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Amazon's timeframe for determining a product or service to be a "loss" is way, way longer than most understand. I wouldn't for a second believe that Amazon is

• bengali3 12y ago
  Exactly. The value for amazon is future purchases of all kinds via the device, not profits on devices or music. This is a successful extension of the lessons learned with Kindle, not merely an iPhone competitor.
  • vitd 12y ago
    Beyond music, videos, and books, how many people actually purchase products from their mobile devices? I know I don't, and have never seen my spouse or any friends do so, though I realize that's not a scientific survey. Also, if they've only sold 10's of thousands of units as has been claimed recently, that doesn't seem like it translates into many additional sales, even if users are buying additional things on them. At least not compared with iOS or other Android platforms.
• QuantumGood 12y ago
  Amazon doesn't want to defend this phone. It want to fix it, but it isn't ready to yet: The most popular critical review on Amazon points out that the phone has features that are: • Supposed to always work working very inconsistently; • Features that are useful and expected in Android inconsistently implemented. Plus it has no alternatives for many common apps. This implementation of the phone is broken. Amazon may or may not be able to iterate into a make of a better phone, but if it can't, this will be a loss.