A few days ago I told you that Amazon will release a smartphone with which he hopes to generate competition for iPhone and Android terminals. For now, not much is known about this device, however Wall Street Journal claims that Amazon is already testing the future terminal that would have a 3.5 - 4.8 inch screen, Amazon will choose the exact size in the next period. For now, prototypes of this smartphone have already been made by Amazon's partners, so those devices are being tested by the company's engineers in order to choose the model that will be launched on the market.
TAIPEI—Amazon.com Inc. is working with component suppliers in Asia to test a smartphone, people familiar with the situation said, suggesting that the Internet retail giant, which sells the Kindle Fire tablet computers, is considering broadening its mobile-device offerings. Officials at some of Amazon's parts suppliers, who declined to be named, said the Seattle-based company is testing a smartphone and mass production of the new device may start late this year or early next year. In May, people familiar with the matter said Apple's next iPhone, which is expected to come out later this year, will likely have a screen larger than four inches, compared with the current iPhone's 3.5-inch display. Samsung's latest flagship smartphone, the Galaxy S III, has a 4.8-inch screen.
Amazon's entry into the smartphone market will definitely "enliven" things, although apart from Apple and Samsung, only Nokia and HTC still manage to sell more than 10 million smartphones in each fiscal quarter. It is hard to believe that Apple and Samsung will lose customers in favor of Amazon, but HTC, Nokia, LG, Sony or Motorola will definitely be victims of a cheap smartphone produced by Amazon. I am extremely interested to see what Amazon will attack the market with and I hope that the device is not built based on the idea that brought us the Kindle Fire.
