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Amazon’s Prime Phone

Amazon unveiled their new smartphone on stage this month in Seattle. The Fire Phone has one of the brightest screens available for better outdoor viewing and reading. It sports a 13-mixapixel camera with an f/2.0 five-element lens that has better low-light performance and optical image stabilization for sharper photos. It can shoot 1080p HD videos with unlimited Cloud Drive storage (provided by Amazon) for all photos taken with the device.

Amazon is aiming for the Fire Phone to have a premium look and feel. They have equipped it with stereo speakers and Dolby Digital Sound, a 4,7” screen, and five front-facing camera lenses, four of which are infrared and in each corner of the screen to offer a dynamic 3D perspective.

The Fire Phone runs on Amazon’s Fire OS, which is based on Android, but doesn’t offer Google services. Instead, Amazon is offering Dynamic Perspective, Firefly Technology, Mayday and Prime to differentiate them from the competition. These services offer users a custom-designed sensor system that responds to how you hold, view and move your phone, the ability to instantly check the price of more than 70 million products and live tech support for no additional fee.

The phone will be available in a 32GB model for $200 and a 64GB model for $300 and is exclusive with AT&T as the service provider.

For information: www.Amazon.com

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