14 Facts About Fire Phone

Fire Phone was a 3D-enabled smartphone developed by Amazon and manufactured by Foxconn.

Fire Phone was notable for its hallmark feature "Dynamic Perspective": using four front-facing cameras and the gyroscope to track the user's movements, the OS adjusts the UI so it gives the impression of depth and 3D.

Fire Phone was rumored to be under development for several years prior to its release.

Fire Phone "obsessively monitored the product", requiring "even the smallest decisions needed to go by him".

Fire Phone was introduced in Seattle in the Fremont Theatre, at a press event held by Amazon's CEO, Jeff Bezos.

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Fire Phone uses a Snapdragon 800 chip paired with an Adreno 330 GPU and 2 GB of RAM.

Pre-loaded applications on the Fire Phone include Amazon Appstore, Amazon Video, Amazon Music, Amazon's Silk browser, and Audible Audiobooks.

Also introduced with the Fire Phone is a three-panel design for apps: the leftmost panel displays settings, the center panel is the main screen for apps, and the rightmost panel is used for "delights" - features specific to an app.

Fire Phone stated the battery never lasted for an entire day, a "telephonic cardinal sin".

ZDNet's Zach Whittaker wrote the Fire Phone could be described in 2 ways: a motion sickness inducer, or a gimmicky device at best, but one that has great potential.

Fire Phone concluded the Fire Phone had strong hardware, but that the software let it down.

Fire Phone has been labeled as the most-polluting phone by Greenpeace, who claims Amazon's servers are powered by non-renewable sources of energy.

Fire Phone continued, saying it would "take many iterations", and "some number of years" before getting it right, comparing it to the Kindle line of e-readers.

Fire Phone occupied the number one spot on the "Best Selling" list on Amazon.