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Tablets · Amazon

Amazon Fire HD 8 (2024)

This record covers Amazon Fire HD 8 (2024). Screen diagonal: 8 inches.

Your situation

Decision context · US · USD

Our scores

Longevity

Longevity score not available

Version 3.2.0

Required to calculate the score:

  • Current support status or published end year
Details that would improve the score (6)
  • Published support end date
  • Announced minimum support duration
  • Repairability index with scale and scheme
  • Parts currently available
  • Official repair manual
  • Replaceable battery
How the decision is calculated

Declared resilience

Not rated

Missing criteria: Declared battery cycles, Declared water and dust protection, Declared repeated drop resistance, Declared support duration

Provisional

Coverage 0 %

Version declared-resilience/4.3.0

Published declarations: this score does not predict service life.

Score methodology

Editorial repairability

Not rated

Missing criteria: Disassembly depth, Repair documentation, Fastener removal, Availability of a compatible genuine part

Provisional

Coverage 0 %

Version repairability/4.3.0

Editorial score separate from the regulatory index and the longevity score.

Score methodology

Customer feedback

Not rated

Missing criteria: Customer review score

Provisional

Coverage 0 %

Version customer-feedback/4.2.0

Customer satisfaction, not a durability test.

Score methodology

What we know

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Version repair-economics/1.4.0 · How the decision is calculated

Strengths and things to know

Reported strengths

  • altogether sturdy, with no creaking or flexing

Good to know

  • mildly slippery, textured plastic
  • There's no water resistance rating
  • Both the five-megapixel rear camera and 2MP front camera are brutal

Prices

US · USD Published price information for this market, without currency conversion. Prices do not affect the verdict.

Unverified price: about $130 (before sales tax)

New · 64 GB · Oct 22, 2026

Recorded by Livalyo without a verifiable source; this is not an offer.

Key facts

Durability

Editorial justifications
Its textured plastic frame is somewhat slippery but altogether sturdy, with no creaking or flexing. · The Fire HD 8 remains a decent value for a casual media consumption tablet, particularly when it's on sale · Good battery life engadget.com · Oct 18, 2026engadget.com · Oct 18, 2026engadget.com · Oct 18, 2026
Limitations
mildly slippery, textured plastic · There's no water resistance rating · Both the five-megapixel rear camera and 2MP front camera are brutal engadget.com · Oct 18, 2026engadget.com · Oct 18, 2026engadget.com · Oct 18, 2026
Protection
Its textured plastic frame engadget.com · Oct 18, 2026
Strengths
altogether sturdy, with no creaking or flexing engadget.com · Oct 18, 2026
Suitable usage profiles
a casual media consumption tablet · small enough for most kids to operate without much struggle and most adults to carry with one hand · simple video streaming, web browsing, reading and gaming · you only want a tablet for casual media consumption engadget.com · Oct 18, 2026engadget.com · Oct 18, 2026engadget.com · Oct 18, 2026engadget.com · Oct 18, 2026

Specifications

Brand
Amazon expertreviews.co.uk · Oct 19, 2026
Front camera
2MP front camera engadget.com · Oct 18, 2026
Main camera
The Fire HD 8's rear camera has technically jumped from 2MP to 5MP and now supports 1080p video recording engadget.com · Oct 18, 2026
CPU
hexa-core 2GHz MediaTek MT8169A chipset expertreviews.co.uk · Oct 19, 2026
Brightness
358 expertreviews.co.uk · Oct 19, 2026
Screen size
8 inches expertreviews.co.uk · Oct 19, 2026
Refresh rate
60 expertreviews.co.uk · Oct 19, 2026
Resolution
1,280 x 800 resolution engadget.com · Oct 18, 2026
Show all specifications
Display technology
LCD panel engadget.com
GPU
Mali-G52 GPU engadget.com
RAM options
3 GB · 4 GB engadget.comengadget.com
Release year
2024 expertreviews.co.uk
Processor
MediaTek MT8169A engadget.com
Storage options
32 GB · 64 GB expertreviews.co.ukexpertreviews.co.uk
USB
USB-C 2.0 port engadget.com
Not disclosed · 72
Declared drop resistance
not disclosed
Isolated report
not disclosed
Acknowledged defect
not disclosed
Number of reviews
not disclosed
Review platforms
not disclosed
Review scale
not disclosed
Review score
not disclosed
Risks
not disclosed
Unconfirmed signal
not disclosed
Usage limitation
not disclosed
Assessment method
not disclosed
Available parts
not disclosed
Battery replacement
not disclosed
Disassembly depth score
not disclosed
Repair eligibility
not disclosed
EU repairability class
not disclosed
Fasteners score
not disclosed
Repair manual
not disclosed
Parts pairing restrictions
not disclosed
Spare parts availability
not disclosed
Repair programme
not disclosed
Repair limitations
not disclosed
Index scale
not disclosed
Index scheme
not disclosed
Repairability index
not disclosed
Announcement date
not disclosed
Audio
not disclosed
Battery capacity
not disclosed
Charge cycles
not disclosed
Battery energy
not disclosed
Bluetooth
not disclosed
Optical image stabilisation
not disclosed
Telephoto camera
not disclosed
Ultra-wide camera
not disclosed
Mobile connectivity
not disclosed
Connectivity
not disclosed
Declared battery life
not disclosed
eSIM
not disclosed
Fingerprint sensor
not disclosed
5G
not disclosed
Height
not disclosed
IP rating
not disclosed
Keyboard compatibility
not disclosed
Manufacturer reference
not disclosed
Weight
not disclosed
Measurement protocols
not disclosed
Model
not disclosed
NFC
not disclosed
RAM
not disclosed
SIM
not disclosed
Storage
not disclosed
Stylus compatibility
not disclosed
Supported frequency bands
not disclosed
Thickness
not disclosed
Variant
not disclosed
VoLTE
not disclosed
Width
not disclosed
Wi-Fi
not disclosed
Wireless charging
not disclosed
Announced support period
not disclosed
Support commitment
not disclosed
Current official OS
not disclosed
OS upgrades delivered
not disclosed
Published end-of-support year
not disclosed
Last documented patch
not disclosed
OS at launch
not disclosed
Manufacturer interface
not disclosed
Patch scope
not disclosed
Promised OS upgrades
not disclosed
Support status
not disclosed
Support variant
not disclosed
Update release date
not disclosed

Summary

This record covers Amazon Fire HD 8 (2024). Screen diagonal: 8 inches.

Durability and repair

No admissible observation for this section.

Software support

No admissible observation for this section.

Sources and confidence

  1. engadget.comOct 18, 2026

    Its textured plastic frame is somewhat slippery but altogether sturdy, with no creaking or flexing.

    Open source
  2. expertreviews.co.ukOct 19, 2026

    Amazon

    Open source
Reference date
2026-11-05
Published revision
1721
Evidence coverage
Not disclosed
Sources shown
2

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How the decision is calculatedHow facts are published

See also