> You ignored Amazon fire phone. Yes, because I have no idea why it is so apparently special. I do know that they sell kindles so cheaply because they hope peo

> You ignored Amazon fire phone. Yes, because I have no idea why it is so apparently special. I do know that they sell kindles so cheaply because they hope people would be buying books from them. > Another example would be gaming consoles. Except those are never marketed as general-purpose pocket computer devices like iPhones are. They are appliances. Getting your hands onto an SDK for a gaming console requires being a company, signing an NDA, and probably committing to lots of other conditions.