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Report: Amazon trying to give its first smartphone away for free

article published on 7 September, 2013

According to former WSJ reporter Jessica Lessin, Amazon is looking to give away its upcoming smartphone for free, trying to steal as much market share as humanely possible in the shortest amount of time. Amazon has long been rumored to be working on a smartphone, but nothing has come of these rumors since 2011. The etailing giant has had discussions with wireless companies about offering ... [ read the full article ]

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xboxd00d
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_ 		13. September 2013 @ 12:17 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
Nice to see a big company sorting out the little guys, apple may want to take note!!!
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EEE31
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_ 		13. September 2013 @ 16:46 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
Free with no contract... either the phone wont be very good or there will be a supply nightmare with people sending them to friends as a joke.
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Cawthorne
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_ 		14. September 2013 @ 11:31 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
This is obviously cool, but what if you have already purchased all you music on iTunes. iTunes has a nice streaming service as well. I don't really want to have to upload all my music to them or re-buy.
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pmshah
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_ 		14. September 2013 @ 22:06 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
This phone should work with T-Mobile sims without any problem.

Another thing to consider would be that with Amazon prime you get EVERYTHING free of shipping charges. So they most certainly are looking at massive increase in turnover.
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xboxd00d
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_ 		15. September 2013 @ 03:13 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
Originally posted by Cawthorne:
 This is obviously cool, but what if you have already purchased all you music on iTunes. iTunes has a nice streaming service as well. I don't really want to have to upload all my music to them or re-buy.
If it runs on android u can get free apps what sync iTunes music and videos over WiFi to your device.
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