![]() The phone will be priced at $199 for 32GB and $299 for 64GB. ![]() The Fire Phone will be offered exclusively through AT&T with a two-year contract. Right now, she said, "that content is dominated by two platforms: Apple with iOS and Google with Android, and they serve as a middleman between Amazon and its customers." The new Fire Phone may help Amazon break that cycle and connect with its customers more directly. "When you buy a phone, you're not just buying hardware, you're buying software that gives you content," explained CBS News financial contributor Mellody Hobson. The Fire Phone will come with one year of free Prime access - a key part of Amazon's strategy. Second, they've designed the display so that it is capable of providing a 3D perspective without the need for 3D glasses or exotic technology." Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos introduces the new Amazon Fire Phone, Wednesday, June 18, 2014, in Seattle.īefore introducing the phone, Bezos opened the event by talking about Amazon's $99-a-year Prime membership, which includes video streaming, e-book lending, music and more. They are getting it down to the eyeball level so that the phone knows where your eyes are relative to the screen on the phone - and they've come up with a low cost way to do this. "First on the imaging side, they're using four infrared sensors to really capture and identify a users' head position.
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