just another DROP in the bucket?!....Amazon just DROPPED this in price....

[NewtonMP2100]

their smartphone.....Fire phone from $199 to 99 cents [ with contract ]....


Amazon's Fire phone drops to 99 cents on contract

...We had a few problems with Amazon's Fire phone, but one of the biggest was its steep asking price; $200 on contract (or $650 off) is a lot to pay for mid-range hardware with perspective effects thrown in. That won't be a problem after today. The online retailer has just slashed the price of its first handset down to 99 cents on a two-year AT&T contract, or $449 if you want to go contract-free. You'll still get the year's worth of Prime membership and unlimited cloud storage, to boot.

Amazon hasn't explained the sudden drop. However, you don't normally see this kind of discounting just six weeks after a product launch -- when it happens, that's usually a sign that people aren't buying. See the HTC First's drop to the 99-cent mark within a month of availability, for example. It's tough to know whether estimates of sub-par sales from The Guardian are anywhere near the mark (Amazon doesn't give out shipment numbers), but it's safe to presume that shoppers weren't enthralled with the Fire phone at its original, premium-level pricing....


how LOW.....can it go......???

[kj4btkljv]

I would guess:

1) not selling well

2) right before iPhone 6 announcement, intended to grab those who were on the fence about the Fire phone in the first place, now might just go and get it for real.

Jeff

[GuyGene]

Eh, if they sent it to me free… I'd take it, that's all. Would still get iPhone. Not going on droid system.

[Fritz]

but how about these annoying little ............
they'll be unemployed


http://www.ispot.tv/ad/7jrH/amazon-fire-...investment

[Bill in NC]

maybe for a family plan.

AT&T's single-line contract plans are ridiculously overpriced.

GuyGene wrote:
Eh, if they sent it to me free… I'd take it, that's all. Would still get iPhone. Not going on droid system.

[pdq]

NewtonMP2100 wrote:
Amazon's Fire phone drops to 99 cents on contract
how LOW.....can it go......???

I'd take it at 99 cents _off_ contract.

(If they threw in Amazon Prime).

[silvarios]

GuyGene wrote:
Eh, if they sent it to me free… I'd take it, that's all. Would still get iPhone. Not going on droid system.

Droid is a Verizon brand of phones. This isn't a Droid. Nor does it run stock Android, so if you were trying to avoid Google vendor lockin, you could substitute Amazon vendor lockin. Don't get me wrong, I wouldn't buy one either, it's too pricey for my budget and is AT&T locked, but understanding the device goes a long way to knowing why you should or should not buy one.

[neophyte]

silvarios wrote:
[quote=GuyGene]
Eh, if they sent it to me free… I'd take it, that's all. Would still get iPhone. Not going on droid system.

Droid is a Verizon brand of phones. This isn't a Droid. Nor does it run stock Android, so if you were trying to avoid Google vendor lockin, you could substitute Amazon vendor lockin. Don't get me wrong, I wouldn't buy one either, it's too pricey for my budget and is AT&T locked, but at understanding the device goes a long way to knowing why you should or should not buy one.
In actuality the word Droid is a trademark of LucasFilm. It is (was?) licensed to Motorola for use in the naming of its phone models that run the android operating system. It has since become used to generally refer to any phone running the android system, much like kleenex is used to refer to a facial tissue.

[sekker]

If Amazon were to subsidize this phone and give free Amazon Prime, then I can see some people buying it.

For the rest of us, we are waiting the next iPhone - and the various Android knockoffs (sorry, Motorola and HTC - you try to be better than Apple, but it's the Samsung iPhone clones that sell!)

PS Before the Android fans get all hot and bothered, yes, I DO know that tomorrow's iPhone event is Apple taking the queue from Android with regard to larger screen smart phones. That doesn't change my bigger view.

[August West]

SoundDroid!!