Top 5 Tablets to Consider Before Buying the Nexus 7 [August, 2014]

Kindle Fire HDX 7-inch

Amazon's Kindle Fire HDX is another solid 7-inch slate that consumers will want to weigh against the current Nexus 7.

Unlike the Google's tablet, the Kindle Fire HDX does not run Android 4.4 KitKat. Instead, it runs a heavily modified version of Android that looks nothing like the Android you see on most smartphones and tablets. The Kindle Fire HDX's software is heavily tied into Amazon's many services which provide easy access to content like music, applications, books and yes, movies and television shows.

That combined with its gorgeous display, fantastic design, solid battery life, and extremely cheap price tag and you can see why this is a tablet you should weigh against last year's Nexus 7.