If you want a tablet with a big screen and easy access to all your favourite streaming apps but don’t want to spend the earth, this might be the discount you’ve been waiting for. Amazon has slashed the price of its best tablet in half, offering 50 percent off the Fire Max 11.
In what the firm says is a “limited time deal”, the Amazon Fire Max 11 is just £112.49, down from £224.99. We don’t know how long the offer will last at this price.
Part of the reason for this pricing is that this is a “Certified Refurbished” tablet, which means it has been bought and swiftly returned to Amazon by the buyer, most likely in the 30-day return window.
But that doesn’t mean you’re getting a beaten up device.
“Each pre-owned device goes through a full diagnostic test, thorough cleaning and inspection, secure data wipe, and replacement of any defective parts identified in testing (where applicable)”, Amazon says.
The firm usually sells this refurbished Fire Max 11 for £224.99, which is only £25 less than the £249.99 brand new version. So, getting this slate for £112.49 looks like a great deal indeed.
The Fire Max 11 is Amazon’s most advanced, premium tablet with an 11-inch 2000 x 1200 resolution LCD screen. You can download Netflix, Prime Video (obviously!), Disney+, BBC iPlayer, Instagram, TikTok, Spotify and most other popular Android apps, and even read Kindle books in the Kindle app.
View the refurbished Amazon Fire Max 11
There’s 4GB RAM and 64GB storage, the latter of which is a little low, but if you’re mostly streaming or web browsing it should be enough. Amazon says you’ll get up to 14 hours of battery life, and with an 8MP front facing camera, you can use it for video calls on apps such as Zoom.
You also get full Amazon Alexa support, so you can use the tablet as a smart home device to ask questions, set timers, look up recipes and anything else you might use an Echo speaker for usually.
One thing to bear in mind is, like all Amazon tablets, the Fire Max 11 runs FireOS, a version of Android that does not support Google apps. That means this tablet can’t download Gmail, Google Docs, YouTube or any Google service – something to bear in mind. This tablet will also display ads on the lockscreen, as many Amazon tablets do.
But if you don’t live in Google’s world or the ads don’t bother you, this is a great price for a decent looking tablet with the best screen you’ll find on any Amazon Fire device.
