Now its Amazon’s turn to come up with a new smart phone. Yeah you heard it right, Amazon today unveiled a smart phone and its called as FIRE with 3D visuals. Amazon Fire 3D will give the users a 3D experience thanks to four face-tracking cameras on its front and simultaneous gesture controls. Amazon said that the Fire 3D will be available in USA from 25th July,exclusively on AT & T starting at $199 with 2 year contract.
Other then the 3D experience, Amazon's Fire 3D will a one stop portal for all the Amazon services like shopping on Amazon e-store, e-books, buying and downloading/streaming music and video. Sceptics think that a smart phone with 3D technology is a few years away and Fire 3D is not going to make any impact in the existing smart phone configuration. However Amazon hope to do with Fire 3D what Apple managed to do with iPhone.
A quick peek at the specs
*4.7-inch screen with 1280 x 720 with 315ppi resolution
* quad-core Qualcomm Snapdragon 800 2.2GHz processor
* Runs on Android, Fire OS 3.5.0.
* 2GB of RAM
* 13 megapixel camera with optical image stabilization
Other special features being given by Amazon for Fire buyers
- Unlimited Photo storage in Amazon Cloud
- Free acces to one million songs
Amazon Fire also has a feature called 'Firefly' This feature uses the primary camera in Fire Phone to recognize images of products and individuals from films and television shows and then can show users relevant information like a Wikipedia page for the product or the Hollywood celebrity. It will also give a direct Amazon shopping link in case you like the product and intend to buy the product.
For example using the Firefly feature to take a image of Coco Cola will give you nutritional information for a bottle of soft drink. Amazon has stated that Firefly can recognize easily recognise millions of people and products.
Fire also has a X-Ray feature that allows a user to access additional information in addition to the Firefly. The Amazon Fire will also support Amazon's premier products like, Amazon Prime Video and Prime Music.
United States buyers interested in buying Fire 3D can get it at a $649 contract-free price. From July 25, a 32-GB version will go for $199.99 with a contract on AT&T. Those prices are comparable to the iPhone 5C's, though it has superior displays and other features. Amazon is also offering a free 12 months membership to PRIME its two day delivery and streaming service.
Here is a video of the launch
Here is a video of the launch
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