Re: It's $650! - Pipedot

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.

Re: It's $650! (Score: 1, Insightful)

by Anonymous Coward on 2014-06-18 20:09 (#25X)

The only "distinguishing features" worth a damn are big screen, long battery life, Android/CM/etc., cheap, and sturdy.

Smartphones are commodities, whether Apple and Amazon have realized that or not.

$650 and they throw in some cloud storage. FSM on a pogo stick that's missing the market.

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