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this is Amazon's upgraded entry level fire seven tablet which now has a slightly trim down design a bit better battery life and added contrast to its 1024 by 600 standard definition display this inexpensive tablet is now slightly better and still cost fifty dollars for the eight gigabyte version for $70 for the 16 gigabyte version and it also comes in $100 kids Edition that includes a protective case in a two year no questions asked for placement guarantee should the device get damaged as far as weight goes the new 295 gram fire seven is about 20 grams or half an ounce lighter than its predecessor like before there's a memory expansion slot but it now accommodates microSD cards with up to 256 gigabyte capacity instead of 128 gigabyte other changes include updated color options that there are four to choose from and the addition of dual band Wi-Fi which means you can connect to both 2.4 gigahertz and 5 gigahertz Wi-Fi networks while the processors the same 1.3 gigahertz quad-core processors before thanks to some software optimization amazon says battery life has been bumped up from 7 to 8 hours from mixed use and like all of amazon's latest fire tablets you can access its Alexa voice assistant with a tap of a virtual button changes to the screen are very subtle the slightly improved black levels make video and images pop a little more and text appears slightly sharper however you're still looking at standard definition video no matter how you slice it I still think the HD 8 is the better deal but comparatively speaking we'll be hard-pressed to find a better tablet for 50 dollars especially if you're an Amazon Prime customer who can tap into all that free content that's included with your membership I'm David karna for cnet.com and that's the new Amazon fire 7 tablet thanks for watching