It's $650! (Score: 1, Interesting) by Anonymous Coward on 2014-06-18 19:39 (#25S) And only runs on AT&T, the least loved GSM provider.That's a ridiculous price when stuff like Motorola G / X costs half that. They're even higher than some of the high end Androids.WTF Amazon? I thought they were going to go free/ad subsidized on this.Has Bezos lost his way? Re: It's $650! (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on 2014-06-18 19:59 (#25V) It's $200 on contract, which isn't terrible. But between being carrier restricted, and the lack of useful distinguishing features, I don't see this selling well. More like $1858 (Score: 1) by bryan@pipedot.org on 2014-06-20 19:09 (#279) From: http://www.benzinga.com/news/14/06/4647356/underlying-tech-and-pricing-concerns-scorch-amazons-fire-phoneAssuming the purchase of the recommended 1GB Plan for the 32GB Fire phone, and not including taxes and additional fees, the cost for the phone equals $199.00 + ($65.00 x 24 months) + $99.00 for 1 year of prime membership (using the current promotion of one year free) = $1858.00.
Re: It's $650! (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on 2014-06-18 19:59 (#25V) It's $200 on contract, which isn't terrible. But between being carrier restricted, and the lack of useful distinguishing features, I don't see this selling well. More like $1858 (Score: 1) by bryan@pipedot.org on 2014-06-20 19:09 (#279) From: http://www.benzinga.com/news/14/06/4647356/underlying-tech-and-pricing-concerns-scorch-amazons-fire-phoneAssuming the purchase of the recommended 1GB Plan for the 32GB Fire phone, and not including taxes and additional fees, the cost for the phone equals $199.00 + ($65.00 x 24 months) + $99.00 for 1 year of prime membership (using the current promotion of one year free) = $1858.00.
More like $1858 (Score: 1) by bryan@pipedot.org on 2014-06-20 19:09 (#279) From: http://www.benzinga.com/news/14/06/4647356/underlying-tech-and-pricing-concerns-scorch-amazons-fire-phoneAssuming the purchase of the recommended 1GB Plan for the 32GB Fire phone, and not including taxes and additional fees, the cost for the phone equals $199.00 + ($65.00 x 24 months) + $99.00 for 1 year of prime membership (using the current promotion of one year free) = $1858.00.