I'm considering buying an Amazon Fire HD tablet as they're on sale at the moment. Does anybody play Tapped Out on a Fire tablet and if you do, what's it like? I have a Kobo Arc tablet I used to play it on but it was so slow and laggy I gave up. I'm currently playing it on my iPhone 6 Plus but as it's only 16GB and I have apps on there I need to use, there's only just enough memory left to run the game and while it runs pretty smoothly, I'm often kicked out of the game and back to my phone's home screen 5 or 6 times when I'm playing. Basically what I wanna know is can the game be played on a Fire HD tablet without any lag issues or crash issues? Thanks in advance to anyone that can help me on this.

Yes, both a fire 7 and the new $90 8 inch model. I primarily play now on the 8 inch, but the (on sale $30 fire 7) is fairly fast as well. Both are faster than my ipad2.

Remember though one thing: kindle get store updates always LAST

I use to play on Fire, it may have been something with my account, but I was never able to get donuts that I purchased credited correctly. It was always a hassle. It got way too laggy. I've switched to an iphone 7 plus and am happy with that.

"LPNintendoITA;1503528" wrote:Remember though one thing: kindle get store updates always LASTalso, Amazon is limiting other services like Flixster.

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blizzardfri
8 years ago
I play mostly on my Fire HD 10 and I love it. Much faster than my iPad and I also have an SD card for it so it's more flexible than the iPad. I usually start events on my iPad because the Apple update is available earlier. I just update the game there and then open it on my Fire and play. Then, at the end of the event if I want to craft more stuff or try for another round of donuts, I have extra time because Amazon updates last on the closing of events, too.
shanemadrid
8 years ago
I've decided instead to upgrade from a 16GB iPhone 6 Plus to a 128GB iPhone 6 Plus. Will this solve my memory issues or is it the wrong type of memory that I'm upgrading? That probably sounds like a stupid question but I'm not quite sure if it will make any difference. I hope so lol so any help would be appreciated.
civiksi
8 years ago
"shanemadrid;1520151" wrote:
I've decided instead to upgrade from a 16GB iPhone 6 Plus to a 128GB iPhone 6 Plus. Will this solve my memory issues or is it the wrong type of memory that I'm upgrading? That probably sounds like a stupid question but I'm not quite sure if it will make any difference. I hope so lol so any help would be appreciated.

You're not upgrading memory. You are upgrading storage space.
shanemadrid
8 years ago
"civiksi;1520162" wrote:
"shanemadrid;1520151" wrote:
I've decided instead to upgrade from a 16GB iPhone 6 Plus to a 128GB iPhone 6 Plus. Will this solve my memory issues or is it the wrong type of memory that I'm upgrading? That probably sounds like a stupid question but I'm not quite sure if it will make any difference. I hope so lol so any help would be appreciated.

You're not upgrading memory. You are upgrading storage space.

So I'll still have issues with the game crashing every 5 minutes then?
Johnny2bd
8 years ago
I've been happy with my experience on the kindle. I absolutely can't imagine even trying to play this game on a phone.

Pros - Wide screen - you can see more while playing.
Great for reading books on!
Affordable compared to other tablets - especially if you don't need it for anything besides your game, books, and basic internet access.
You can save some money and get points back by using the amazon coin system.

Cons - As LP said, we almost always update last (except that one time they gave us an early preview of the superhero event).
No easy screen save function. It's harder to take pictures of your town with.
Very limited game selection. You can get Tapped out, Quest for stuff, Angry Birds, and that's pretty much it. Amazon is trying to avoid just being a google play clone, so they mostly offer unique games...which are mostly *meh*. Apparently you can side load some of the more popular games, but I haven't bothered. So it is more of a book reader that also can play the Simpsons than a gaming tablet that can also read books.

Over all it is one of the best options for the price at least.
jankrohn
8 years ago
Also, the game has geographic restrictions on the Kindle platform.
Better make sure Amazon lets you have it before you buy the tablet, especially if you're not in the US or any other primary market.
stinkbugger
8 years ago
"Johnny2bd;1520241" wrote:
No easy screen save function.

Huh? On the later Fires one can just press and hold down the Volume Down button and Power button together for a second to take a screenshot.
Johnny2bd
8 years ago
"stinkbugger;1520314" wrote:
"Johnny2bd;1520241" wrote:
No easy screen save function.

Huh? On the later Fires one can just press and hold down the Volume Down button and Power button together for a second to take a screenshot.

Which (IMO) isn't that easy. Plus (unless there's a program that I don't know about), it can't make a montage of many pictures to show off a larger area of your town like some of the phones can.
stinkbugger
8 years ago
"Johnny2bd;1520360" wrote:
"stinkbugger;1520314" wrote:
"Johnny2bd;1520241" wrote:
No easy screen save function.

Huh? On the later Fires one can just press and hold down the Volume Down button and Power button together for a second to take a screenshot.

Which (IMO) isn't that easy.

How is that not easy? Android phones usually use the same method. iOS devices use home button + power button. What method would you prefer?
shanemadrid
8 years ago
I ended up upgrading to an iPhone 7 Plus and its the best decision I've ever made. No lagging or crashing anymore and I can play the game without any issues. Bliss :)