Actually, that's not true. Amazon kept all of the reviews up for the AT&T version of the Fire Phone (which is where most of the negative reviews are), and they created a separate product listing for the $199 unlocked version. The unlocked version will have its own set of reviews, and rightly so, since it is technically a different product and not locked to AT&T.
Personally, I'm heavily invested in Amazon's ecosystem, so I ordered one today. My Prime renewal was up, and the unlocked version of the Fire Phone still includes the one free year of Prime, so you're actually getting the phone for just $100, which is an absolute steal. With the exception of the screen size, this thing has the same specs as the Nexus 5. I also like how I can run many of Microsoft's apps on my Amazon devices. The entire suite of MSN Apps just became available a few days ago, so I'm looking forward to see how they run on the Fire Phone.
I'll probably turn off Dynamic Perspective as it's not much more than a gimmick, and it'll help with the battery life, and I rarely see myself using Firefly except for the occasional "What is this song that's playing?" inquiry. I've also heard that the navigation is frustrating due to the lack of a back button, but again, for essentially $100, I can totally live with it.
I watched Amazon's introductory video--and was struck by how prosaic most of the highlights and features were (i.e., yawners)--and by how young *all* the actors were.
They were all about the same age--and race-- white! It looks like they think the prime market for this is 20-somethings; middle-age folks and people of color need not apply. In 2014, that was frankly shocking!
The wooden, "oh, wow!" type scripted statements by the people--repeated ad nauseam through the ad--showcased more their naiveté and poor acting than anything special about the phone!
I predict that within the year there will be a "Fire" sale on these!
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Actually, that's not true. Amazon kept all of the reviews up for the AT&T version of the Fire Phone (which is where most of the negative reviews are), and they created a separate product listing for the $199 unlocked version. The unlocked version will have its own set of reviews, and rightly so, since it is technically a different product and not locked to AT&T.
Personally, I'm heavily invested in Amazon's ecosystem, so I ordered one today. My Prime renewal was up, and the unlocked version of the Fire Phone still includes the one free year of Prime, so you're actually getting the phone for just $100, which is an absolute steal. With the exception of the screen size, this thing has the same specs as the Nexus 5. I also like how I can run many of Microsoft's apps on my Amazon devices. The entire suite of MSN Apps just became available a few days ago, so I'm looking forward to see how they run on the Fire Phone.
I'll probably turn off Dynamic Perspective as it's not much more than a gimmick, and it'll help with the battery life, and I rarely see myself using Firefly except for the occasional "What is this song that's playing?" inquiry. I've also heard that the navigation is frustrating due to the lack of a back button, but again, for essentially $100, I can totally live with it.
I watched Amazon's introductory video--and was struck by how prosaic most of the highlights and features were (i.e., yawners)--and by how young *all* the actors were.
They were all about the same age--and race-- white! It looks like they think the prime market for this is 20-somethings; middle-age folks and people of color need not apply. In 2014, that was frankly shocking!
The wooden, "oh, wow!" type scripted statements by the people--repeated ad nauseam through the ad--showcased more their naiveté and poor acting than anything special about the phone!
I predict that within the year there will be a "Fire" sale on these!