As expected, Amazon today launched its first ever smartphone called the Fire Phone. The smartphone will be available in the US from July 25 onwards exclusively on AT&T starting from $199 for a two-year contract for the 32GB version. Here is everything we know about it.
Also featured is a 13-megapixel rear camera with f/2.0 lens and optical image stabilization, 2.1-megapixel front-facing camera, 32GB/64GB internal storage, and a 2,400mAh battery, which the company claims is good enough to survive 22 hours of talktime and up to 285 hours on standby mode.
As for the design, the smartphone features aluminum buttons, chamfered edges and injection-molded connectors. The device is 139.2mm in length, 66.5mm in width and 8.9mm in thickness. It weighs in at 160 grams.On the software front, the Fire phone runs on Fire OS 3.5, which is basically a forked version of Android and doesn’t come with Google Mobile Services suite.
Amazon also announced a host of other features with the Fire Phone like the X-Ray, which gives you instant information on what you are watching, Prime Music, Amazon’s Immersion Reading, and WhisperSync for Voice. Additionally, the company also announced a service called MayDay, which is a 24-hour customer service that will help you with any issues on your device. Users will also get unlimited photo storage on Amazon’s Cloud Drive without any data cap.
One of the biggest features after the 3D Dynamic Perspective UI is the Firefly button, which can essentially recognize over 100 million items including objects, games, music, video and much more. It is part shopping list generator and part OCR reader. It recognizes objects and text from the camera’s viewfinder.
The Amazon Fire Phone is currently only available in the US, that too on AT&T. There is no word on whether it would launch the phone in India any time soon. While the Fire Phone is innovative for sure, it is an overdose of Amazon service and feels like a phone that Amazon built for itself rather than users. The timing of the launch is peculiar as well as during this period consumers, especially in the US, hold out their smartphone purchases with the next-generation iPhone launch around the corner.
. It is currently available exclusively on AT&T on a two-year contract for $199. There is no word on the India launch of the Fire Phone.
Amazon Fire Phone specs:
Size: 5.5″ x 2.6″ x 0.35″ (139.2mm x 66.5mm x 8.9mm)
Weight: 5.64 ounces (160 grams)
Processor: 2.2GHz Quad-core Snapdragon 800 CPU, with Adreno 330 GPU and 2GB of RAM
Display: 4.7″ HD LCD display, with 1280 x 720 resolution at 315 ppi, 590 cd/m2 brightness (typical), 1000:1 contrast ratio (typical)
Cameras: 13 MP rear-facing camera, multi-frame HDR, auto focus, optical image stabilization, f/2.0 5-element wide aperture lens, LED flash, 2.1 MP front-facing camera
OS: Fire OS 3.5.0
Storage: 32 GB or 64 GB
Cloud Storage: Free cloud storage for all Amazon content, and photos taken with Fire phone
Battery Battery size: 2400mAh. Talk time: up to 22 hours; standby time: up to 285 hours. Video playback: up to 11 hours; audio playback: up to 65 hours.
Video recording: 1080p HD video recording at 30 fps (front- and rear-facing cameras)
Audio playback: Dual stereo speakers with Dolby Digital Plus audio processing
TV and Video: Supports screen mirroring and Second Screen
Content formats supported Audio: Dolby Digital (AC-3), Dolby Digital Plus (E-AC-3), non-DRM AAC, MP3, MIDI, OGG, PCM/WAVE, AAC LC/ELD, HE-AAC (v1 & v2), AMR-NB, AMR-WB, AMR-WB+, Audible Enhanced format (AAX); Video: MPEG4, VP8, H.264/MPEG4/AVC,MPEG4 SP, H.263,AVI,HDCP2.x, PlayReady DRM; Images: JPG, GIF, PNG, BMP, GIF87a,GIF89a; Viewable docs: PDF, unprotected MOBI, PRC natively, DOC, DOCX, Kindle (AZW), KF8, TXT
Sensors: Dynamic Perspective sensor system with invisible infrared illumination, gyroscope, accelerometer, magnetometer, barometer, proximity sensor, ambient light sensor
Location: GPS, Assisted GPS, GLONASS, Wi-Fi/Cellular location, and Digital compass
Cellular: 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
Connectivity: 802.11a/b/g/n/ac Wi-Fi, up to 300 Mbps with channel bonding; Bluetooth 3.0 wireless technology; NFC enabled
Headphones: Premium, tangle-free headphones with remote and mic
Rating for hearing aids M4, T4
SIM Card: Pre-installed Nano SIM card
Ports: Micro USB 2.0, 3.5mm headphone
Finally the Fire phone will be : So are you ready for AMAZON?????????
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