Amazon has announced the Fire Phone, a smartphone that's intrinsically linked to the Amazon ecosystem
Or something like that
Amazon has surprised no one and announced that it's making a phone.
It's called the Fire Phone, it's a slab of black rubberised plastic and glass with a touchscreen on the front, and you can use it to buy books.
That touchscreen is 4.7 inches, and features an ambient light sensor and dynamic image contrast so you can see the phone better when you're outside.
There's no word on the resolution of the display, which is a shame because I really like typing PPI.
It'll sport a Quad-core Qualcomm Snapdragon 2.2 GHz processor and 2GB RAM, so it shouldn't be a slouch when it comes to power, and it comes in either 32GB or 64GB flavours.
There's also a lot of Amazon-y gubbins going on in the phone.
There's the creepy Mayday button that video calls an Amazon expert, a bunch of connectivity between the Fire Phone and the Fire TV, and back-up and restore through Amazon's Web Services.
And there's Firefly, which lets you take photos of things and buy them. I think. It listens to your songs as well. And then silently judges you for your terrible taste.
You basically use it to learn more about movies, get better recommendations, and allow Amazon to control every facet of your life. Obey.
Last but not least there's Dynamic Perspective. This essentially means you can wiggle your phone around in one hand and make it do stuff.
Because we're all sick of having to use two hands to do things. It might have some nice applications in games if it actually works I guess.
There's also some cool almost 3D perspective shifting stuff too.
You can pre-order the Amazon Fire Phone right now if you live in the US. It's exclusive to the AT&T network, and you can grab the 32GB version of nowt on a $27 a month contract.
There's no word yet on whether the phone will make it to the UK, but we will let you know as and when we hear anything on the matter.
