After years of development , Amazon is finally close to unveiling the first of several own- brand smartphones.
At a distance , Amazon 's upcoming flagship phone looks much not like any other touchscreen phone on the market . Purpose the company HAS Spent years Creating a unique and , at times , novel user experience That Has Two hand Focuses Amazon products and services , and a custom 3D interface unlike anything we -have seen before was smartphone.
And so begins the story of Amazon 's first smartphone.
Recent reports -have shed some light on Amazon 's plan to enter the competitive smartphone market with an own- brand handset . The Wall Street Journal reported about last week That the company 's first crack at a cell phone Will be announced in June and released in the third quarter . The report aussi Claimed That The phone features a glasses- free 3D interface.
An Earlier research notes to investors by specs feel plugged -in KGI Securities analyst Ming- Chi Kuo Revealed A Few key , Including details about several internal components Amazon plan to use in the device.
BGR has spoken with multiple trusted sources and confirmed much of what has-been reported about Malthus far . We Have aussi Exclusively Many learned new details surrounding Amazon 's upcoming smartphone, All which is set to debut in the coming months .
Finally , We Have Obtained exclusive photos of a prototype of the unreleased device , giving the world icts first look at Amazon 's hotly Anticipated phone .
As can be seen in the images, the device is covered by a protective shell Intended to Prevent people without authorization from seeing the physical design of the phone . Some Areas of the photo -have beens aussi Blocked or Otherwise obscured by BGR .
In the past , BGR HAS Exclusively reported about early unannounced details surrounding Numerous Amazon Kindle eBook readers Including products , Kindle Fire tablets , Amazon 's current -generation Kindle Fire tablets and HDX , Most Recently , the Fire TV .
Amazon 's first smartphone is one of at least two handsets the company is working on Currently . We're Told That The second , an entry -level device That Will feature lower -end specs and a very competitive retail price , Will launch sometime partner after the phone pictured here .
The device set to debut in the coming months Will Be a higher -end model That has-been in development for several years at Amazon .
According To details from multiple sources , Amazon 's first phone Will Be powered by a Qualcomm Snapdragon processor , and it aussi Will include 2GB of RAM. Will it run a Heavily customized version of Google 's Android operating of system similar to the version of That 's powers Amazon tablets .
Our sources state the phone 's display That Will measure 4.7 inches diagonally , making the handset 's screen a bit smaller than recent flagship offerings from Samsung and HTC. The handset aussi -have Comparatively low pixel density , featuring 720p HD resolution 1080p HD resolution Compared to one Many rival devices.
Apple 's upcoming iPhone 6 is rumored to feature aussi a 4.7 -inch screen with resolution Retina That falls short of full HD .
It's not clear Exactly what Amazon Plans to icts first phone call .
Review: The most novel part of Amazon 's upcoming smartphone is icts 3D software interface and the hardware mechanism That Enables it .
Our sources state That the new Amazon phone includes a total of six cameras .
The main rear camera is thought to feature a resolution of 13 megapixels, and the phone includes a standard aussi front- facing camera for video chats as well as Amazon 's customer service Mayday feature .
Beyond Those two units , the device houses an additional front- facing cameras oven That Work with other sensors to Facilitate the software 's 3D effects . One source tells us thesis furnace cameras , All which are in Huadu Each of the four corners on the front of the phone , are low -power infrared cameras .
The device 's extra cameras are used to track the position of the user 's face and eyes in relation to the phone 's display . This Allows Amazon 's software to make constant adjustments' to the on-screen positioning of Elements , altering the perspective of visuals on the screen .
The result is a 3D experience without the need for 3D glasses or a parallax barrier LCD panel in the forehead like the solutions used by the Nintendo 3DS video game console and mobile HTC 's EVO 3D smartphone from 2011.
We're Told there are several Areas of the phone 's software That Utilize Amazon 's glasses- free 3D effects .
Since the 3D interface is the phone 's biggest points of differentiation , Amazon HAS tried to use new technology icts in Many Areas have as possible. In fact , right from the start on the lock screen , Amazon 's new phone Will include several special wallpapers with prospects That shift as the user tilts the phone from side to side as well as up and down .
Moving past the wallpapers , Amazon 's 3D effect aussi Will apply to application icons and other Core Elements of the user interface. Several hand apps Will Be consistent as well ; for example , we're Told That moving the phone while using the maps application changes Will the view of various objects on the screen .
Another use for the smart phone 's 3D effects is across Amazon 's various stores , icts : such as book store , music store and the Amazon digital hand market . By shifting the position of the phone , users are ble to see three-dimensional product images at different angles to reveal surfaces That cannot be seen in 2D images.
One source tells us Amazon aussi working to recruit big outside developers in an attempt to -have a number of key third-party apps available at launch That take advantage of the phone 's 3D interface. Will Amazon make a set of APIs available to third party and It Will aussi em assist with development in other ways , we're Told .
A report late last week from Re / code aussi Said That Amazon is working to get third-party developers on board .
Our sources are not clear on Exactly When Amazon 's first Smartphone Will Be released , though we're Told the company May be targeting an announcement in the next two to three months and a launch sometime late this summer . We were Told aussi Will the phone be INITIALLY available only in the United States .
Amazon 's second , lower -cost smartphone Will Then start at a later time .
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