Ask HN: Why doesn't Amazon release a phone?

Re:Ask HN: Why doesn't Amazon release a phone? by satya71 on Wednesday August 19, 2020 @09:10AM (#24209977)

They did and failed spectacularly. See https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fire_Phone

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Re:Ask HN: Why doesn't Amazon release a phone? by bynkman on Wednesday August 19, 2020 @01:19PM (#24213013)

Thank you. I came here to call out this. I will say that implementing a phone is not easy. Just look at the issues Palm and Blackberry have had to stay relevant. Nokia did for a while, but finally went with Android. At least in the American market, it seems that Motorola, Samsung, Google, and Apple are the winners these days.

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Re:Ask HN: Why doesn't Amazon release a phone? by Raed667 on Wednesday August 19, 2020 @09:17AM (#24210032)

It looks like they focused on 3D gimmick, instead of building a good general purpose smartphone

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Re:Ask HN: Why doesn't Amazon release a phone? by mattm on Thursday August 20, 2020 @12:02AM (#24219749)

This is a pretty entertaining long read of it https://www.fastcompany.com/3039887/under-fire

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Re:Ask HN: Why doesn't Amazon release a phone? by speedgoose on Wednesday August 19, 2020 @01:00PM (#24212713)

Already 6 years ago! I feel so old.

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