|  09-06-2013, 11:54 PM | #1 | 
| Als, Lions host Semis            Posts: 7,716 Karma: 31487351 Join Date: Aug 2009 Location: Raleigh, NC Device: Paperwhite, Kindles 10 & 4 and jetBook Lite | 
				
				Amazon said to plan free top-end smartphone
			 
			
			This is about smartphones rather than eBook readers, but here's a Wall Street Journal reporter who says on her blog that Amazon is considering giving away its smartphone and making its profit selling apps. http://jessicalessin.com/2013/09/06/...o-will-follow/ | 
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|  09-10-2013, 05:18 AM | #2 | 
| monkey on the fringe            Posts: 45,852 Karma: 158733736 Join Date: May 2010 Location: Seattle Metro Device: Moto E6, Echo Show | 
			
			They're too late for me. A Kindle phone would've been a definite contender. But with the recent price cut on the Nexus 4, I jumped on it and won't consider an upgrade for a few years now.
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|  09-10-2013, 08:01 AM | #3 | 
| Grand Sorcerer            Posts: 11,732 Karma: 128354696 Join Date: May 2009 Location: 26 kly from Sgr A* Device: T100TA,PW2,PRS-T1,KT,FireHD 8.9,K2, PB360,BeBook One,Axim51v,TC1000 | 
			
			Amazon says: "No, we're not." http://news.cnet.com/8301-1035_3-576...one-this-year/ No phone this year and *if* they ever do it won't be free. I'm still betting on the STB... | 
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