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Originally Posted by booklover6
What does this mean long term, are they going to continue to sell these, now that they are seeing activity for this item?
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I doubt they'll keep on selling the same exact model but they pretty much said they weren't giving up on phones just yet. We'll likely see a new model in the spring. Might even be a Phablet.
What this sale does for them is prove people *will* buy an Amazon phone if the price is right and it lets them seed the market with their brand. It may be that the next Fire phone is less gee-whiz and more "basics at a bargain", say, $299 unlocked with 3 months free prime or some variation in between the launch deal and this one.
One thing seeding the market with this sale does for them: data!
They'll find out how many folks are coming in via ATT vs other carriers, how many have contracts and how many come in via prepaid...
...and how many use them as wifi-only tablets.
