Design At 10.1 ounces in weight and 0.4 inches thick, Fire 7 is a bit lighter than the Walmart Onn (12.2 ounces, 0.4 inches), though that makes sense, given that the latter’s an inch larger than the former. MORE: Best Tablets - Top Tablets on the Market The Fire 7 includes a headphone jack and microSD reader, the same ports you get with the Onn. Winner: Fire 7  Display I couldn’t see a notable extra sharpness in the Onn, even though it has an 8-inch, 1280 x 800 panel, which is sharper and larger than the Fire 7’s 7-inch, 1024 x 600 screen. Neither display is high res, but I’m betting the Onn’s dimness is dulling out any fine details from that slate’s screen. MORE: Kids Tablets to Buy (or Avoid) While both tablets darken notably when viewed at 30 degrees to the left or right, the Walmart Onn has the more pronounced difference, as it’s got the lower max brightness to begin with. Winner: Fire 7  Buy the Walmart Onn (opens in new tab) Performance As I navigated the slates’ interfaces, pulling up websites, opening apps and performing general, low-impact usage, I didn’t see a huge difference between the two. Each tablet even takes a moment to realize that you tapped an app before it opens or to load the keyboard after you tap the URL field.  To test the tablets’ gaming chops, I opened the relatively modest Asphalt 8 on both, and played the game on the two slates side by side. Cars looked sharp in both, but frame rates, for both, were sluggish and slow. The Fire 7’s score of 1,922 on the Geekbench 4 performance test might be low, but it still beats the Walmart Onn’s 1,415.  Winner: Fire 7  Software and special features If you’re all about the apps, you might have a problem with the Fire 7. That’s because this slate runs Fire OS, which doesn’t include the Google Play store. The Walmart Onn, however, runs the real, untainted Android operating system, so it isn’t missing anything.  Winner: Walmart Onn Battery life However, we got an even better score from the Fire 7 with hands-free Alexa on. . With the setting enabled, the Fire 7 got a time of 6 hours and 16 minutes, which is a pretty notable drop. That means if Alexa is enabled, it’s using more of your battery to stay listening.  Winner: Fire 7 Value Winner: Tie Credit: Laptop Mag 

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