Amazon Fire Phone Review, Specifications, Features & Price

Amazon Fire Phone Review, Specifications, Features & Price

Amazon entered the smartphone business Wednesday -- and made a big splash doing it. At an event in Seattle, the retail giant unveiled the Fire Phone, a high-end, 3-D smartphone. It is the first smartphone Amazon (AMZN, Tech30) has produced on its own.

The feature makes use of four infrared cameras pointed at your face that help judge whether you're looking at the screen straight-on, at an angle and how close you are to the screen. The phone can then adjust the image accordingly. That gives you the ability to see depth in images, to see around objects in the foreground, to zoom in for a better look, and to toggle through websites, books and menus and even to play games by tilting the phone back and forth and up and down while you look at it.

Amazon’s Fire Phone Specifications

Size : 5.5" x 2.6" x 0.35" (139.2mm x 66.5mm x 8.9mm)

Weight: 5.64 ounces (160 grams)

Processor: 2.2GHz Quad-core Snapdragon 800 CPU, with Adreno 330 GPU and 2GB of RAM

Display: 4.7" HD LCD display, with 1280 x 720 resolution at 315 ppi, 590 cd/m2 brightness (typical), 1000:1 contrast ratio (typical)

Cameras :  13 MP rear-facing camera, multi-frame HDR, auto focus, optical image stabilization, f/2.0 5-element wide aperture lens, LED flash

OS : Fire OS 3.5.0 & Storage: 32 GB or 64 GB

Sensors : Dynamic Perspective sensor system with invisible infrared illumination, gyroscope, accelerometer, magnetometer, barometer, proximity sensor, ambient light sensor

Location: GPS, Assisted GPS, GLONASS, Wi-Fi/Cellular location, and Digital compass

Connectivity : 802.11a/b/g/n/ac Wi-Fi, up to 300 Mbps with channel bonding; Bluetooth 3.0 wireless technology; NFC enabled

Headphones: Premium, tangle-free headphones with remote and mic

SIM Card : Pre-installed Nano SIM card

Warranty and Service: 1-year Limited Warranty included. Use of Fire phone is subject to these terms

Amazon's long-rumored smartphone, the Fire Phone, will be priced at the high-end industry standard of $199 for a 32GB model and $299 for a 64GB model with required data and voice plans on a two-year contract.