Fire HD 8 Kids, and Fire HD 8 Kids Pro tablets. They're all available for preorder today for $10 more than before and will ship next month.
Aside from the speed increase, with the new Fire HD 8 being powered by an unspecified six-core rather than a quad-core processor this time around, the new tablet's specs are very similar to the 2020 model. (Amusingly, Amazon also said its 2020 model was 30 percent faster than its p...