Amazon Fire (2019) vs Samsung Galaxy Tab Active 2 (2017)

The Amazon Fire 7 (2019) makes for a good, if unremarkable, Tablet for people with a $90 budget.

The Samsung Galaxy Tab Active 2 (2017), however, is merely mediocre at its $358 asking price, when compared to similarly priced products, and won't satisfy the needs of most people.

In either case, we suggest that you first take a look at some other options at the $90 and $350 price points before committing to one of these - it's likely that you'll be able to find some better alternatives.

If you're still interested in learning more about the Amazon Fire 7 (2019) and Samsung Galaxy Tab Active 2 (2017), however, we wrote a summary of what we could find about them:

The Amazon Fire 7 (2019) has done great in a couple of roundups conducted by highly trusted sources that perform objective in-depth testing, like PCmag, CNET, and Laptop Mag - it earned the "Best for Rock-Bottom Price" title from PCmag, "The most affordable tablet" from CNET, and "Best cheap Amazon tablet overall" from Laptop Mag. Any product that's held in high regard by such reliable sources should be considered by anyone that's looking for a Tablet at this price point.

Moving on to the Samsung Galaxy Tab Active 2 (2017): it was loved by Android Central and Expert Reviews - two reliable sources that conduct their own in-depth testing. In fact, it was named "Best Affordable Rugged Tablet" and "The best rugged tablet" in their respective roundups, which points to it being a product worthy of consideration.

Out of the sources that tested and rated both of these Tablets, Tech Advisor and TrustedReviews preferred the Amazon Fire 7 (2019), whereas reviewers at Notebookcheck.net and PCmag liked the Samsung Galaxy Tab Active 2 (2017) better. Expert Reviews gave them identical review scores.

We also took a look at which sources liked these products best - the highest Amazon Fire 7 (2019) rating came from Tech Advisor, whereas the Samsung Galaxy Tab Active 2 (2017) most impressed reviewers at Notebookcheck.net; they earned scores of 8 and 8.1, respectively.

Finally, we compared them to other Tablets on the market and found that the two of them got reviewed similarly to the majority of their competitors. The overall average review score for Tablets in general is 7.5 out of 10, whereas the Amazon Fire 7 (2019) and Samsung Galaxy Tab Active 2 (2017) managed averages of 7.1 and 7.2 points, respectively.

It should be noted that it might not be entirely fair to do a direct Amazon Fire 7 (2019) vs. Samsung Galaxy Tab Active 2 (2017) comparison due to the difference in their pricing; some sources have a tendency to review more premium products better than more affordable ones.