I don't understand which market are they trying to penetrate or what's their customers target really is, looks like a confused product with no direction or a personality, it's also ugly looking.
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Apart from the millions that don't even know what stock unlocked Android actually means.
MrXiro
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TBH they had me until the price.
Were this phone 199-349 unlocked and off contract or Free to $50 on contract, I would have put my money down and preordered one. They are/should be selling this phone as a gateway into Amazon services. Because of that, not only should it be subsidized by At&t, but it should be by Amazon as well. This device for all purposes is locked into Amazon and even Google Play isn't accessible without a sideloaded apk or possibly even a need to root the device.
Were this phone 199-349 unlocked and off contract or Free to $50 on contract, I would have put my money down and preordered one. They are/should be selling this phone as a gateway into Amazon services. Because of that, not only should it be subsidized by At&t, but it should be by Amazon as well. This device for all purposes is locked into Amazon and even Google Play isn't accessible without a sideloaded apk or possibly even a need to root the device.
I don't mind them making hardware, but why not just use Android like Samsung, and couple the phones with Amazon apps... I would never use Amazon OS.
Not my problem you don't get the Vertu phone and it's market.
Because that's not the Amazon style, Apple do so why can't Amazon? It offers all digital services and wants you to use those services which to be fair are pretty good, so it heavily integrates them. So it wants to present it's own brand and style and the Samsung version of Android doesn't do that really.
Because you're clearly trying to understand the difference between allowing yourself to be ripped off, and buying something for the novelty of it.
Nice hardware hobbled with very conventional and disappointing pricing and wireless vendor lock-in. The off-contract locked-to-AT&T price is completely absurd and insulting. Very unlike amazon. This is not a market disruptor at all, just a follower at best.
Some nice features. And some very, very superfluous features.
I really wish Amazon had just lightly customised stock android, and not tried to make their own store. Bundle your phones with all your own apps sure, but don't heavily customise every ounce of the OS!
I imagine Amazon would have fared a lot better had they done a Motorola and released the equivalent Moto E, G and X. Cheap but decent, well made smartphones for the masses. Then they could have spent more time making their individual apps much better. And they would have sold like hot cakes!
Also....the name scheme annoys me.
Kindle
Kindle Fire
Fire TV
Fire Phone
How about:
Kindle Reader
Kindle Tablet
Kindle TV
Kindle Phone
Or, keep Kindle just as the reader and call everything else the Fire..Fire tab, Fire TV and Fire Phone.
Bah.
And holy freakin cameras batman. That's 5 cameras staring at you, 6 in total on the phone. And people were worried about the Kinect in a room. They have millions of faces on record!
I really wish Amazon had just lightly customised stock android, and not tried to make their own store. Bundle your phones with all your own apps sure, but don't heavily customise every ounce of the OS!
I imagine Amazon would have fared a lot better had they done a Motorola and released the equivalent Moto E, G and X. Cheap but decent, well made smartphones for the masses. Then they could have spent more time making their individual apps much better. And they would have sold like hot cakes!
Also....the name scheme annoys me.
Kindle
Kindle Fire
Fire TV
Fire Phone
How about:
Kindle Reader
Kindle Tablet
Kindle TV
Kindle Phone
Or, keep Kindle just as the reader and call everything else the Fire..Fire tab, Fire TV and Fire Phone.
Bah.
And holy freakin cameras batman. That's 5 cameras staring at you, 6 in total on the phone. And people were worried about the Kinect in a room. They have millions of faces on record!
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And I was hoping you'd reply with something like that 🙂
(Who are you? Do you work for Amazon?)
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Same here. I absolutely love my Paperwhite Kindle and I'm worried that they'll cease production of e-ink screens one day as LCD panels get cheaper. Both words by themselves are great too: Kindle & Paperwhite. But Fire? Nah. "to kindle a fire", it just does nothing for me.
captain kaos
macrumors 65816
I really hope that MR cut and pasted the text from someone else, because if not its awful. I got into the first few paragraphs and the ...."and more" at the end of every sentence was really wearing thin.
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So, by that logic, Apple stole the design of their headphones because they added a shape to what all previous earbuds already had.
The earplugs are similarly shaped- but, upon closer examination, not all that similar. The rest of the headphones have more in common with those of other manufacturers than they do to Apple's design... the connection of the two buds reminds me of these, for example.
US Marine
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This.
It looks like a nifty phone, but I won't likely be jumping ship from Samsung for it. And I still don't give a damn about an iPhone.
The phone is a complete rip off of the current iPod touch and up and coming iphone 6.
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-2661630/The-holophone-Amazon-reveals-revolutionary-3D-handset-Apple-Google.html
Even the above press conference with the camera on show looks a rip off from Apple.
Amazon may dominate the ereader market but everything else they do is aimed to be budget and copying Apple.
I wait the Amazon Fire watch next ...
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-2661630/The-holophone-Amazon-reveals-revolutionary-3D-handset-Apple-Google.html
Even the above press conference with the camera on show looks a rip off from Apple.
Amazon may dominate the ereader market but everything else they do is aimed to be budget and copying Apple.
I wait the Amazon Fire watch next ...
So you would rather everyone have less choice and more expensive options just because you and some others wouldnt buy the 16GB? couldnt that be applied to every size then (I personally wouldnt buy less than 64GB)? Its not like removing the 16GB model will necessarily make the 32GB cheaper... When this has happened in the past it is because the 32GB NAND chip prices went down to what apple paid for the 16GB chips in the previous model, so they can increase storage space for no extra cost. Sometimes this means the 16GB chips are just not really made by manufacturers anymore, sometimes it means the 16GB chips are now even cheaper! so if Apple kept a 16GB model in this instances it could be even cheaper entry level! and still have 32GB at last years 16GB price! But just removing the option of a 16GB phone just because no one wants such a model will not change anything for the consumer other than one less option...
On a final note... i think you are in the minority here... plenty of people dont even need 8GB on their phone... why pay more for 32GB when you wont use it? (other than no 8GB or 16GB model available)
Apple should be even more. Samsung will just release a better S5 prime with 32gigs and make it $100 on contract. 2 months later the phone will be free on contract. What's Apple going to do; give the iPhone 5s 8gigs of memory and knock off $50?