Amazon Kindle Fire HD 8.9 Review

Camera:

As we’ve mentioned already, this Kindle is only packing a front-facing camera, which is only accessible by video-chatting apps. Interestingly, there’s a camera icon in the top right corner of the “Photos” category that allows us to snap self-portraits of ourselves. Needless to say, the quality is lacking any serious substance, since its results are extremely grainy. Interestingly though, the camera app mimics the function of an LED flash to lighten up shots, as the display briefly turns white to give some much needed exposure to our faces.



Multimedia:

Exposed to the many plain and boring layouts of the various core apps on the Kindle Fire HD 8.9, we’re not too shocked to find the same thing with its music player. Obviously, the functionality is all there, but its appearance is remarkably plain Jane. Besides that, the audio quality produced by its stereo speakers is good, but not great. All in all, it’s clear and distortion free, but lacks any serious substance to make it heart pounding.

With its vibrant looking HD display in tow, it’s fit for the occasion when it comes to playing high-def videos – naturally so. Additionally, if you have an Amazon Prime subscription, you can take advantage of streaming content from its library. Well, either that or purchase various movies and television shows from its store.