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Amazon Fire Phone

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The Amazon Fire Phone was a smartphone developed by Amazon, released in 2014 and discontinued after one year due to poor sales. It was notable for its 'Dynamic Perspective' 3D interface.

We dig behind Amazon Fire Phone's stated narrative to unravel the real strategy — the calls that actually shaped it, and why they played out the way they did.

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The Fall · Decision Forks
Amazon Priced Its Phone Like an iPhone. That Was the Decision That Killed It.
Amazon already had a low-cost phone in the works - Project Otus, free-with-Prime, co-developed with HTC. Bezos killed it for a $199 flagship locked to one carrier. Six weeks later the price hit 99 cents, and a $170 million charge followed.
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