Amazon is finally close to unveiling its first own-brand smartphones to the competitive smartphone market. According to the reports, Amazon’s smartphone will be announced in June this year. Amazon’s upcoming flagship smartphone will have a screen capable of displaying 3D images without having to wear any glasses, running a forked version of Android.
BGR has managed to get an image of a prototype device which is said to be Amazon’s first phone. Don’t pre-judge about the design, the prototype is wrapped in a shell that hides the actual design preventing prying eyes. The Prototype clearly shows a trio of buttons along the left side handle power and volume.
The 3D effect feature will be limited at the device’s launch – it will be reserved for only several built-in gestures. The smartphone is said to be powered by a heavily modified version of Android – FireOS – with extreme 3D parallax effects by employing “retina-tracking technology embedded in four front-facing cameras, or sensors, to make some images appear to be 3-D, similar to a hologram.”
The official name of the device is yet to be known. According to the reports, Amazon has already showed the device off to key developers in San Francisco and Seattle so it’s likely the device will launch with third party support. Amazon is planing to announce the phone by June and shipping it by the end of September. It is also reported that a more affordable version will arrive later this year as well.
Source: BGR
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