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Amazon Fire Phone: all the new features

By Daniel Petrov

Updated: Jun 18, 2014, 3:28 PM

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Amazon just announced an all-around great device, called the Fire Phone, which coincidentally happens to be its first smartphone, too. It pulled out all the stop, equipping the firebreather with a bright, 590-nits IPS-LCD display, peppy Snapdragon 800, 2 GB of RAM, 13 MP OIS camera, and a dual stereo speaker system.

Besides the stellar hardware specifications, Amazon has thrown in all the music, movies, TV series and reading apps you can think about, tying it up in an ecosystem of its own. Moreover, there's a new service called Firefly, which can recognize over a 100 million objects - from songs, through dishwasher soaps, to phone numbers on a poster, and find them at the lowest price, or throw more info about them at you. Here's the scoop on all the new features in the new and fiery Amazon handset, starting with the most impressive thingies.

Amazon Fire Phone - all the new features

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Daniel, a devoted tech writer at PhoneArena from 2010 to 2025, has been engrossed in mobile technology since the Windows Mobile era. His expertise spans mobile hardware, software, and carrier networks, and he's keenly interested in the future of digital health, car connectivity, and 5G. Beyond his professional pursuits, Daniel finds balance in travel, reading, and exploring new tech innovations, while contemplating the ethical and privacy implications of our digital future.