Reuters said the phone is codenamed Transformer
AI integration is a “key focus” of Transformer, per Reuters’ sources, who said that Amazon wants the phone to drive usage of Amazon’s AI products
It’s unclear why Amazon thinks now is a good time to get back into phones. Even potentially low prices may not be enough to convince people to buy.
You ARE looking forward to this, right?
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Ghostie@lemmy.zip · 84 pts · 182d
Lucidlethargy@sh.itjust.works · 8 pts · 181d
I developed my own plan immediately, and I think I can help you with yours. My final plan is to not buy it.
Ghostie@lemmy.zip · 4 pts · 181d
Martyy@lemmy.world · 46 pts · 182d
Diplomjodler3@lemmy.world · 45 pts · 182d
All of it.
sudo_shinespark@lemmy.world · 11 pts · 182d
Spend your time somewhere else. The answer is: yes
MissesAutumnRains@lemmy.blahaj.zone · 3 pts · 181d
What do you mean by 'steals' or 'personal'? People who buy this are willingly giving everything to Amazon by buying this.
jaredwhite@humansare.social · 33 pts · 182d
Amazon apparently has decided it has way too much capital on its hands, so it wants to pile it up a ton of cash out in the backyard, douse it with gasoline, and then smirk like a little imp as it strikes a match.
More power to 'em, I guess?
JoshuaFalken@lemmy.world · 18 pts · 181d
"Alexa call an ambulance!"
Ordered an amber lance, Prime delivery in eight hoursMeron35@lemmy.world · 10 pts · 181d
Chivera@lemmy.world · 17 pts · 182d
Didn't they fail at phones once already
Railcar8095@lemmy.world · 14 pts · 181d
Time to f-AI-l
brucethemoose@lemmy.world · 17 pts · 181d
Oh. That's the angle.
Amazon will basically give these away, like Prime. And at least some people will lap them up because they can't help themselves.
With absolutely zero offense intented, I just saw another Lemmy user complain about ads on Prime Video, apparently unaware that they're now gated by an additional subscription. And any Lemmy user has to be in the top 1% of "enshittification awareness." That was always the plan, but our monkey brains often cannot help themselves when we see a short-term deal.
tired_n_bored@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 181d
If the great people at LineageOS or GrapheneOS or wherever else manage to create a ROM for this thing, maybe it could be a good deal
corsicanguppy@lemmy.ca · 11 pts · 181d
Even if this thing HAD a 3.5mm jack, I'd send this junk back.
sparky@lemmy.federate.cc · 11 pts · 181d
Thanks, I hate it.
Didn’t learn anything from the failed Fire Phone garbage?
vikingtons@lemmy.world · 9 pts · 181d
fyre phone
quick_snail@feddit.nl · 11 pts · 181d
Gross. I also saw some laptops labeld as AI powered.
Immediate pass.
I don't need my tech to be telling me 2+2=5
Assassassin@lemmy.dbzer0.com · 10 pts · 182d
The only people that are asking for this bought the fire phone
auris@lemmus.org · 8 pts · 181d
No app store, have to rely on Alexa, who is definitely collecting and storing your personal data to do things by telling it everything, and a year ago they changed their terms so you can't opt out of your Alexa recordings being automatically sent to Amazon... every day billionaires are closer and closer to successfully turning our phones into telescreens.
And I bet the phone is gonna be full of ads and product placement too, if it happens. I know before I finally ditched my Alexa over a year ago it was trying to suggest shit for me to buy I didn't need.
"Alexa phone, call the doctor, I'm sick I need an ap—"
"You sure? This pack of cold medicine on Amazon has 5 star reviews, and is much cheaper than your doctor visit! Would you like me to add it to your cart for same-day delivery?"
Like. That's maybe a little more time down the line in dystopian hypotheticals, but the vague implications behind the AI doing everything so you don't have to gives up so much free will, and I'm just saying... it's a power grab disguised as efficiency. Ugh.
kamayatu24@lemmy.world · 8 pts · 181d
Oh yes! A smartphone for continuous surveillance of people. This world is ending.
tired_n_bored@lemmy.world · 4 pts · 181d
I mean... we have that already sadly
baggachipz@sh.itjust.works · 8 pts · 181d
Remember the Fire Phone? It’s back, in slop form!
MIDItheKID@lemmy.world · 3 pts · 181d
I think the Alf Pogs are actually more desirable.
VitoRobles@lemmy.today · 1 pts · 181d
I was just going to bring up the Fire Phone!
Amazon has a history of hit and miss devices!
brucethemoose@lemmy.world · 7 pts · 181d
Also, these could be interesting as a "dirt cheap phone to root."
Amazon will subsidize the snot out of them. I'll take their money, thanks very much.
Teknikal@anarchist.nexus · 7 pts · 182d
Don't forget they gimped all their FireTV devices lately, you would have to be mad to buy an Amazon phone.
FearMeAndDecay@literature.cafe · 2 pts · 181d
Wait, what did they do? Did I miss more bullshit?
Turret3857@infosec.pub · 5 pts · 181d
https://www.pcmag.com/news/using-pirated-apps-on-your-fire-tv-stick-amazon-is-set-to-shut-you-out
timbuck2themoon@sh.itjust.works · 3 pts · 181d
Woof. Most of the reason to even get one of their devices was that it was cheap and you could sideload.
Guess theyre really trying to lose even more customers.
FearMeAndDecay@literature.cafe · 2 pts · 181d
Ah damn it. I got a fire tv a few years ago bc I could side load apps onto it unlike a Roku tv. Hopefully they don’t take down smart tube at least :/
Turret3857@infosec.pub · 2 pts · 181d
Yeah were kinda fucked ATP for "good" smart TV stuff. You could DIY it with an old PC or raspberry pi but unless we see a push for it from a major player (Like Graphene partnering with Motorola) itll probably be like this for the foreseeable future.
Bluegrass_Addict@lemmy.ca · 7 pts · 182d
nothing but ewaste that we will end up paying for. can these companies honestly just... fuck off already. nothing but cancer.
curbstickle@anarchist.nexus · 6 pts · 181d
It has not yet been officially reported that I'm developing plans to purchase a Motorola device with Graphene on it. This project has been codenamed "Fuck Google".
A key focus of this effort is the synergy around a phone without corporate AI, without Google control, and readily available by preinstallation on the device. Research shows this "preinstalled" approach scores highly in the WAF scoring index.
QuandaleDingle@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 181d
Count me in.
01189998819991197253@infosec.pub · 5 pts · 181d
Because their last hype-based smartphone did so well.
HugeNerd@lemmy.ca · 4 pts · 181d
...why?
Martyy@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 181d
billwashere@lemmy.world · 4 pts · 181d
I’ll put this right next to my Facebook and Microsoft phones
ODuffer@lemmy.world · 4 pts · 181d
Fire Phone 2
bitwolf@sh.itjust.works · 4 pts · 181d
Wow, people will surely buy this. It most certainly won't end up a huge blunder for Amazon.
cows_are_underrated@feddit.org · 3 pts · 181d
Why should I want this? There are not that many use cases for it. All I do with my phone is play about 2 games when I'm bored, browse Lemmy, play music, some messaging and taking some pictures. Theres literally zero value of using AI to do anything of it
Martyy@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 181d
GarboDog@lemmy.world · 3 pts · 181d
We’re looking forward to the launch of the new Amazon kindle ai phone! It’ll be the industry leading standard in how to read the customer base And completely fucking flop within 24 hours
resipsaloquitur@lemmy.world · 3 pts · 181d
Finally.
lemmy_get_my_coat@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 181d
Just what we've all been wanting!
ZDL@lazysoci.al · 2 pts · 181d
I'm looking forward to these phones!
They'll tank harder than Zunes did!
sheetzoos@lemmy.world · 3 pts · 181d
Zunes were actually pretty good. The worst part was what they named the file sharing system haha
ZDL@lazysoci.al · 1 pts · 180d
I have no opinion as to their quality, having never even seen one. But they were roughly as popular as the bubonic plague (fair or not).
BetaBlake@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 181d
No one's asked for this
pinball_wizard@lemmy.zip · 1 pts · 180d
Ahahaha.
They say everything we buy is a kind of signal to our peers.
This will be, as well.
cyberpunk007@lemmy.ca · 1 pts · 181d
Isnt this everything at the moment?
linux_penguin@lemmy.blahaj.zone · 1 pts · 181d