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June 19, 2014 12:50 am GMT

Amazon's Phone Makes Sense for Amazon, Maybe Not for Consumers

Fire-phone

Seven years after Apple's original iPhone went on sale, Amazon finally dipped its feet into the smartphone market

Amazon unveiled the Fire Phone on Wednesday, a device that is rumored to have been in development since 2009. The smartphone is priced at $199 and up, comparable to the iPhone, but it attempts to stand out with a range of novel features: a sensor that responds to the way you hold the device, a Firefly button that can identify items in the world around you (and automatically put them in your Amazon shopping cart) and the company's Mayday button for customer service

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