Fire Phone

Today Amazon took to Seattle to announce their first foray into the Android phone market. Amazon is no stranger to Android devices. They led the charge for 7” tablets with the original Kindle Fire and they've expanded their lineup to Android tablets of many sizes. An Android based Amazon phone has long been rumored but has never come to fruition, until now. The Fire Phone is Amazon’s first Android smartphone and it has a couple interesting points of differentiation to say the least. The full specifications are laid out below. Amazon Fire Phone SoC Qualcomm Snapdragon 800 (MSM8974VV) 4 x Krait 400 at 2.2GHz Adreno 330 at 450MHz Memory and Storage 32/64GB NAND + 2GB LPDDR3 Display 4.7” 1280x720 LCD with 590cd/m2 brightness + Circular Polarizer Cellular Connectivity 2G / 3G / 4G LTE...