I know that I'm gonna sound like a hater but I never felt compelled to buy into Amazon's ecosystem and software...It just felt cheap and cumbersome to me, the Firestick was kind of my indication of what the phone would be like
Oh I wholeheartedly agree. Amazon devices for the most part follow that same philosophy of being cheap and basic. If that's all you need, great! Super casual users and kids basically.
I remember another big issue was that this was exclusive to AT&T at the time. Of course, you could buy unlocked, but that was still a foreign concept to consumers around that time. So they might have sold a bit more if they had been on every carrier at launch. The big issue was Amazon was basically trying to shove the ideas of a tablet inside a smartphone and upcharge for it. If they have focused this on being a tablet around the size of the Nexus 7 and keep the price below $350. They could have started something.
This is also true! But even take that into account, and other companies that went the exclusivity route (even ones that failed like the Palm Pre, and that was exclusive to SPRINT!!!!!!) greatly outsold the Fire Phone - and Amazon had way more consumer attention on its side. But definitely, exclusivity certainly didn’t help them! 🙌🏽
@@RandomUserName92840 I think that’s the tough part. Same place Microsoft failed, but Amazon used Android apps so they had way less of a challenge there
Thank you! Siri def came first, but when Alexa was introduced it was way more functional. Amazon went all in on voice while Apple saw voice as a feature of the phone. For Amazon voice was the replacement to the phone.
If developers work on it more it would be a great phone. I loved it, specially the camera. It was amazing. The operation system was really bad and some apps like for example whatsapp got late updates. Sometimes it was just not useable. Hope it will come out a better one.
I’m High and watching this video make me normal hahhaha WTF, you’re great bro, many information I didn’t know before, big up and hope you the best, still don’t know why I’m drinking and watching this video but really making excited to finish
I know that I'm gonna sound like a hater but I never felt compelled to buy into Amazon's ecosystem and software...It just felt cheap and cumbersome to me, the Firestick was kind of my indication of what the phone would be like
Oh I wholeheartedly agree. Amazon devices for the most part follow that same philosophy of being cheap and basic. If that's all you need, great! Super casual users and kids basically.
I remember another big issue was that this was exclusive to AT&T at the time. Of course, you could buy unlocked, but that was still a foreign concept to consumers around that time. So they might have sold a bit more if they had been on every carrier at launch.
The big issue was Amazon was basically trying to shove the ideas of a tablet inside a smartphone and upcharge for it. If they have focused this on being a tablet around the size of the Nexus 7 and keep the price below $350. They could have started something.
I still have this trash in drawer😅
Great recap vid! I'd like to see your take on the Mozilla firefox phone too.
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So bloatware killed the phone...hope u learn ur lesson Amazon.
I would add that exclusivity to ATT when it launched as an issue too. Only Apple could afford to get away with carrier exclusivity. Great video Andru!
This is also true! But even take that into account, and other companies that went the exclusivity route (even ones that failed like the Palm Pre, and that was exclusive to SPRINT!!!!!!) greatly outsold the Fire Phone - and Amazon had way more consumer attention on its side. But definitely, exclusivity certainly didn’t help them! 🙌🏽
the main reason it failed is because they stopped trying, and there was no sequel device. Without that, no developers, etc... why the tablets worked.
It failed out of the gate, there was an unreleased sequel but it was shelved because the first one sold so incredibly poorly.
@@Andru you don't think those developers etc would if come if Amazon showed that they were in it for the long haul.
@@RandomUserName92840 I think that’s the tough part. Same place Microsoft failed, but Amazon used Android apps so they had way less of a challenge there
Loved the video, great work. I’ve maybe misunderstood your last point about voice, but wasn’t Siri first? Not Alexa?
Thank you! Siri def came first, but when Alexa was introduced it was way more functional. Amazon went all in on voice while Apple saw voice as a feature of the phone. For Amazon voice was the replacement to the phone.
@@Andru I see, gotcha. Thanks for answering. I knew that I’d likely misunderstood. Great video, really enjoyed it 😊👏
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If developers work on it more it would be a great phone. I loved it, specially the camera. It was amazing. The operation system was really bad and some apps like for example whatsapp got late updates. Sometimes it was just not useable. Hope it will come out a better one.
What’s good brotha. Congrats on all the success you and your company has had. Miss you dude.
Thank you sir!!! Hope you are doing well!!
Sup Mister Andru and everyone
Sup
Great video! Thank you for sharing!
Thank YOU for watching!
Trying to watch it for the second time.. But this time SUCCESSSSS!
Thanks for coming back! No clue what UA-cam did to the initial upload!!!
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@@Andru 360p was okay for me ;-D
Great video edwards
Thanks for watching!
A waste of money.
NO BILLIONAIRES
Well detailed 👏
Thanks! 🙂
I’m High and watching this video make me normal hahhaha WTF, you’re great bro, many information I didn’t know before, big up and hope you the best, still don’t know why I’m drinking and watching this video but really making excited to finish
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