Republic wireless offers a $19 per month, all you can talk service by using wifi. Maybe amazon can offer this cheaper. Say at $10 a month with no profit. So

Republic wireless offers a $19 per month, all you can talk service by using wifi. Maybe amazon can offer this cheaper. Say at $10 a month with no profit. So it makes more sense to offer service. I have seen some phones in Chinese retail sites for $90. For amazon it's cheaper say $3 per month over 24 months. Now consider the revenues for content, apps, increased e-commerce sales, ads and better profiling and maybe some profit from the phone service - amazon have plenty of ways to earning this $3 per month. The only question - what about people getting the phone and not using it at all?