Amazon's Fire HD 10 tablet just hit its lowest price ever: $72.99, down from $154.99.
That's a 53% cut, and it's showing up before Prime Day officially starts. The 10.1-inch tablet has a 1080p display, a claimed 13-hour battery, and a body built from strengthened aluminosilicate glass rather than plain plastic. It also ships with Amazon's built-in AI tools for drafting emails, summarizing webpages, and generating wallpapers, plus Alexa for voice commands.
Budget tablets are usually a compromise: fine for video, mediocre for anything else. At $73, the calculus changes. Amazon doesn't need the Fire HD 10 to be a great tablet - it needs it to be a cheap gateway into Prime Video, Kindle, and Alexa, all of which nudge you toward buying more from Amazon. The AI features are a similar play: bundled software that's less about capability and more about keeping you inside Amazon's ecosystem instead of Google's or Apple's.
Pre-Prime Day discounts like this one are usually a preview, not a peak - expect the price to hold or dip slightly further once the event itself begins.