Amazon’s Rumored Smartphone to Have 4.7-inch Screen
Amazon’s Rumored Smartphone to Have 4.7-inch Screen by UCStrategies Staff
The long rumored Android smartphone from Amazon may come sporting a 4.7-inch screen, according to unnamed Digitimes’ sources. The online retail giant may be looking at a release sometime in 2014. Amazon is also said to have been working with Foxconn International Holdings (FIH) in developing its alleged smartphone projects.
The industry supply chain sources of Digitimes, a publication based in Taiwan, said that Seattle, Washington-based Amazon had been working on a 4.3-inch smartphone before, but the project was subsequently abandoned. According to Digitimes’ sources, Amazon is now said to have been developing a smartphone with a 4.7-inch screen. The new mobile phone has already gone through the RFQ (request for quotation) phase. It would then advance to the engineering verification test (EVT).
Considering the current progress, the mass production of Amazon’s rumored smartphone is expected to take place in 2014. Moreover, the sources said that pre-production adjustments on the new smartphone’s screen size are also likely to be introduced.
“Following the success of the Amazon’s e-readers and tablets, it is only logical that the company has decided to expand its range of products and dip its toes into the smartphone market as well. With the launch of the original Kindle Fire device, Amazon managed to move almost seamlessly from manufacturing e-readers to tablets and blurred out the distinction between the two types of devices,” remarked Boris Metodiev, a senior analyst at Yankee Group. “With the release of a 4.7-inch screen smartphone, Amazon will hope to replicate the same transition from tablets to phones. One big difference and potential obstacle for Amazon is that it needs to build relationships with mobile operators as well.”
Metodiev also claimed that the new smartphone from Amazon will use Google’s Android OS and it will be sold at a relatively low price. Amazon will look at making a profit from selling the smartphone’s digital content. (KOM) Link. Link.