With one week to go until Thanksgiving here in the States, the Black Friday deals are heating up, and I expect we'll see more time-limited discounts hitting right now as retailers try to grab your attention during the holiday shopping season.
That's going to include some doorbusters and limited-time deals to entice you to pay attention, and I just spotted one that's actually worth considering if you're buying gifts for the small children in your life. For today only, you can get an Amazon Fire 7 Kids tablet for $55 @ Amazon, which is over 50% off the usual $129 asking price for this kid-friendly slate.
At just 6.4 x 7.9 x 1.1 inches in size and under a pound in weight, this is a small slate that won't be much use to most people. But for a small child, it's perfect, and the 7-inch (1024 x 600 pixels) IPS touchscreen is well-suited for small fingers.
In fact, I think everything that makes the Amazon Fire 7 Kids a cheap, frustrating tablet for a grown-up to use makes it one of the best Amazon Fire tablets for a small kiddo. The low-resolution screen doesn't require much accuracy to interact with, the thick plastic chassis is durable enough to survive drops (especially with the colorful Amazon Kid-Friendly case included at no charge) and the sluggish performance (thanks to a weak 2.0 GHz CPU and 2GB of RAM) shouldn't frustrate a kid who isn't already used to an iPad.
Plus, every Amazon Fire Kids tablet comes with a free year of Amazon's Kids+ subscription service (if you're a new subscriber), which serves up a smorgasbord of child-friendly shows, books, games and podcasts along with a dashboard that parents can use to control and keep tabs on their kids' tablet habits.
I wanted to shine a spotlight on this deal because it's a killer discount on the Fire 7 Kids and Amazon is only making it available for a limited time this week. You can see for yourself by clicking through the link above to the Amazon page, which has a countdown timer ticking down the seconds 'til this Fire 7 Kids deal disappears.
At time of publication, there are nearly 14 hours left on the clock, but by tomorrow (Friday) morning, I expect it will be off the table—so snag this tablet deal before then if you want one!
For more discounts, check out our Amazon Black Friday deals live blog.
Shop today's best Black Friday deals
- Amazon: 50% off Ring, Ninja, AirPods and more
- Walmart Plus: 50% off @ Walmart
- REI: half-off Arc'teryx, Patagonia, more
- Dell: monitors from $69, laptops from $299
- Nectar: 50% off mattresses + bundles
- Best Buy: laptops from $149
- Lenovo: doorbuster deals from $319
- Wayfair: up to 80% off home decor
- Lululemon: top picks from $9
- Newegg: Doorbuster deals from $6
- Walmart: holiday gifts from $15
- Birkenstock: deals from $20 @ Nordstrom
- Saatva: luxury mattresses from $1,099
Follow Tom's Guide on Google News and add us as a preferred source to get our up-to-date news, analysis, and reviews in your feeds.
You must confirm your public display name before commenting
Please logout and then login again, you will then be prompted to enter your display name.
