AMAZON has slashed prices on its devices hours ahead of Prime Day, with one tablet stealing the limelight.
The Fire 7 tablet has been cut from £64.99 to a bargain price of £29.99, and it’s flying off the shelves.
Amazon Fire 7 tablet, £29.99 (was £64.99)
The 7-inch tablet is currently gracing the top of Amazon’s Movers & Shakers list of best-selling devices.
In the past 24 hours, sales have rocketed by a staggering 1,140% since the asking price took a nose-dive.
That’s unsurprising, given the popular tablet is currently over half price, at just shy of £30 quid.
The deal comes hours ahead of Amazon’s second Prime Day, set to officially kick off at midnight and running for 48 hours from October 8-9.
Of course, Amazon often likes to treat its shoppers to an early wave of deals, and this is one of many on its popular range of devices.
The entire range of Fire tablets is on sale this week, so you’re spoilt for choice.
Our Deputy eCommerce Editor, Matt Breen, also reported on a 48% price cut on the premium Fire Max 11 tablet with ‘superb battery life’.
But the real bargain comes on the cheap and cheerful Fire 7 tablet, reduced to £29.99.
There’s also been a wave of ideas on Fire streaming sticks, Echo speakers, and Ring doorbells in the mix.
Typically these deals are exclusive for Prime members, but for the time being, the deals are open to all shoppers, but that can quickly change.
The budget tablet is great for kids or anyone who just wants a cheap tablet to access the internet or streaming platforms.
Its 7-inch display means you can slip it into your bag or coat pocket, using it as an e-reader that’s capable of doing that bit more.
There’s no arguing with that price tag, though, at just £29.99, it’s well worth snapping up.
This option comes with 16GB of storage, which is enough for your little ones or light entertainment use.
But you can bump that up to 32GB for an extra £10 if you plan on downloading a lot of content or games.
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‘My wife loves this tablet, such a bargain too,’ writes one shopper, who described the Fire 7 as a ‘brilliant little tablet.’
‘I use it for watching YouTube videos and Facebook in the wee small hours. The sound and picture quality are excellent,’ added another.
‘I use a full-size PC in the daytime but I take my little Fire 7 to bed with me,’ they continued.
A third concluded: ‘It’s brilliant, I can read my books and watch downloads of films and documentaries when flying.’
With the sale now hours away, you’ll find discounts on Fire TVs, streaming sticks, Kindles and other gadgets on our Amazon device deals page.
When the 48-hour sale kicks off next week, we’ll have all the finest bargains we find listed on our best Prime Day deals page.
Amazon Fire 7 tablet, £29.99 (was £64.99)
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A SCHOOLGIRL today told a court she stabbed two teachers and a pupil on the playground because she “woke up in a bad mood”.
The teen, who was aged 13 at the time, is accused of launching into a frenzied attack at Ysgo Dyffryn Aman in Ammanford, Wales.
Jurors heard she first knifed assistant headteacher Fiona Elias after telling her: “I’m going to f***ing kill you”.
The girl also stabbed Fiona’s colleague Liz Hopkin, 53, as she rushed over to help and a 14-year-old student, it is said.
Giving evidence at Swansea Crown Court today, the girl was asked why she brought a bladed “fishing multi-tool” to school.
She said: “I get very upset or grumpy when I’m on my period. I woke up in a bad mood that morning.”
The teen, now aged 14, told jurors she had armed herself with a knife in school since Year 3 as she felt “scared and worried”.
Six months before the attack, she was caught with a vegetable knife in lessons and suspended for a week.
But on April 24 – the day of the attack, she smuggled the blade into school in the waistband of her trousers, the court heard.
In footage shown to jurors, the girl could be seen stabbing Fiona before lashing out at brave Liz.
She also attacked a pupil in the upper torso and leg and left Liz with knife wounds to her neck, back, legs and arms.
The court heard the horror only came to an end when two male members of staff, Stephen Hagget and Darrell Campbell, rushed over.
After she was arrested, the girl told police: “I’m pretty sure this is going to be on the news so more eyes will be looking at me. That’s one way to be a celebrity.”
Giving evidence, she claimed she now feels “terrible” and “guilty” over the attack.
She added: “I regret the way I behave, I feel sorry, I’d do anything to go back.”
The girl also told the court she didn’t attempt to murder anyone and didn’t want them to die.
She told jurors: “I remember thinking to myself: “What am I doing? Stop. I can’t look back, it’s dark, I remember being very hot.”
Police searched the girl’s home and discovered a school planner with the words “death before dishonour” written on it.
The court was told she also wrote about how a girl would “burn” and had scrawled “cut their mouths and eyes” on a drawing of a woman.
She also labelled another drawing “Mrs Frogface Elias”, it was said.
The girl, who can’t be named, denies three charges of attempted murder but admits three counts of wounding with intent and one of possessing a bladed article article on school premises.
The trial continues.
