It's official. Amazon is ready to sell you a tablet for just $50. Not only that, it will let you order six of them together for $250. The Internet retailer is making the task of filling a home with tablets as affordable as bringing home a Wii U.We first caught wind of this device earlier this month, and it appears to pack better hardware than the junk Android tablets we're accustomed to from no-name brands. That said, the specs still come in on the low-end side of things. The front offers a 7-inch 1024 by 600 display. On the inside there's a 1.3GHz processor, 1GB of RAM, and 8GB of storage (along with a microSD card slot). Less than stellar cameras sit on the front and back.

This is plenty of hardware to toss a kid until they're old enough to get a job and blow their own money on tech. Though, depending on their age, you may want something a bit more durable. That's where the updated Fire Kids Edition tablet comes in. It may cost twice as much at $100 (though still priced $50 lower than last year's model), but you get a protective case and a two-year guarantee of a replacement if your kids break anything. Amazon has also tossed in a year's worth of FreeTime Unlimited.

Okay, now for Amazon's top hardware. The company's new flagship Fire HD tablets is available in the company's largest size yet―10.1 inches. It offers a 16:10 HD display and a 1.5GHz quad-core processor. Priced at $230, it will ship in black or white. An updated Fire HD 8 will also be available for folks who are satisfied with the tablet's traditional size. It will cost a cheaper $150.

All of this hardware will run Fire OS 5, powered by Android Lollipop. This release looks much closer to stock than prior iterations. The buttons in the navigation bar, for example, remain the same as Google's.

Pre-orders are available now at amazon.com/fire, with units going out September 30th. And at these prices, you better believe all of these tablets come with ads—excuse me, special offers.

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