Nebraska Posted June 18, 2014 Share Posted June 18, 2014 http://www.washingtonpost.com/national/amazon-live-new-phone-expected-at-seattle-event/2014/06/18/54cd083e-f710-11e3-9e63-ec28e320b8bf_story.html Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
doublename Posted June 18, 2014 Share Posted June 18, 2014 Holy fuck does that need a disclaimer. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fumi Posted June 18, 2014 Author Share Posted June 18, 2014 Well, that was completely lame. Feel ashamed I even started a thread about it now. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mcbpete Posted June 18, 2014 Share Posted June 18, 2014 Can't see that being much competition with existing phones/tablets/[refuse to say phablets]. I expect the 3D will just be that layers thing that you had on the latest iOS that most people switched off Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bertolt Brechtakt Posted June 18, 2014 Share Posted June 18, 2014 *just fell off the bench, still snoring* Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Amphetadex Posted June 18, 2014 Share Posted June 18, 2014 What a bunch of piddling, pointless new features that will be cool for the first few days you use the phone. Woooooh. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
soma333 Posted June 18, 2014 Share Posted June 18, 2014 Things like this will effectively destroy resale markets and may turn a number of non-collectors into instant collectors (super consumers). Just think, you can look up the "market value" of anything instantly via photo ID-ing. This is a bit uncomfortable as I've seen the results of the iPhone in places like thrift stores, where not only are there more resellers looking stuff up, but now thrift stores are inflating prices based on Internet prices. It's a bit of a frustrating endless cycle, and this will make inflation occur faster IMO. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Joyrex Posted June 18, 2014 Share Posted June 18, 2014 Since this runs Android, buyers will probably root it and put "real" Android on it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nebraska Posted June 18, 2014 Share Posted June 18, 2014 Since this runs Android, buyers will probably root it and put "real" Android on it. i honestly see this (maybe) being bought by people who already have amazon products like prime, kindle and fire tv- mostly remaining loyal to amazon due to satisfaction with the hardware and build, but i can't see why anyone would change from whatever they currently have to making this their main phone considering the stats aren't anything special. what this phone purports to do seems like something that can easily be done with apps (the whole take a picture and it will google it for you etc) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nebraska Posted June 19, 2014 Share Posted June 19, 2014 this preview is pretty cringeworthy Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kieselguhr kid Posted June 20, 2014 Share Posted June 20, 2014 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Audioblysk Posted June 21, 2014 Share Posted June 21, 2014 Lol Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nebraska Posted July 23, 2014 Share Posted July 23, 2014 amazon fire full of gimmicks and lacking basics can't wait to see amazon's damage control Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mcbpete Posted July 23, 2014 Share Posted July 23, 2014 No Google Maps and Youtube ?! Well done them ! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nebraska Posted July 23, 2014 Share Posted July 23, 2014 No Google Maps and Youtube ?! Well done them ! the phone is really made to make it easy for you to make more orders @ amazon and clearly, those 2 apps don't do that Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nebraska Posted August 26, 2014 Share Posted August 26, 2014 amazon has sold no more than 35,000 fire phones Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
o00o Posted August 26, 2014 Share Posted August 26, 2014 I wonder if they even expected to sell more Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nebraska Posted September 8, 2014 Share Posted September 8, 2014 amazon drops price of it's phone to 99 cents lol soon they'll be giving these away when you sign up for amazon prime (btw: i got amazon prime for a few months for selecting 2 day free shipping) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
delet... Posted September 8, 2014 Share Posted September 8, 2014 Well they didn't ship many and probably have heaps to get rid of, plus it's 99 cents on a plan, so they might make something back on that. Not to mention, you still are then interfacing with the phone, getting used to their ecosystem. Do you think they will make another phone though, heh. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nebraska Posted September 8, 2014 Share Posted September 8, 2014 i don't know if they'd make much back considering this phone is exclusive only to at&t customers and runs on android with none of the advantages of running on android. as to whether they'll make another phone? i think they should improve the dynamic perspective technology Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
delet... Posted September 8, 2014 Share Posted September 8, 2014 yeah, i'm not supporting their phone or against, wasn't against your comment either even if my post could have been perceived as a little snippy (sorry). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nebraska Posted September 8, 2014 Share Posted September 8, 2014 actually, i didn't read your comment as snippy. you made a perfectly valid point. btw: i read somewhere that people that purchased this phone on the original retail price get amazon prime for as long as they have the phone lol Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mcbpete Posted September 8, 2014 Share Posted September 8, 2014 Plus you can ... ahem ... do this to it to make it not shite again - http://wiki.cyanogenmod.org/w/Install_CM_for_otter2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
delet... Posted September 8, 2014 Share Posted September 8, 2014 wow. rewarding. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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