Amazon is selling its Fire HD tablet for 50% off right now - here's the model to buy

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One of Amazon's most popular tablets, the Fire HD 10, is 50% off for a limited time ahead of the commerce giant's October Prime Day sale. The new starting price of $70 makes the budget-friendly tablet even more accessible.

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What do you get for the money? Let's start with the base tier, which has been discounted from $140 to $70. Paying the entrance fee gets you mostly the same hardware as the more expensive models, including the 10-inch display, 3GB of RAM, and a suite of Amazon-partnered apps and services. 

While some apps that you may be familiar with through Android and iPadOS tablets aren't readily available from Amazon's app store, you can open most services through the Amazon ...