Amazon unveils the Fire Phone with eye-tracking tech

18 June, 2014
The day has finally come for Amazon to enter the smartphone market, and the Fire Phone is now official.

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  • 19 Jun 2014

Apps rule all, 19 Jun 2014Its still all about applications, regardless of specs. N... morelack of supporting apps? Its still an android phone, u can always side load android apps, only some google specific apps like google maps could not run on it.

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    • AnonD-122899
    • QXP
    • 19 Jun 2014

    nicksht, 18 Jun 2014RIP Apple. With Samsung, HTC, LG and Sony saturating the fl... moreLOL! Are you ok? RIP Apple? I think more like this Amazon phone will crash and burn instead. Look at the stupid 3D effects of wallpapers, etc. Those are making me dizzy. Useless functions offered by the Amazon phone.

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      • Anonymous
      • X0V
      • 19 Jun 2014

      its just like tilt to zoom in samaung android phone....

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        • q{d
        • 19 Jun 2014

        nicksht, 18 Jun 2014RIP Apple. With Samsung, HTC, LG and Sony saturating the fl... moreYou seem to miss a major point.
        The iPhone has thousands of supported accessories that make it more than just a smartphone.

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          • AnonD-115141
          • s85
          • 19 Jun 2014

          It's a cool phone, but also a selfish phone, imagine when you want to show your friend something cool in a website, when you turn the phone a side the menu or anything will pop up without you command it.. Ruin everything hmm....

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            • Apps rule all
            • tRe
            • 19 Jun 2014

            Its still all about applications, regardless of specs.

            No dev support its still a dead horse. Hope for the best for them.

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              • 86w
              • 19 Jun 2014

              AnonD-27765, 19 Jun 2014Apple have sold 80 million iPhone 5 last year alone. They'r... moreNo. You are so stupidly wrong it's not even funny. 6M iPhone 5, 52M iPhone 5s and 8M 5c. That's 66M in the series. Samsung sold 80M s4. JUST S4. +60M s3 and 8M s5 so far. That's like, not even half. Learn to read from sites other than apple fan sites.

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                • Dk
                • 86w
                • 19 Jun 2014

                Man. So many comments that have absolutely 0 grip on the market. Anyone who says apple is doing well, and Samsung isn't is a complete moron. Samsung sells 3 times as many (almost), smartphones globally, as Apple. Do your research. The Amazon phone is an OK idea and device, but compared to a Z2 or HTC M8 or Note 3 ESPECIALLY the soon to hit North America, G3,its nothing. Not even close.

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                  • IaH
                  • 19 Jun 2014

                  I am expecting a Playboy phone :D

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                    • 19 Jun 2014

                    nicksht, 18 Jun 2014RIP Apple. With Samsung, HTC, LG and Sony saturating the fl... moreRIP HTC,Samsung Apple?..Hahahahaha
                    That style and bezels hahahaha
                    Are you ok?

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                      • LaT
                      • 19 Jun 2014

                      it's good phone worth about £350, really no need for 5 cameras on front... But again no need for 2k screen or 4k video recording from other companies all these things are gimmicks to sale, not an innovation

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                        • 19 Jun 2014

                        Anonymous, 18 Jun 2014isn't that bit short sighted? go back 10 years and you woul... moreIts almost 14 years since i started using Internet on cellphones with a Nokia 6210. Unfortunately this was before GPRS came around, we had GSM surfing speeds of 9.6 kbps, and it wasnt really surfing since WAP was the big thing in mobile back then. I also used my cellphones to connect my laptop to internet via IR when i was out, it was fast enough to check email and my main usage was Yahoo Messenger.

                        Around 10 years ago it was no problem, we already had GPRS and support for html in mobile browsers were becoming common.

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                          • 19 Jun 2014

                          nicksht, 18 Jun 2014RIP Apple. With Samsung, HTC, LG and Sony saturating the fl... moreApple have sold 80 million iPhone 5 last year alone. They're expected to surpass that number with the iPhone 6 this year. No one, not even Samsung, comes close to them in the high-end market. Samsung need 100000 variants of the same phone to achieve 80 million sales.

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                            • 18 Jun 2014

                            AnonD-36132, 18 Jun 2014Don't stress your eyes looking into the pixels... I've a N... moreThen you have bad eyesight, try reading glasses. I had Note 2 also and the display was unbearable, much to low resolution for its size.

                            We just have to accept that our eyes differ a lot, it is very individual, same as bodies and brain have very big individual differences.

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                              • 18 Jun 2014

                              There will be numerous bugs in this first release which is normal. I advice to wait several weeks until at least first software update. I wish them success

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                                • 18 Jun 2014

                                720 Pixels, you gotta be kidding me...its not a threat to the big names in the market, trust me.

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                                  • Hxd
                                  • 18 Jun 2014

                                  AnonD-275180, 18 Jun 2014Amazing phone ? Did you notice it's screen resolution ? It ... moreDon't stress your eyes looking into the pixels...
                                  I've a Note 3 & a Note 2.
                                  There is hardly any difference! 1080 vs 720p on 5.5"
                                  Its more 720 on 4.7"

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                                    • 18 Jun 2014

                                    AT&T exclusive deal will turn off many potential buyers. I hate the postpaid contracts. The total cost at the end will be over a few thousand dollars after 2 years. My total cost for the 2 year prepaid program(lycamobile) probably is less than $600(include purchasing a brand new Nexus 5). Also the $199 for 2 year contact. $649 without contract is way too much.

                                    Looks like Google knows what consumers are looking for. It makes Nexus phones unlocked and not to tie to any carriers. Nexus phones are more consumer friendly. I can get 2 Nexus 5 phones for the price of one Fire phone.

                                    Amazon is kidding.

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                                      • Hxd
                                      • 18 Jun 2014

                                      This phone has the hardware & software to surpass competition...
                                      Hope it catches up!

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                                        • Anonymous
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                                        • 18 Jun 2014

                                        1st launch - expect more - n price drop .. sure ..samsung shall compete soon ..welcome fair competion .. thats why samsung has launched updated S5 in korea for starters ..