Amazon enters smartphone market

Murray Stassen

Amazon has entered the Apple and Samsung dominated smartphone market with the debut of its Fire Phone at an event at Seattle’s Fremont Studios yesterday.

The company saw a significant share price increase after CEO Jeff Bezos unveiled the new device, complete with Amazon services such as Prime Music fully integrated.

Featuring Gorilla Glass, a 13-megapixel camera, and a 4.7-inch HD display, it runs the Android-based Fire OS 3.5 with a quad-core 2.2GHz processor and 2GB RAM.

The phone’s “dynamic ...

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