The SDKs are exciting, but being an ATT exclusive really limits the ecosystem.
Amazon Fire Phone
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#32The Amazon Phone seems to capitalize on content consumption of text, audio, video, and the abstract (through purchases). In my mind, this is what the smart phone should be all about.
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#33This seems compelling if you're already sold on the Amazon ecosystem, but not terribly so if you're not -- especially at that price.
While looking at the product page, I thought: "So, I'm tied to Amazon and AT&T, and I'm paying for the privilege. How is this any better than my cheaper Nexus 5?" Also, isn't this going to be decimated by Google X's Project Tango? https://www.google.com/atap/projecttango/
So, they're going to use everyone's mobile phone to 3D map the entire world? Privacy advocates are going to scream, but roboticists are going to rejoice.
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#34Cant wait for day when you get to use all the new fancy press conference smartphone features and not recharge your phone multiple times in 24 hours.
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#35I will buy LG G3 or Galaxy S5 for a cheaper price and MUCH better specs.
This phone is a joke.
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#36I am always a little skeptical about gestures that involve physically moving or tilting or swivelling the phone.
Maybe it works well for others but I find it getting very much in the way when I use my phone in bed, or lying around on the couch, or walking even. On my iPhone 5, I have the screen rotation locked for about 99% of the time.
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#37Does anyone worry about the privacy implication of being constantly watched by your phone?
No more than I'm worried about the front-facing camera on all of my devices.
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#38"Great phone for reading?" If they really cared about the reading experience, they would have put an AMOLED screen on it. AMOLED screens are far superior for night-time reading, which is when most people do their reading.
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#39Can't get the videos to load, guess their site is overloaded...pretty rare for amazon
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