Re:Why Did Amazon Make a Phone? A Conversation With Jeff Bezos
by ghobs91 on Friday June 20, 2014 @11:52AM
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I think making firefly part of the Amazon app, or even as a standalone app, would have more effectively accomplished their "impulse buying" task.
Asking people to switch to a phone with inferior app selection and a clunky UI in order to be immersed in the Amazon experience seems a bit short sighted to me.
High end specs have become a commodity, the top priority the average user has when buying a smartphone is whether it has the apps they use. Try convincing a friend of yours to switch to Windows Phone, and the first thing they'll ask is "does it have x+y apps?" Ecosystem is everything.
Asking people to switch to a phone with inferior app selection and a clunky UI in order to be immersed in the Amazon experience seems a bit short sighted to me.
High end specs have become a commodity, the top priority the average user has when buying a smartphone is whether it has the apps they use. Try convincing a friend of yours to switch to Windows Phone, and the first thing they'll ask is "does it have x+y apps?" Ecosystem is everything.