Hands-on with Amazon’s Alexa Tablet 12 Pro and its wild new matte display
He’s covered the tech industry for over 18 years and knows a thing or two about synths.Amazon’s Fire tablets are notable for being dirt cheap. While they’re great for kids, they don’t offer a premium Android tablet experience. The company’s new $499 Alexa Tablet 12 Pro is an attempt to build a device someone might actually want to use.
- ▪He’s covered the tech industry for over 18 years and knows a thing or two about synths.Amazon’s Fire tablets are notable for being dirt cheap.
- ▪While they’re great for kids, they don’t offer a premium Android tablet experience.
- ▪The company’s new $499 Alexa Tablet 12 Pro is an attempt to build a device someone might actually want to use.
4 outlets in our directory ran this story. All of the coverage we found sits in one bucket: centre. That one-sidedness is itself worth noticing.
- ▪ Amazon Alexa Tablet 12 Pro, Alexa Tablet 11, Alexa Tablet 8: Specs, Features, Price — WIRED
- ▪ Amazon Alexa Tablet 12 Pro hands-on: Taking aim at the iPad Pro for less than half the price — Engadget
- ▪ The Alexa Tablet 12 Pro is Amazon's first full Android tablet — and it might rival the iPad Air — TechRadar
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