Amazon has sold no more than 35,000 Fire phones, data suggests

Re:Amazon has sold no more than 35,000 Fire phones, data sug... by dustin1114 on Tuesday August 26, 2014 @09:17PM (#8230453)

After hearing about the idea of a phone from Amazon, I really thought they'd do more. I like to buy things from Amazon (like many here probably do), and thought that the phone would be competitively priced. It wasn't in my mind; and with only one major US carrier (AT&T) that it's being sold under, the customer base is even smaller. I love the ability of my current unlocked Nexus 4 to switch to another carrier or MVNO. Call me spoiled on the Nexus devices...

How would I be sold on the Fire Phone, Amazon? Allow the phone to be unlocked and lower off-contract price. Then, I'd consider it. I like the phone's features, but if the value isn't there, then I'll pass.

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Re:Amazon has sold no more than 35,000 Fire phones, data sug... by kevinday on Tuesday August 26, 2014 @10:08PM (#8230574)

The lack of unlocking really surprised me. We bought one for testing that some of our mobile software would run on it, so we got the no-contract version. Even if you pay full retail price, it's still locked to AT&T. That's just blatant foot-shooting. If someone's going to pay you full price, it shouldn't be locked.

(And yes we tried getting Amazon to give us the unlock code. They said their contract with AT&T didn't allow it.)

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Re:Amazon has sold no more than 35,000 Fire phones, data sug... by Danieru on Tuesday August 26, 2014 @11:20PM (#8230731)

Sounds like AT&T was the only carrier willing to give them the time of day. I doubt Amazon really wanted to go single source.

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