Looks kinda interesting.http://www.theverge.com/2014/6/18/5821490/amazon-fire-phone-to-sell-on-ATT-for-199-on-contract
Completely agree. I simply don't see anything that distinguishes the phone from the competition.Carl Johnson said:I'm hardly an expert on such things, but I would think that the Fire Phone will will struggle to attract customers when it's just as expensive as top shelf phones from Apple and Samsung.
This announcement does nothing to entice me for this very reason. If I wanted to buy into a closed system, I could get an iPhone. One of the major appeals of Android is the ability to get apps from various sources. I do not want to be locked into the Amazon app store -- it's the iTunes store model all over again.Sam Posten said:Here's the thing, the Fire Phone (like the Fire tablets) are "Exit through the gift shop" except you never leave. You enter the gift shop and stay there. Most people expected that meant that Amazon would get creative with the costs, subsidizing the phone more or dropping data prices etc. Giving a free year of prime seems backwards in that respect.