This affordable tablet is a great content delivery system for Amazon but is beaten in most other areas by rival devices at similar price points. Average build quality belies decent internal specifications and impressive stereo sound.

This affordable tablet is a great content delivery system for Amazon but is beaten in most other areas by rival devices at similar price points. Average build quality belies decent internal specifications and impressive stereo sound.

While it's relatively easy to recommend the HD 6 at £79 or £99, it's significantly harder to like the HD 7 at £119 or £139. For £129, Tesco's larger Hudl 2 is a much better deal, even if you're buying it for your kids.

... If you would rather keep things simple, it's worth giving Amazon's latest slate a try. There's a sense of Amazon resting on its laurels, but what's worked well before continues to do so now. If only it was a little more affordable given the current competition - but with that in mind the 6-inch Amazon Fire HD 6, priced at £79, is perhaps the better option if you're looking for a bargain.

The Fire HD 7 is a good window to Amazon's content library, but its storage is too limited for much offline use.

The Kindle Fire (2012) takes it up a notch in value, but is tethered to the same design oversights of the original.

The Kindle Fire isn’t really a Kindle (choose an E-Ink model for reading) and is a unique iPad alternative – for a one-stop media powerhouse, the Kindle Fire is fun to use and is full of potential that needs to be realised.

Though it lacks the tech specs found on more expensive Apple and Android tablets, the US$199 Kindle Fire is an outstanding entertainment value that prizes simplicity over techno-wizardry.

Wer auf Android total mit iOS-ähnlicher Leistung aus ist, bekommt mit den Kindle Fire nichts von beiden. Das Amazon Tablet bietet weniger Spiele, weniger Apps, weniger Features, weniger Bildschirm, weniger kundenspezifische Anpassung und weniger Hardware als die Konkurrenz. ...