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Amazon’s Fire Phone Gets Another Drastic Price Cut: £99/$150 Off Contract In U.K.
Amazon continues to try to shift unsold inventory of its unpopular smartphone, the Fire Phone, by slashing the price-tag. It’s currently discounting a U.K. version of the device that’s on contract with the O2 carrier to £99, down from £399. Amazon Fire Phone Flops
Given that Amazon was tanking the price of the Fire Phone down to 99 cents two months after launch (leading to many a “Fire sale!” joke), this probably won’t come as much of a surprise: the Fire Phone isn’t a success. On the Amazon earnings call today, Amazon noted that the company was taking a $170 million dollar writedown “primarily related” to… Read More
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Amazon Fire Phone Up For Pre-Order In The U.K.
Amazon’s first smartphone, the Fire Phone, is now available on pre-order in the U.K. on carrier O2. The phone will ship to U.K. buyers on September 30. It’s being offered for no upfront cost for customers signing up to for a two-year £33 per month tariff on O2. Three Ways For Retailers To Survive The Amazon Fire Crusade
On July 25 Amazon began shipping its Fire phone, which includes Firefly, software that instantly recognizes products you can directly purchase on Amazon. Hot on the heels of this announcement was the news that Amazon released a beta version of its mobile wallet, Amazon Wallet, which will allow users to save gift cards to their device. For traditional retailers, Amazon has long been the… Read More
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Amazon’s Bet On Exclusive Games To Make Its Fire Gadgets More Enticing
Amazon’s Fire Phone is out today, and while it’s got some interesting features that set it apart from your run-of-the-mill Android phone, it doesn’t seem like it will appeal to those who aren’t voracious online shoppers. Now Amazon is releasing games exclusive to its devices in order to draw in the lucrative gamer audience. Read More
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Amazon Fire Phone Goes On Sale Today At AT&T
Amazon revealed yesterday during earnings that while revenues are growing, so are losses. That’s thanks at least in part to the development and production of the Amazon Fire Phone, which goes on sale exclusively at AT&T starting today.
The phone has been up for pre-order for a while, but today is the first time general consumers will get hands-on with the device. Read More
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Amazon Quietly Launches Its Consumer-Facing Mobile Wallet App, Amazon Wallet
Amazon’s first attempt at its own mobile wallet application, designed for use at the point-of-sale, has made a quiet debut on the Amazon Appstore and on Google Play. However, the current implementation of the new “Amazon Wallet” application is fairly barebones – it doesn’t yet support mobile payments or the ability to store credit cards or debit cards. Instead,… Read More
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