

The Amazon Fire HD 8 and Onn have access to two different app ecosystems, which may have an impact on your buying decision.

The similarities between the two tablets begin to fade away right around here. However, unless you plan to upgrade your wireless router to WiFi 6 or 6E sometime soon (which can be an investment of hundreds of dollars), WiFi 5 is completely fine for the everyday tasks these tablets are designed for. You might be able to improve video call quality if you pay attention to the lighting, but don’t expect iPhone- or Samsung Galaxy-level quality.īoth tablets support WiFi 5, an older WiFi standard that is currently being phased out in favor of WiFi 6 and WiFi 6E. And both of the tablets’ front-facing cameras produce only passable results with video calls. You’ll want to stick with using your smartphone for taking “real” photos. That way you won’t have to rely on local storage, and you’ll be able to access your files in the cloud from other devices.īoth tablets have rear- and front-facing cameras for taking photos and conducting video calls, but none of the cameras are especially good. Or better yet, you can use cloud storage and stream content instead of downloading it. Those 32GB of built-in storage should be enough for everyday use, but if you intend to save a lot of photos and videos, you may want to get the SD card. Amazon sold roughly 75 percent of the 400 million e-books that were purchased and nearly 95 percent of the 50 million audiobooks.Both the Amazon Fire HD 8 and Onn Pro 8 are 8-inch tablets that have 32GB of built-in storage, plus an SD card slot for additional storage. In 2016, roughly 38 percent of the 800 million printed books sold were purchased from Amazon, according to book industry data site in 2017.

Still, it will take a lot of sales to topple Amazon. Shoppers who sign up online will get $10 off the first electronic or audio title that they purchase, while those who opt for the audio book subscription will get to try it out for free for 30 days. At least initially, it's offering several deals. Walmart, which became the world's largest retailer by offering a wide array of products at low prices, could possibly woo some readers and listeners away from Amazon with steep discounts.
