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Amazon's first smartphone, the Fire Phone, is here and it's truly innovative
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article published on 19 June, 2014
Earlier today, Amazon unveiled its first smartphone, the Fire Phone.
The company has long been rumored to be building their first device, dubbed the "3D phone" and they did not disappoint today, showing off a phone with mid-range specs but a plethora of intriguing software and hardware features.
Unfortunately and stupidly, the company decided to stick all of its eggs in one basket, ... [ read the full article ]
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19. June 2014 @ 01:55 |
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What's Firefox going to call their phones with their OS?
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19. June 2014 @ 08:43 |
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Originally posted by Jemborg:
What's Firefox going to call their phones with their OS?
Dunno... Fonefox? :D
"You know, it seems that quotes on the internet are becoming less and less reliable." -Abraham Lincoln.
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19. June 2014 @ 10:29 |
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Originally posted by dali:
Originally posted by Jemborg:
What's Firefox going to call their phones with their OS?
Dunno... Fonefox? :D
Doh!
Bet you're right. :)
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19. June 2014 @ 10:49 |
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Originally posted by Jemborg:
What's Firefox going to call their phones with their OS?
Bloatfone?
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19. June 2014 @ 16:46 |
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No Thx. I pass.
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19. June 2014 @ 19:29 |
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For a midrange-spec phone and an unproven (albeit promising) OS,$650..?! And tied to AT&T, yet.
Freaking boneheads! Exclusive deals are pretty much what's killing HTC at this very moment, FFS. And that price is simply far too much to easily compete with the higher-end Android devices; those specs barely outdo the Galaxy S3.
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19. June 2014 @ 20:28 |
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Originally posted by Bozobub:
For a midrange-spec phone and an unproven (albeit promising) OS,$650..?! And tied to AT&T, yet.
Freaking boneheads! Exclusive deals are pretty much what's killing HTC at this very moment, FFS. And that price is simply far too much to easily compete with the higher-end Android devices; those specs barely outdo the Galaxy S3.
It seems like the mentality for new comers and late bloomers in today's cellphone game is "If Apple can do it, why can't we?"
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20. June 2014 @ 00:11 |
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Originally posted by bhetrick:
Originally posted by Jemborg:
What's Firefox going to call their phones with their OS?
Bloatfone?
I got the opposite impression.
Also it's reported to be a very inexpensive phone, around $25.
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20. June 2014 @ 01:22 |
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The Fire comes powered by a quad-core Snapdragon 800 CPU. Not the latest breed, but good enough at that price. The processor clocks at 2.2GHz and also supports an Adreno 330 GPU. It includes 2GB of RAM...
http://tech.firstpost.com/news-analysis...tag-226081.html
It seems to be performing its fancy functions all right. (I suppose the 720p res is not too taxing.) Is the fuss about it being 'only mid-powered' actually a reference to it not having 8 cores? Seriously, I'm given to understand those extra cores go to waste.
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20. June 2014 @ 11:03 |
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THis phone looks like it's eye candy and has a boatload of features that will be sincerely neglected and not cared about in a matter of 6 months.
Needs more power and I agree with all others..........exclusivity is what kills these phone makers over time.
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20. June 2014 @ 18:09 |
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Originally posted by Jemborg:
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The Fire comes powered by a quad-core Snapdragon 800 CPU. Not the latest breed, but good enough at that price. The processor clocks at 2.2GHz and also supports an Adreno 330 GPU. It includes 2GB of RAM...
http://tech.firstpost.com/news-analysis...tag-226081.html
It seems to be performing its fancy functions all right. (I suppose the 720p res is not too taxing.) Is the fuss about it being 'only mid-powered' actually a reference to it not having 8 cores? Seriously, I'm given to understand those extra cores go to waste.
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Mid-range because the Snapdragon 800 was a high-end processor...9 months ago. 720p display is also now seen on $100 Android devices.
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20. June 2014 @ 19:54 |
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Live Free or Die.
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Capitalism: Funnel most of the $$$ to the already rich.
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21. June 2014 @ 20:27 |
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But does it catch on fire. a fire phone should be blazing hot, don't you think?
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22. June 2014 @ 18:38 |
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Originally posted by hearme0:
THis phone looks like it's eye candy and has a boatload of features that will be sincerely neglected and not cared about in a matter of 6 months.
Needs more power and I agree with all others..........exclusivity is what kills these phone makers over time.
Exactly like my much-loved old Evo 3D;I got it for the dual core CPU (as an upgrade from the original Evo), not the Instant Headache Mode(tm) 3D nonsense.
Just as DVDBack23 says, this is a low-to-mid-spec phone with some nifty apps, nothing more. I don't see a single thing that justifies the $650 unsubsidized price.
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23. June 2014 @ 01:17 |
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Head tracking will become standard at some point anyway.
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