Amazon's thin tablet joins Gizmodo's hardware hands-on week
Raymond Wong examines the Alexa Tablet 12 Pro, while Nintendo's Zelda-themed Switch 2 stays behind Plexiglas.
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Hands On With the New Amazon Alexa Tablet 12 Pro
Tablets drew the attention. Gizmodo's most watched of four new uploads, "Hands On With the New Amazon Alexa Tablet 12 Pro," reached roughly 6,000 views, with reporter Raymond Wong introducing Amazon's largest tablet in its newly announced trio.
The appeal here is tangible: a thin body, a 12-inch display and a high refresh rate. The description compares its feel with premium Apple and Samsung tablets, but leaves the performance comparison for benchmarking. One viewer has a different design wish: make it foldable, provided the price makes a crease worth tolerating.
Nintendo offered a more hands-off first look. "First Look at Nintendo Switch 2 40th Anniversary Zelda Edition" examines the themed console, matching controllers and dock displayed behind Plexiglas at a holiday showcase. That upload remains among the channel's busiest videos, alongside the Amazon hands-on and the slightly older "Hands On with Samsung Tablet Galaxy Tab 12 Ultra," whose description emphasizes its expansive screen and faster chipset.
Cybersecurity supplied the other half of the upload schedule. A VPN tier list compares services across privacy, speed and value, while Shaquille O'Neal's free-throw challenge takes the subject to Times Square. The latter covers a NordVPN promotional event, where the former NBA star appeared as the company's ambassador.
Gizmodo's subscribers were unchanged over the week, while its catalog added about 113,000 views. ZTT Extras and SuperSaf Shorts had much larger weekly audiences among nearby gadget channels; Gizmodo's view gain was closer to Level 2 Jeff's. Today's viewing is below Gizmodo's usual daily level, though the Amazon tablet remains its most active individual upload.
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huh, they should try to make this foldable. I wouldn't mind the crease if it's cheap enough.
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- Channel
- Gizmodo
- Subscribers
- 144,000
- Channel views, last 7 days
- 112,545
- Videos published this week
- 4
- Video published
- October 9, 2026
- Video views so far
- 5,975
- Views on its first day
- 2,456
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