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Will wait to see if thext one is better.
I love Amazon. I have been buying with them for years. I am a Prime member and have been for a couple years. I bought the Kindle as an early adopter. The Fire TV was disappointing because the thing has had to be reset to factory twice in less than 4 months. The voice search only works for Amazon, so it's not a feature that gets used. I thought a Fire phone would be amazing. Not so. I bought one and was willing to be gouged by AT&T just to have this phone. Then AT&T wanted over $100 a month for basically the same service I have with T-Mobile. OK. Not cool, but I really wanted this phone.
Then I had it got out of the box and charged it %100. It was hard to leave it alone while it charged. Finally got to %100 and started to mess around with settings and ring tones. Was underwhelmed right away with the OS. It felt a bit off. Then the true letdown happened. The apps are seriously lacking. While searching for some pretty basic Android or IOS apps that weren't available, I noticed the phone was getting way to warm. Then I realized the battery was at %72. I had only been using it for about 35 minutes.
Lack off apps.
Poor operating system.
Short battery life.
AT&T is the worst.
It gets way too warm way too quickly.
In the end I'll wait for the 3rd or 4th iteration. Maybe it will be available unlocked. Maybe it will have a real OS. Maybe it won't get hot. Maybe. Maybe. Maybe. Until then get a real Android phone like a Galaxy. Or get an IOS or Windows phone.
August 2014 · Electronics