Electronics

[mima]

On amazon. Looks pretty cool. I just got a new Samsung Note 3, so I won't be buying.

Looks pretty cool though. I'd hate to give up the playstore, but the 3D looks awesome.

They are ATT phones.

[gardenman]

I like the phone but I'd need to know more about AT&T's plans and the costs before investing in one. It is a neat little phone though.

[mima]

On 6/19/2014 gardenman said:

I like the phone but I'd need to know more about AT&T's plans and the costs before investing in one. It is a neat little phone though.

The main thing is to make sure ATT has good service in your area. Their plans are good. My daughter has ATT for her whole family.

You aren't stuck with ATT though even if you buy an ATT phone. You can get a service such as Straighttalk and they will send you a sim card to make the phone work with their service.

I have my Samsung Note 3 on Straighttalk even though it isn't a ST phone. I like knowing exactly what my monthly bill will be and no risk of overage fees.

[Iambeezer]

On 6/19/2014 gardenman said:

I like the phone but I'd need to know more about AT&T's plans and the costs before investing in one. It is a neat little phone though.

So go onto their site and look.

[Lowry83]

I heard of the Fire phone just the other day but did not look for details because I am quite happy with my Verizon service and plan to stick with them when I eventually upgrade my old-fashioned flip phone. If I were interested in switching carriers, I might consider Straighttalk, as suggested in a previous post, but would not want AT&T. A friend of mine has AT&T cell service. He lives in my metropolitan area but frequently travels around the country to other major cities, and service is pretty bad everywhere he goes - static and frequent dropped calls.

[151949]

They were showing it on CBS this morning saying you can point the camera at any object and if Amazon has that object for sale it will take you to the website so you can order it. I liked the 3D look of the screen.

[Nuttmeg]

On 6/19/2014 mima said:

On 6/19/2014 gardenman said:

I like the phone but I'd need to know more about AT&T's plans and the costs before investing in one. It is a neat little phone though.

The main thing is to make sure ATT has good service in your area. Their plans are good. My daughter has ATT for her whole family.

You aren't stuck with ATT though even if you buy an ATT phone. You can get a service such as Straighttalk and they will send you a sim card to make the phone work with their service.

I have my Samsung Note 3 on Straighttalk even though it isn't a ST phone. I like knowing exactly what my monthly bill will be and no risk of overage fees.

We do not know whether this new phone will run on Straight Talk's network. This would be a question to ask Amazon. Does this phone require a SIM card?

[ChynnaBlue]

I checked it out on the Amazon site and checked out some videos, but so far I'm not seeing anything I'm impressed enough by to make a switch. The 3D is neat, but remember how many people had to turn the movement off on the iPhone 5S because they experienced headaches or motions sickeness? I'm not sure that's the thing I'd include as a main selling point on the next phone I designed. The Amazon store is neat, but I can do that on my own, even if it means going to all that trouble () of typing words into the search field. The camera looks good. None of those things are, to me, important enough to make a switch from my iPhone.

I will be looking out for reviews and seeing how this launch progresses.

[Foggy morning]

I have one in my Amazon cart now. I've needed to upgrade my phone, I have Prime and also AT&T. One year of free Prime is enticing. During check-out the process was interfaced with AT&T so I could check the cost between my current plan and/or change plans. I was pretty much able to find answers to any questions that I had, I.e. how to transfer my phone number to the new phone. I'm still in thinking mode but I'm leaning towards placing the order.

[Iambeezer]

On 6/19/2014 ambermoon said: I have one in my Amazon cart now. I've needed to upgrade my phone, I have Prime and also AT&T. One year of free Prime is enticing. During check-out the process was interfaced with AT&T so I could check the cost between my current plan and/or change plans. I was pretty much able to find answers to any questions that I had, I.e. how to transfer my phone number to the new phone. I'm still in thinking mode but I'm leaning towards placing the order.

If you are upgrading your current ATT phone you don't need to transfer your number to the new phone.... it will come and you go online or call a number and it gets activated and your old phone's sim gets deactivated.