When the Amazon Fire phone was first released reviewers remarked that it was too expensive with a contract now that Amazon has reduced the price of the Amazon Fire Phone, 32GB (Unlocked GSM)
On reviewer who reviewed the Fire Phone deals wrote, "You will not find a smart phone anywhere in the world with these specs at this price," which is true because you also get a year of Amazon Prime with free content and two-day shipping.
The Fire Phone, has 3D-like Dynamic Perspective visuals, an integrated "Firefly" scanning button, and a real-time Mayday help desk. You can connect to Amazon Cloud Drive or Amazon Transfer Assist to quickly move your photos and videos from your old device to your new Fire phone. Fire phone comes with free unlimited cloud storage for your photos, and 5GB of free cloud storage for videos. If you already are a Kindle Fire user the carousel will look familiar.
Specs of the Fire Phone Quad-core Qualcomm Snapdragon 2.2 GHz processor, 2GB RAM, 4.7-inch HD display and Global LTE (connectivity with nine bands of LTE, four bands of GSM, five bands of UMTS for better voice coverage and faster data speeds), 802.11ac support, Wi-Fi channel bonding, NFC, and Bluetooth. The Fire Phone has Dual stereo speakers with Dolby Digital Plus for a virtual surround sound experience.
Fire Phone features an advanced, 13MP rear-facing camera with backside illumination, LED flash, 5-element f/2.0 lens, Optical Image Stabilization (OIS), and high dynamic range (HDR) capabilities for beautiful, crisp photos, even in low-light conditions.
When you watch Amazon prime videos. you can start a show on the go and finish it at home with a flick of your finger. Second Screen turns your TV into the primary screen and frees up your Fire phone to provide playback controls, a customized display for X-Ray. The Fire Phone has auto-scroll, tilt, swivel and peek for quicker, easier navigation and a better media and entertainment experience.
If you don't have time to take notes, Firefly identifies printed text on signs, posters, magazines and business cards—make a call, send an email, save as a contact, or go to the website without typing out long URLs or email addresses.
If you buy everything on Amazon this gives you phone that you can use without a contract and ton of content for $199.99. You can barely get a used iPhone 5 for $199
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The Fire Phone is assembled by the same company that makes iPhones Foxconn. $199.99 is a great deal because iHS estimates that the BOM, Bill of Materials for the Fire Phone is $201.00 and a manufacturing of cost of $4.00 with a total cost to make $205.00. Amazon is selling the phone for less than it costs to make and include free Amazon music/video content and two-day shipping for a year!
Amazon had a lot of these phones on hand noted analysts, therefore although it may ship within 1 to 3 weeks, even if you get it after Christmas, you'll have a premium smartphone and a whole of lot of content to watch on it.
The only caveat with the Fire Phone is that Google apps such as Google Drive do not work with it.
Amazon is offering mobile app shoppers exclusive Lightning Deals on Cyber Monday. These deals are running throughout the day on Cyber Monday, available on the Amazon app for Android, iOS and Fire OS. Customers can download the latest version of the Amazon shopping app on an Android, Apple or Fire smartphone or tablet and find these exclusive deals on the “Today’s Deals” tab.