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Kindle Fire, Amazon 1 star reviews

Compared to the number of 3-5 reviews I don't think it's really that bad. Although if I was considering getting one it'd make me uncomfortable.
 
Power button being on the bottom does suck, but I played with one its a decent 200 tablet.


Anyhow, I always sometimes see reviews about devices get "uncomfortably hot" I haven't used a phone or smartphone that did not get warm/hot when being used. But never Uncomfortably hot. Has anyone dealed with this before?
 
thescreensavers said:
Power button being on the bottom does suck, but I played with one its a decent 200 tablet.


Anyhow, I always sometimes see reviews about devices get "uncomfortably hot" I haven't used a phone or smartphone that did not get warm/hot when being used. But never Uncomfortably hot. Has anyone dealed with this before?
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If I really push my thunderbolt it can get unexpectedly hot, but still not to the point of it really being uncomfortable.
 
Most of those 1-star reviewers have valid points, but the only reason most of them went with 1-star is because they are disgruntled users who don't know how to properly review a product. The Fire has it's drawbacks and there are better options for more money. My Fire has been a web browsing, reading, and gaming machine for the past week and a half and it'd done a damn nice job of it.
 
blurredvision said:
. . . most of them went with 1-star is because they are disgruntled users who don't know how to properly review a product.
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And, more than likely they did not properly vet the product before buying, so their expectations were too high.
 
blurredvision said:
Most of those 1-star reviewers have valid points, but the only reason most of them went with 1-star is because they are disgruntled users who don't know how to properly review a product. The Fire has it's drawbacks and there are better options for more money. My Fire has been a web browsing, reading, and gaming machine for the past week and a half and it'd done a damn nice job of it.
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User reviews are pretty much always 5 stars or 1 star.
 
blurredvision said:
Most of those 1-star reviewers have valid points, but the only reason most of them went with 1-star is because they are disgruntled users who don't know how to properly review a product.
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Exactly.

Just parsing through some of them, there's a lot of bogus reasons: "It was stolen before I got it!" "Amazon service/support sucks!" "Mine was DOA!" "I couldn't connect it to the web!" "The power button is in the wrong spot!" "It's just not for me!"

Many are what I was thinking may be a drawback for previous Kindle owners: a lot of non-tech savvy people are going to expect anything called a "Kindle" to function exactly like the previous e-ink versions, just now with color. But the actual experience of using a touchscreen tablet is much different- for better or for worse. I figured there would be a percentage of people that would run smack into that and the gripe.

So few bad reviews are really reasons to give the product 1 star, just people lashing out due to a bad experience.
 
Pliablemoose said:
http://www.amazon.com/Kindle-Fire-Am...rBy=addOneStar

Holy crap, there's a lot of people unhappy with the Fire...

WTF were they expecting for $200?
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I've noticed something with Amazons reviews. The vast majority of people who bother to post them have way too much time on their hands and weak writing skills, particularly with regards to objective compare/contrast. They need to stop writing reviews and use that time to learn some skills. Which is funny cuz I bet Amazon has several books on the subject of writing for specific purposes like critiques. The handful of reviews that are good dont always make it to the products I like.

Also, I think WAY too many people bought into the hype of the Fire and had little to no clue what it actually was or what it was supposed to offer them. And I agree, for 200 bucks its actually darn good but no one should have expected the ipad killer. It was never advertised as that.
 
Zaap said:
Amazon themselves hammered the iPad comparison hard, from the start.
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Lol if u didn't know better you would see that and think the fire is better. Interesting that it mentions dpi but not resolution, no mention of camera, no mention of no video out on the fire, no mention that it's processor is inferior, or that the cloud accelerated browser is MUCH slower, etc.
 
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Doppel said:
Lol if u didn't know better you would see that and think the fire is better. Interesting that it mentions dpi but not resolution, no mention of camera, no mention of no video out on the fire, no mention that it's processor is inferior, or that the cloud accelerated browser is MUCH slower, etc.
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You mean to tell me that marketing might be less than completely honest or intentionally deceitful? Say it ain't so.

Some of the reviews on Amazon have some justifiable reasons, but a lot of them read as though the person writing it was somehow expecting this thing to be just as capable as an iPad/Transformer/etc. at less than half the price.
 
The biggest consistent complaint is no user profiles. You all share one account and one set of media, and everyone can see what you were just looking at.
But to be fair, a tablet is a lot like a cell phone in that they expect one person to carry it around with them all the time and not share it, but use it.
Its not a computer, you wont have multiple people sitting down in front of a Kindle Fire and doing serious work for a little while then moving one when another family member needs it.
You can unregister it and then reregister with another person but thats too much hassle. For the price I think if you actually do like it you will probably want one for each grownup in the household. For me, I would just keep it and never share it and TO HELL WITH EVERYONE ELSE!
 
Mopetar said:
You mean to tell me that marketing might be less than completely honest or intentionally deceitful? Say it ain't so.

Some of the reviews on Amazon have some justifiable reasons, but a lot of them read as though the person writing it was somehow expecting this thing to be just as capable as an iPad/Transformer/etc. at less than half the price.
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I was adding to a counterpoint about it not being advertised as a competitor to the iPad, which it clearly was.
 
shortylickens said:
The biggest consistent complaint is no user profiles. You all share one account and one set of media, and everyone can see what you were just looking at.
But to be fair, a tablet is a lot like a cell phone in that they expect one person to carry it around with them all the time and not share it, but use it.
Its not a computer, you wont have multiple people sitting down in front of a Kindle Fire and doing serious work for a little while then moving one when another family member needs it.
You can unregister it and then reregister with another person but thats too much hassle. For the price I think if you actually do like it you will probably want one for each grownup in the household. For me, I would just keep it and never share it and TO HELL WITH EVERYONE ELSE!
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iPad also has no user profiles and I think it is a drawback, mainly for game saves.
 
Zaap said:
Amazon themselves hammered the iPad comparison hard, from the start.
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Plus the letter from Bezos that was posted on their homepage. The comparison to Apple/iPad is definitely implied:

Dear Customers,

There are two types of companies: those that work hard to charge customers more, and those that work hard to charge customers less. Both approaches can work. We are firmly in the second camp.

We are excited to announce four new products: the all-new Kindle for only $79, two new touch Kindles – Kindle Touch and Kindle Touch 3G – for $99 and $149, and a new class of Kindle – Kindle Fire – a beautiful full color Kindle for movies, TV shows, music, books, magazines, apps, games, web browsing and more, for only $199.

These are high-end products – the best Kindles we’ve ever made. Kindle and Kindle Touch have the most-advanced E Ink display technology available, and the 3G Kindle Touch adds free 3G wireless – no monthly fees and no annual contracts. Kindle Fire brings everything we’ve been working on at Amazon for 15 years together into a single, fully-integrated experience for customers – instant access to Amazon’s massive selection of digital content, a vibrant color IPS touchscreen with extra-wide viewing angle, a 14.6 ounce design that’s easy to hold with one hand, a state-of-the-art dual core processor, free storage in the Amazon Cloud, and an ultra-fast mobile browser – Amazon Silk – available exclusively on Kindle Fire.

We are building premium products and offering them at non-premium prices.

Thank you for being a customer,

Jeff Bezos
Founder & CEO

p.s. – Kindle Fire has a radical new web browser called Amazon Silk. When you use Silk – without thinking about it or doing anything explicit – you’re calling on the raw computational horsepower of Amazon EC2 to accelerate your web browsing.
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One of the reviews mentioned that you can't lock it, and it looks like you can't turn off one-click purchasing either (the option is there, but it doesn't seem to be functional). Seems like a huge oversight.
http://arstechnica.com/gadgets/news...t-kindle-fire-lacks-key-purchase-controls.ars
 
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shortylickens said:
I've noticed something with Amazons reviews. The vast majority of people who bother to post them have way too much time on their hands and weak writing skills, particularly with regards to objective compare/contrast. They need to stop writing reviews and use that time to learn some skills. Which is funny cuz I bet Amazon has several books on the subject of writing for specific purposes like critiques. The handful of reviews that are good dont always make it to the products I like.

Also, I think WAY too many people bought into the hype of the Fire and had little to no clue what it actually was or what it was supposed to offer them. And I agree, for 200 bucks its actually darn good but no one should have expected the ipad killer. It was never advertised as that.
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Amazon reviews are some of the most reliable and best on the web IMO(if you're looking for direct consumer review and not a tech enthusiast site like Anandtech, Tom's Hardware, etc...)

I'd take Amazon's customer reviews over Newegg's customer reviews any day of the week.
Something like 99%(I may be exaggerating here but this is what I feel like whenever I read Newegg reviews) of customer reviews on Newegg are usually attributable to "user" error.
 
Zaap said:
Amazon themselves hammered the iPad comparison hard, from the start.
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I don't understand this. It is an ad. You imply that. It merely states the specs and makes a comparison between the two. What is incorrect about the specs? Take note of how many times they use the term "value." When I see value in an ad, I typically take it to mean "compromise." I knew from the beginning that you will be giving something up with the Fire. How could you not, it costs $200. If you don't understand that going in, you will be taken by any ads because you are a fool.
 
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