Amazon smartphone? New image says maybe so
Reportedly created by Amazon designers and snagged by Boy Genius Report, the new image shows a traditional-looking smartphone. But there may be more to it than meets the eye.
We may now have our first true peek at Amazon's much-rumored smartphone.
An image obtained by Boy Genius Report shows the front and back of a smartphone with the Amazon logo. Reportedly illustrated by Amazon graphic designers for internal use, the image reveals the front of the phone with large tiles gracing the screen along with three buttons on the side. The back of the phone sports the Amazon logo and shows two speaker grilles at the bottom.
Multiple trusted sources have confirmed that the image is legit, according to BGR. If so, the image provides the first real glimpse at the phone following photos published by BGR, in which a protective housing obscured its actual appearance.
Though the phone may look conventional in the image, it reportedly will offer users a new and unique interface. As revealed by BGR last week, the phone is expected to track the position of your head through several cameras and sensors. As such, it will be able to display various 3D effects in supported apps from Amazon and third-party providers.
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And what of the actual specs and features? Sources previously told BGR that the phone would offer a 4.7-inch display with 720p HD resolution, a quad-core Qualcomm Snapdragon processor, 2GB of RAM, and a 13-megapixel rear camera. Like Amazon's Kindle Fire tablets, the phone would be outfitted with a customized version of Android and tie into Amazon's own app store for software downloads.
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