- The iPad Pro versus the Fire HD 8 tablet with Alexa,
a comparison test you need to see, and a big giveaway,
coming right up.
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Hi, I'm the YouTube Deal Guy, Matt Granite,
I hunt down the biggest tech deals, I test items,
I give them away for free, and I love side by side
comparisons, especially when no one thinks
it's worth doing and I know, one of the most sought-after
pro tablets in the world that's almost $800 dollars
against a tablet that's 80, you will be amazed,
what happens when I put these side by side?
I'm gonna give away a free Fire HD 8 tablet
at the end of the video and I wanna begin
by just reminding you that Fire HD, it is Amazon's flagship
tablet, the Kindle, that name corresponds to their ereader,
so this is not a Kindle, and it has Alexa built in.
Alright, let's unbox this.
So, can you really even compare the tech specs
between the iPad Pro and the Fire HD 8?
Well, at the basic level you get front and rear cameras
for both, dual band Wi-Fi, you get some great processing
power in the iPad Pro, but one that really does
hold up on its own for all of your daily Netflix browsing,
HBO streaming, Amazon Prime integration, whatever it is.
The displays, I mean, you saw 'em, side by side,
I'll let you draw your own conclusions
but I will tell you, the HD 8 tablet has an expandable
memory slot, SD slot, up to 256 gigabytes,
you do not have something of that nature
on the iPad pro.
Does the iPad Pro have all the other advantages?
Yes but the Fire HD 8 has the clear advantage on the price.
And now for the anxiously awaited drop test.
I'm not even gonna bother dropping the iPad Pro
'cause I will tell you it will crack
and at almost $800 dollars, I don't wanna watch that,
but how does a Fire tablet perform in a drop test?
So, first of all, as you can hear,
it's going onto a solid hardwood floor,
no scratches, no clacking, that's on the side.
As you can see, the tablet, totally unscathed.
Now, the big question is what happens when I throw
this face first, let's go.
One.
Totally fine, still moving.
See that?
This is one take, no edits.
Oh, it's all good, still good.
Let's go again.
Awesome.
Still going.
I mean, this is not Gorilla Glass, this is the durability
of an $80 dollar tablet.
Let's get onto the couch and go again.
Oh, yeah, this is awesome.
Still going.
Yeah, awesome, it's still fine.
No scratches, no cracked screen.
Try doing that to an iPad.
Tablet completely okay, hardwood floor.
Lookey here, what do we have?
A little bit of indentation.
Tablet, fine.
Floor?
Nuh-uh.
That's how hard I was smacking this bad boy around.
Let's begin with a simple page load test.
You got Safari, definitely an adequate browser.
And you have Silk, Amazon's answer to Chrome
on this particular tablet.
Now, for two uncached pages, which means I've
never visited the pages before, we're gonna do
a quick speed test right now.
I have USAToday.com typed into both browers,
we're now going to one, two, three.
And the page load test, ah, the Fire tablet won,
that is amazing, I don't even know how that's possible.
Let's do a YouTube video page test.
Interestingly enough, although they are trying
to push the app for both platforms, the page displays
better on the Fire tablet yet again.
Look, my face is cut off so now you all just see
a little bit of my nose.
Obviously the iPad, which pushes this Retina display,
is a much better display itself but I will tell you
that for $80 bucks, the display on the Fire tablet,
not completely inferior to the point where it's unwatchable.
Again, this is a really unfair disadvantage to the
Fire tablet but the videos do look great side by side.
- And. - A big--
The speakers are actually comparable, it's difficult
for me to convey an audio test because you can't hear
the speakers through the mic but I will tell you
that in terms of volume level, they are comparable,
and then in terms of video, this is where
the Fire tablet has the advantage.
The Fire tablet is built with integration to Amazon Prime,
which means they've further optimized all of their apps
so they load quickly.
The Prime integration with the video service
is fast beyond belief.
I mean, I'm telling you, you can also download
the movies that you watch for offline viewing
which is a feature of the Fire Tablet
but watch, I'm gonna skip ahead right here,
this is a very average internet connection,
we're looking at eight megabits per second
which is the hotel I'm in right now
and look, I mean we can skip, we can load.
Amazon builds the apps to make them sing
and if you're someone that wants to stream movies on the go,
even use Netflix, whatever it is,
if you're using Amazon Video that I'm telling you,
it is unreal.
In addition to the beautiful display,
one of the other things that I like
when you are enjoying content on a Fire tablet
is you get the x-ray technology.
Amazon owns the internet movie database, IMDb.com,
so you get some great trivia tied to the film
or show that you're watching as well as any of the actors
or performers on screen.
It's constantly giving you that data
if you just scroll to the side and then when you wanna stop,
well, you just enjoy your movie and this is beautiful
crisp display given that it is an $80 dollar tablet.
My favorite test, not traditionally performed in YouTube
unboxings or comparisons, the humor test.
Alexa, tell me a joke.
- [Alexa] What does a grape say when it gets stepped on?
Nothing, it just lets out a little wine.
- [Matt] Ha ha.
Tell me a joke.
- [Siri] Matt, I don't really know any good jokes.
None, in fact.
- [Matt] What?
How is this even a thing, come on?
Any joke?
Tell me a good pickup line.
- [Siri] Are you a 45 degree angle?
Because you're acute-y.
- [Matt] Okay, that was pretty good.
Tell me a good pickup line.
- [Alexa] You must be the square root of two
because I get irrational around you.
- Alexa gets the point because she's being
a little more aggressive with me and I like that.
So, can you really compare a Pro tablet to an HD 8?
Well, you could do whatever you want, it's YouTube,
you guys are watching and I really appreciate it,
I thought it would be fun to show side by side comparison.
Am I advocating for this is a tablet
that a professional could use?
Absolutely not.
But it's very portable, it is a great way to consume content
rather than produce content.
If you're making things, the iPad Pro is your better bet
but so many people are buying these overqualified,
overpowered, overpriced items, when something like this
for the next vacation could do the trick.
I'm now gonna give one of these away for free.
Using TubeBuddy's random selection tool,
the next lucky subscriber who's commented
in the last six months gets a free HD 8 tablet,
congratulations goes to Karen Pratt, you are the winner,
just email support@mattsdailydeals.com
to claim your free Fire tablet.
Yes!
Mm, go, oh, you saw, see?
No shoes on.
It's 'cause we're comfortable with each other.
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