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Amazon Fire Phone

How Amazon’s biggest flop paved the way for one of the company’s most important pillars

A few years ago Amazon was putting the finishing touches on two important pieces of hardware that came out within… Read More

After Fire flop, Amazon reportedly eyeing Android-based ‘Ice’ smartphone, possibly focused on India

Amazon may not be done with the smartphone market yet. According to a report from Gadgets 360, a New Delhi,… Read More

Amazon finally stops selling the Fire Phone, as company adjusts its hardware strategy

It’s taken more than a year, but Amazon has finally exhausted its supply of Fire Phones. At least that appears… Read More

Amazon slashes the price of an unlocked Fire Phone to essentially $60

Another fire sale for the Fire Phone. For today only, Amazon is cutting the price of the 32 GB device to $159,… Read More

For better or worse, the Amazon Fire Phone was Jeff Bezos’ baby

Just when you thought there could be no more stories about why the Amazon Fire Phone failed, a new wave of stories have surfaced bringing Amazon’s… Read More

A trip to the mall reveals many fires for Amazon to put out — but not many Fires being sold

For the past seven years, Apple fans have been waiting in lines to buy the latest iPhones, and the new iPhone 6’s have proven… Read More

Dropping the price of the Amazon Fire Phone to 99 cents doesn’t go far enough

Apple will suck the air out of the room tomorrow after its 10 a.m. press event, where it is expected to unveil new… Read More

Amazon Fire Phone sales estimated at 35,000 — equal to just 25% of employee base

Amazon never releases sales figures for any of the hardware it builds, but that isn’t stopping others from making their best guesses as… Read More

Amazon begins testing a mobile wallet app, but stops short of enabling payments

Amazon has 244 million active customers, who trust the e-commerce behemoth to keep their credit cards on file, and yet, the… Read More

Amazon Fire Phone nosedives on company’s bestsellers list, dropping to #61 after debuting in top five

Amazon’s first smartphone isn’t setting the world on fire, judging from the company’s own rankings. Less than two weeks after Amazon… Read More

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