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Originally Posted by Jessica Lares

The reviews are out. Pretty much everyone's saying the same thing, that it could be better.

The Verge: http://www.theverge.com/2014/7/22/59...e-phone-review

Ars Technica: http://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2014/...growing-pains/

CNet: http://www.cnet.com/products/amazon-fire-phone/

New York Times: http://www.nytimes.com/2014/07/24/te...ire-phone.html

Re/code: http://recode.net/2014/07/22/can-the...e-and-samsung/

Here's another:
http://www.zdnet.com/amazons-fire-ph...tag=TRE17cfd61

They make one interesting point on pricing:

If you want pure Android — as if there's such a thing unless you buy directly unlocked from Google — the Fire won't fly for you. Most of us have some bogged-down version and Amazon's value add actually adds value. Speaking of value, Amazon's price at $199 is an issue, but that model has more to do with dealing with carriers over the e-commerce giant's decisions. The goodies with Fire arguably offset the $199. Consider:

Fire comes with 32GB standard. Most $199 phones under contract start with 16GB.

Prime, which runs $99, is included for 12 months. Existing Prime subscribers are extended.

Unlimited cloud storage is provided and depending on what vendor you use the bundle is worth at least $40.

Do the math and you can argue that the Fire Phone is heavily subsidized with Amazon services.

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