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Fire Phone dropped to $199 unlocked.

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CEmajr

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Dec 18, 2012
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Just came to post this. At this price I might pick one up. It's a powerful device for just $199 and fully unlocked now for all carriers.
 
mattopotamus

mattopotamus

macrumors G5
Jun 12, 2012
14,666
5,879
I really was thinking about it, but I have a few apps that are android/IOS only. Moviepass is one of them =/
 
maflynn

maflynn

macrumors Haswell
May 3, 2009
73,451
43,371
CEmajr said:
Just came to post this. At this price I might pick one up. It's a powerful device for just $199 and fully unlocked now for all carriers.
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Can you side load apps or root the phone? Without much of the google experience I think its seriously hamstrung, and even at 199, its not worth it.
 
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CEmajr

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Dec 18, 2012
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maflynn said:
Can you side load apps or root the phone? Without much of the google experience I think its seriously hamstrung, and even at 199, its not worth it.
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Looks like you're right, no Google apps = no buy. I suppose they'll still sell a lot of these at this price to casual users and big fans of Amazon content.
 
maflynn

maflynn

macrumors Haswell
May 3, 2009
73,451
43,371
CEmajr said:
Looks like you're right, no Google apps = no buy. I suppose they'll still sell a lot of these at this price to casual users and big fans of Amazon content.
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I think it could be a success for Amazon customers, and with the new price point it could help, but for most people, its still a bad option imo
 
khha4113

khha4113

macrumors regular
Oct 12, 2013
202
11
CEmajr said:
Looks like you're right, no Google apps = no buy. I suppose they'll still sell a lot of these at this price to casual users and big fans of Amazon content.
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With locked bootloader, it's not much use even with that price.
 
nfl46

nfl46

macrumors G3
Oct 5, 2008
8,347
8,699
Drop it to $99, then I'll be interested. I had an opportunity to get one in mint condition for $140 last week, and passed on it. For $200, I'd rather get another mint condition Moto X + accessories.
 
TacticalDesire

TacticalDesire

macrumors 68020
Mar 19, 2012
2,286
23
Michigan
Predicted this would happen the minute this came out. Glad to see I was right. I can see this being another HP Touchpad. I expect dev support to pick up a lot. Basically nexus 5 specs for almost half the price. I can see it being a good starter phone for a teenager as well. Has the essentials such as facebook, twitter, pinterest etc. as well as the popular casual titles.
 
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Rodster

macrumors 68040
May 15, 2007
3,177
6
If Amazon had priced the phone at $199 and unlocked more would have been receptive to their phone. I also believe they should have sold a service similar to Walmart's Straight Talk for a flat monthly fee. The phone is basically a portal to their store.

As shrewd and forward thinking as Jeff Bezos is, i'm still puzzled why he totally missed the plot. :confused:
 
burgman

burgman

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Sep 24, 2013
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2,292
nfl46 said:
Drop it to $99, then I'll be interested. I had an opportunity to get one in mint condition for $140 last week, and passed on it. For $200, I'd rather get another mint condition Moto X + accessories.
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Since $99 for one year of Amazon Prime is included there is your price point. If you use Prime.
 
andiwm2003

andiwm2003

macrumors 601
Mar 29, 2004
4,382
454
Boston, MA
I have prime anyway. And 100bucks for a backup phone/android toy with 32GB sounds really good.

Is it compatible with all android apps?
 
jrswizzle

jrswizzle

macrumors 603
Aug 23, 2012
6,107
129
McKinney, TX
gotluck said:
^Good old hp touchpad ;)

Anyone know if you can get google play on it somehow?
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Haha, damn - when those things dropped we sold a crap ton of them when I worked at Best Buy....

I just bought one to check it out. Can return it if need be. Figure why not right?
 
gotluck

gotluck

macrumors 603
Dec 8, 2011
5,712
1,204
East Central Florida
jrswizzle said:
Haha, damn - when those things dropped we sold a crap ton of them when I worked at Best Buy....

I just bought one to check it out. Can return it if need be. Figure why not right?
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yea for $100 (if prime is worth something to you) should be able to find something worthwhile to do with it ;)
 
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