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I know the technology in this phone is 2 years old,but for the [price for the hardware I think its a steal.A very fast quad core with 2 gigs of ram 32 gigs rom very nice screen color saturation is great. I do like the size also fits just right in my hand and I have become a pretty good thumb typer..lol 4.7 inch screen. I have several tablets and a couple phones and I have to say the Bluetooth sound out of this phone is better than my Samsung note and my asus tablet. The silk OS on the phone is a learning curve in it self but I don't mind learning new things. The camera takes better low light pics than my canon camera . ANd like all decent phones it has plenty of picture software to make it come out right. This is a att phone and it responds very fast with the 4g lte .The Bluetooth radio renders stereo better than my Sammy note it really is great. It does have NFC and mira cast and a gyro for VR programs. If you see this phone for the price I paid for It ($90)snatch it up. ANd that is for a brand new never been used phone. I see in forums where this phone is real easy to jail break and use android I haven't done that yet and I may not because I still have a great android phone. BTW if you missed it you can't add a sd, all though it does have 32 gigs of rom. Nice phone and you can't go wrong with the price. Hope this helps some one.Read full review
Verified purchase: Yes | Condition: Pre-owned
You could not PAY ME to have used stock FireOS on this phone for more than a day. It reminded of using crappy Windows Mobile from 10 years ago. Actually, it might have been worse? Anyway, nothing about it is intuitive, Amazon's app market is lacking, and their walled-garden-ecosystem seriously limits the appeal of using their, otherwise good, hardware. So I followed the guide on the reddit firephone subreddit, and now I have a wonderful, open, Android experience again. Will it last forever? Will it crash and burn? Who knows! But now that's it's unlocked, I'm seriously enjoying this phone as my daily driver. The only things I can't get to work on it is HDR mode on the camera, a barcode reading app, and Netflix. Everything else flies. And because of the size and design, it's like getting a great iPhone running Android.Read full review
Verified purchase: Yes | Condition: New
I wish I had known a few more things about the Amazon Fir Phone before I made my purchase. This is no reflection on the person who sold it to me. He did a great job but there are things about the phone that you probably have to have one for awhile to find them out. First the phone logo stays on the screen way to long...this probably uses a lot of your battery over time. Secondly, I thought because Amazon Fire was an Android based phone that I could get anyone's Android Apps. Not So! You can only get Apps from the Amazon App Store. Normally this would be ok but Amazon doesn't have some Apps you might want but the Google Play App Store might have them. The problem is bad since the Amazon Fire can't download ANY APPS from any App Store other than Amazon Fire Store. I had one such App Request that Google Play had in their store but it wouldn't let me download it. I made a request of Amazon Fire to get that App but I feel it will probably never be acted on. It is an App that allows me to use my Amazon Fire through the Radio in my car. My car is a 15 year old model and the App I needed was designed to work with my Car's Radio. Google Play has that App but Amazon Fire doesn't and probably never will even though I made a request to Amazon Fire to get this app. Another thing. The Phones Camera needs a better Zoom. The phone runs too much in the background which eat a lot of battery. There are other things also. But the phone isn't as user friendly as I would like it to be. And there you have it.Read full review
Verified purchase: Yes | Condition: Pre-owned
Worth a hundred dollars; but Amazon will do well to refrain from trotting out successors with their "forked" version of Android. It's a real shame Amazon yanked the year of Prime that used to come with this phone. Go to Amazon's site to see Jason Singleton's comments on how to install Google Play; install the files in order, rebooting after each apk is run; then from the Google Play Store get Home Switcher; and perhaps Google Now, if you want "OK Google" voice capability. Jason's linked page has instructions. It's a decent phone with one of the brightest screens around, if you often use the phone outside. Turn off the "dynamic perspective" in the phone's accessibility settings to save battery life. You'll have a decent phone that will occasionally irritate you as you swipe repeatedly from the bottom of the screen to go back (it lacks any such button - either physical or on-screen); but all in all, it's worth the salvage prices from the companies that bought the phones Amazon abruptly dumped in September of 2015. In a couple of years I'm sure I'll be ready to move on to something with the latest version of Android; and I don't expect Amazon to actively push too many Fire OS updates for this phone.Read full review
Verified purchase: Yes | Condition: Refurbished
I am currently using this phone as a backup to my iPhone 5c (which, unfortunately decided to lose GPS capabilities and Wi-Fi connectivity). Although this phone is faster, larger, and has a better battery life, I think the fact that Amazon denies immediate access to the Google Play store is quite cumbersome. I cannot use Snapchat, Blackboard Learn, and countless other apps accessible on iOS and Google Play. However, for the deal that I received from eBay is highly worth the value. Pros: Decent camera Easy UI Strong(er) battery life Interesting retrospective design Cons: Amazon Appstore Sideloading Google Play to download apps is quite annoying Carousel glitches
Verified purchase: Yes | Condition: New
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