The Fire phone debacle

Re:The Fire phone debacle by ursidae on Tuesday January 06, 2015 @06:33PM (#8847886)

For an example of the phone Amazon should have built, check out the Yotaphone 2:

Wonder if Amazon could buy them?

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Re:The Fire phone debacle by yid on Tuesday January 06, 2015 @06:42PM (#8847924)

Wow, did not know about that! What a shame that Amazon didn't go with the dual e-ink/LCD idea, given that they're practically singlehandedly responsible for e-ink going mainstream.

Throw in free-with-Prime, Android, and a few carrier discounts (e.g. free data for a year) and I'd happily dump my iPhone in a heartbeat.

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Re:The Fire phone debacle by scott_karana on Tuesday January 06, 2015 @07:23PM (#8848078)

> Throw in ... Android

Huh? The Yotaphone already runs Android, and not an Amazon-crippled version at that. :)

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Re:The Fire phone debacle by m_mueller on Wednesday January 07, 2015 @10:56AM (#8851205)

Shouldn't it be possible to create an e-ink display behind a transparent LCD? Then you wouldn't need to flip anything anymore. I'm guessing that the backlight might be a problem, but maybe that could be integrated with the e-ink as well.

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Re:The Fire phone debacle by kevinqi on Tuesday January 06, 2015 @08:32PM (#8848325)

what a cool idea. It's hard to know how the user experience is without using it (eg. do you have to flip it back and forth manually often?), but the benefits of having an e-ink panel seems huge.

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