Tag: Fire Phone
Amazon CEO admits the Fire Phone is a failure
Jeff Bezos has finally read aloud the writing on the wall: The Amazon Fire Phone has been a massive flop. Both critically and commercially, nobody seems to care about the phone, which has extra head-tracking cameras around the edge to slightly tilt the user interface depending on how you're looking at it. Still, as one…
The Digest: Russia wants to ban Apple CEO Tim Cook… and 4 other things people are talking about today
[nextpage title="Next"] Russian politician says Apple CEO Tim Cook should be 'banned' from country after coming out as gay | The Independent "Hours after Apple CEO Tim Cook publicly addressed his sexuality for the first time, a St Petersburg politician has called for him to be banned from Russia. Anti-LGBT campaigner Vitaly Milonov, a member…
Nobody wants an Amazon FirePhone – Amazon takes a big financial hit
Poor Amazon - it put so much effort into the Fire Phone, but it seems that not many people actually want one. The company has just announced it is taking a $170m hit "primarily related to Fire phone inventory valuation and supplier commitment costs." The news comes courtesy of Recode, which has been digging through…
Amazon Fire Phone finally comes to the UK on O2
Amazon has announced that its first phone, the Fire Phone will be coming to the UK at the end of the month. The phone, which like the Kindle Fire tablet is based on a Google-free and Amazon specific variant of Android has some interesting features to differentiate it from the crowd, including four cameras in…
LG G3 to hit 10 million sales… Amazon Fire Phone to receive patronising “good effort” award?
We've seen some big launches over the last year - but that doesn't ever mean companies launching phones can expect big results. First, the good news for LG, which according to the Korea Times, reckons that it is going to hit 10 million LG G3 units sold for the first time since it entered the…
Forget cameras and head tracking: FireFly will be the real legacy of the Amazon Fire Phone
Last night Amazon finally confirmed the worst kept secret in tech: That the company has built a phone. Running Android, the phone uniquely is surrounded by four front-facing cameras that track the movement of the head – which is unlike…
Amazon reveal the Fire Phone – but when will it get a UK release?
Its finally official! Amazon has just announced the company's first foray into the mobile phone business, with the Fire Phone. And an intriguing device it is too. Read on for all you need to know about the new phone. I've…