Our Overall Score:
9.1/10
Thanks for stopping by to read our Amazon Echo Dot (2018) review. Here we’ll take a look at a range of the key features, benefits, positives and negatives to help you decide if Amazon Echo Dot (2018) is right for you, or if you should be looking for a different product in the Smart Voice control assistants category.
Latest price search at Currys PC World: £49.99
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There are many factors that we consider when buying, and reviewing products like Amazon Echo Dot (2018). In this review we will take the 4 main considerations and look at how they stack up against the competition, be it other products from the same brand, Amazon or alternative products in the Smart Voice control assistants category. The 4 factors that we’re going to explore now are, Quality, Price, Reviews and the overall score.
Quality of Amazon Echo Dot (2018)
Amazon Echo Dot (2018) scores 8.3/10 for quality in our review.
Quality is a very important factor when it comes to buying any product, but it’s particularly important with Smart Voice control assistants. It’s never going to be easy to get a real feel for the quality of a product without being able to see or even test it.
This is why it’s so important to read lots of customer reviews, where you will be able to get an understanding from many of the customers of Amazon Echo Dot (2018), just how good it is, in terms of quality. Take your time to read through the reviews looking for specific comments about the quality. It’s worth spending time looking for reviews from customers that have owned the product for some time as that will give you a really good idea of the product’s durability.
Our best advice for checking out the quality is reading reviews, but also use some of these to help you get an idea of the quality:
- Price: The old saying “you get what you pay for” is a good indication as to how good quality you should expect from a product.
- Specification: Check out the specs for Amazon Echo Dot (2018) and see how they compare to your expectations and other products.
- Brand: Some brands are known for delivering amazing quality products, it’s a case of trying to find the Rolex equivalent for Smart Voice control assistants, but at a realistic and reasonable price.
- Previous experience: Have you ever owned any Smart Voice control assistants? Think about your experience of the product and how good it was. What brand was it? How much was it? What was it made from? All of these can help you when considering your options.
Price analysis
Amazon Echo Dot (2018) scores 9.7/10 for price in our review.
Price is normally the most important factor when considering a purchase. Especially when you’re shopping online, it’s really easy for us to shop around now so we can easily compare prices of the same product against many retailers with just a few clicks. In fact here at Review Pros we do that leg work for you, by comparing many different retailers to find you the best price. But price is also a big factor for which product we choose too, not just which retailer.
To give an example, the most expensive product that we found in the Smart Voice control assistants category was £308.99, whilst the cheapest we found was £17.99 so there’s a significant variance in the prices that different products are available for. For this reason we always recommend that you set yourself a budget before you spend too much time shopping around for a product. It’s easy to get carried away and buying a much more expensive product than you really need, but setting a budget will help to avoid this.
As part of our price analysis we’re going to break the price of Amazon Echo Dot (2018) down and compare it and analyse it in the following ways.
- Compare to other products in the same category
- Compare to other products from the same brand
- Compare to other products that fit both of the above (the same category and the same brand)
Prices of products in the Smart Voice control assistants category
Here we’re going to look at the prices you can expect to pay for products from the Smart Voice control assistants category. we’re opted to use Currys PC World for this comparison, as they offered the most competitive prices for Amazon Echo Dot (2018).
To start with, we look at the average price of a product in the Smart Voice control assistants category. This was £122.40 from the 49 products we found in that category. So Amazon Echo Dot (2018) actually comes in below average at £49.99.
We then looked at the most expensive product in the category, which was £308.99 and the least expensive, which was £17.99. In total we found that of the 49, 40 were more expensive and 8 were less expensive, some products may have then had exactly the same price as Amazon Echo Dot (2018).
Prices of products from Amazon
Next up, we wanted to look at products from the brand, Amazon. Again we looked at the average price you can expect to pay for a product from Amazon, which was £115.60 of the 36 products we found. So Amazon Echo Dot (2018) price is below average for the brand.
The cheapest product we managed to find from Amazon was £24.99 with the most expensive coming in at £308.99.
Prices of products from Amazon and in the Smart Voice control assistants category
Then finally on our price analysis we wanted to dig a little deeper by looking at products from Amazon that sit specifically within the Smart Voice control assistants category.
For this we found that the average price was £145.09, making Amazon Echo Dot (2018) at £49.99 actually below average price.
Then we looked at the highest priced item that falls under this criteria, the price of this was £308.99 with the lowest priced item being £24.99. In total there were 17 items that were more expensive and 2 that was less expensive.
Reviews of Amazon Echo Dot (2018)
Amazon Echo Dot (2018) scores 9.2/10 for customer reviews in our review.
Perhaps one of the most important steps in choosing a product that you’re going to be buying online, is reading reviews. The more reviews you can read the better. Take your time to look through a range of different reviews, both good and bad as these will really give you the best insight into how good Amazon Echo Dot (2018) is.
Overall score
Amazon Echo Dot (2018) scores 9.1/10 overall in our review.
This part of the review takes the various scores for quality, price and customer reviews and combines them in order to provide you with one simple score to help you determine how good the product is overall. This score can then easily be compared to other products and be used as a benchmark.
There are of course many alternative products from Amazon so feel free to take a look at some of the alternatives, but in the meantime check out the many reviews for Amazon Echo Dot (2018) by clicking the View Reviews button at the bottom of your screen.
Additional information: Amazon Echo Dot (2018)
- Brand: Amazon
- Model Number: 10186587
- Play music from streaming services with integrated speakerAsk questions and get infomation with Alexa serviceControl your home using voice commandsCompatible with a range of smart home systemsFar-field voice recognition picks up commands clearly
- EAN: 841667199689
- Description: Top features: – New Echo Dot smart speaker helps out at home – Stream songs with simple voice commands – Switch on your smart home devices – Alexa’s skills are just like apps New Echo Dot The Amazon Echo Dot voice-controlled smart speaker is even better than before. From playing music to providing you with news, weather information, football scores, cinema listings and loads more, the newly designed Echo Dot and its voice assistant Alexa is the perfect addition to any room.Echo Dot helps you stay connected with family and friends too. You can call anyone with an Echo Dot or just send a voice message to other Echo Dots in the house – perfect for getting everyone down to the table when dinner’s ready.Stream songsPlay your favourite music using just your voice through Amazon Music, Spotify, TuneIn and other popular streaming services. If you’ve got other Echo devices in different rooms, you can fill your whole home with music – great if you’re having a party. You can even use it to listen to Audible books and radio stations, or pair it with Fire TV to get voice-control over films and shows.Switch on your smart homeConnect Amazon Echo Dot to your smart home devices for voice control throughout your house. Dim the lights when you’re watching a movie, turn the heating up if you’re feeling chilly or just set handy reminders for yourself – all without getting out of your seat.Alexa’s skillsAlexa’s got a range of skills to help you out and have fun. Just like apps, Alexa’s skills range from helping out with life to just a bit of fun. From playing games and quizzes, to tracking your fitness with Fitbit just say “Alexa, help me get started with skills” to discover thousands of different skills.And of course, new skills are being added all the time. Check out the Skills section of the Alexa App or visit the Skills Store to see what’s on offer.
- Product ID: 22577558425
