Amazon Fire Phone.
From the Press Release:
SEATTLE–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Jun. 18, 2014– (NASDAQ: AMZN)—Amazon today unveiled Fire, the first smartphone designed by Amazon. Fire is the only smartphone with Dynamic Perspective and Firefly, two new breakthrough technologies that allow you to see and interact with the world through a whole new lens.
Amazon Fire Phone will be released on July 25, 2014 and pre-order is available now.
Notable Specs:
- 5.5″ x 2.6″ x 0.35″ (139.2mm x 66.5mm x 8.9mm)
- 4.7-inch LCD Display
- 1280 x 720 resolution at 315 ppi
- 13 MP rear-facing camera
- 2.1 MP front-facing camera
- 32 GB or 64 GB storage
- Micro USB 2.0
- 3.5mm headphone
- Nano SIM-card tray
- UMTS/HSPA+/DC-HSDPA (850, 900, 1700/2100, 1900, 2100 MHz), Quad-band GSM/EDGE (850, 900, 1800, 1900 MHz), 9 bands of LTE (Bands 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 7, 8, 17, 20), supports carrier aggregation
- 2.2GHz Quad-core Snapdragon 800 CPU, with Adreno 330 GPU and 2GB of RAM
For a limited time, Amazon includes one full year of Prime. Existing Prime members will have their membership extended for another year.
Pricing:
- $199 for 32GB model with 2-year AT&T contract
- $399 for 64GB model with 2-year AT&T contract
- $649 for 32GB model without contract
- $749 for 64GB model without contract
As a Tech enthusiast, I really want to get an Amazon Fire Phone. I want to know how this phone works, wether or not I could recommend this phone to anyone.
I have been on AT&T network for the last 4 years off-contract. I personally do not want to bound with a new contract with any phone providers anymore. My choice is to purchase an Amazon Fire Phone at full price. I am not sure if I want to spend $649 for an out of contract purchase.