Amazon Drops Fire Phone's Price To 99 Cents On Contract, Is It Too Little Too Late?

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After a weak launch and reported sales of only 35,000 a few weeks thereafter, Amazon is dropping the price of the Fire Phone from $199 to $0.99 on contract (AT&T-only).

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[alidan]

sell it to me at cost, and i will get it for wifi use and a easy to use and move pictures around camera. all i want is an mp3 player than can crap out video and browse the web a bit, possibly use some internet radio stations so i can hook it up to my good sound system... plus the apps that can read qr codes and barcodes and look up what the crap is.

i have a use for an at cost device that is good... thats all i want... was hoping this would be the phone equivalent of the kindle.

 

[kawininjazx]

I was shocked when it came out and the price was up there with the Galaxy and iPhone. It should have been at most a $299 off contract and free on contract if they wanted to compete.

 

[thundervore]

Too little too late, put a nail in their coffin. After using a kindle fire I would not want Amazons flavor of Android on my phone. It <mod edit>

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[dotaloc]

i have a use for an at cost device that is good... thats all i want... was hoping this would be the phone equivalent of the kindle.

I got the Moto G from boost mobile and flashed it to page plus, but have considered getting one for my son as a wifi device (disable cell radio). Excited to see what happens to the price with the new G coming out.

 

[2Be_or_Not2Be]

To answer the question in the title, YES - it's too late. Best wishes, Amazon, for your next phone launch!

 

[firefoxx04]

I was all about the Amazon phone until I remembered that they are locked down andoid just like the kindle.

Give us real andoid. You cannot compete with LG, HTC, and Samsung like this. The kindle only sells because it was one of the first to offer ebooks and it took off. Using the Kindle Fire HD for regular andoid things is a pain.

 

[house70]

Not gonna save it. Remember Facebook phone. Exclusivity was just the final blow to a device that was just too "peculiar".

 

[zakaron]

I remember when Nintendo dropped the price of the 3DS shortly after launch. Fans who purchased the release versions were up in arms, so much so that Nintendo gave away like 5 games to those who invested early. Wonder if those who paid $199 will see any compensation back from Amazon?