What You Need to Know About Amazon's New Fire Phone
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It’s official: Amazon.com is in the phone business. Chief Executive Jeff Bezos showed off a black glass rectangle with a rubber frame called the Fire Phone. The device will be sold, starting July 25, through AT&T for $199 with a two-year contract, the same price as other high-end smartphones.
The screen on Amazon’s phone is larger than Apple’s iPhones but smaller than phones made by Samsung Electronics. The processors and chips are on a par with more powerful Android phones. Sure enough, the Fire Phone includes what Bezos calls “dynamic perspective,” a feature that uses four cameras to create 3D imaging that doesn’t require glasses.