After world's largest online retailer, Amazon jumped into the smartphone fray Wednesday, unveiling the Fire Phone at a press event in Seattle.
Amazon’s phone will be available exclusively through AT&T, mirroring an arrangement that Apple had with the carrier with the iPhone’s 2007 debut. The 32GB Fire Phone will cost $199 with a two-year contract. You can preorder it now, with the phone arriving on July 25. For a limited time, the phone comes with a full year of Amazon Prime service (which normally costs $99 a year), for both new and current Prime subscribers.
Amazon device, you can expect lots of access to content, such as the Kindle Store for buying books as well as the Kindle Owners’ Lending Library, in which Amazon Prime members can share books. The phone will also have access to hundreds of magazines and newspapers as well as Amazon’s recently purchased Comixology digital comics reader and storefront. Apps such as Netflix, HBO Go, and ESPN’s sports content will also be available on the phone.The App Grid can be customized however you like, and you can add media to your grid as well as apps—think of it like bookmarking the book you’re reading or your favorite magazine right to your home screen. The Carousel view has a preview pane below each app’s icon; for example you can see previews of new email messages in the Carousel, and even delete them from there without having to open the email app.
