Amazon Fire Phone - 64 GB - Black (Unlocked)

good basics

The amazon software is not good - and you cannot even access goggle play or gmail. After a workaround it is running android. There are a lot of quirks with this phone, but as a phone it has very strong reception (even in area where other top line phones struggle) and the GPS signal is also strong.

It is a battery hog, and you can't change the battery yourself, so will need to see how that plays out.Read full review

Verified purchase:  Yes • Condition: refurbished • Sold by: qualitycellz

It was cheap. It is different.

Bought for $50 plus $99 for the included year of Amazon Prime. The interface has some good ideas and some that I don't like.

The app selection is limited. There are typically apps for the functions that I want, but often the app that I'm used to is not available. Some of the apps don't follow the "standard" for the interface.

I also wanted to be able to swap SIM cards. That part didn't work. I think that Cricket has looked the phone.

Will be exploring the SIM issue. Also, am planning to test whether the Android environment app will allow me to run my favorite apps..

On the whole I'd buy it again. Especially because it replaced a very old phone.Read full review

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The Fire Phone

This phone is a great value for people who are invested in the Amazon ecosystem content. You can easily use it with your FireTV, or on the go to pull up your content. Connect with PRIME to save movies to the device to listen to later, or stream music. The camera is descent, a lil slow, but pretty okay for a device at this price point, and all of your photos can be connected to your Amazon Photos Drive, which gives you unlimited storage when taking pictures from this device. Overall i love the form factor. Downside is that Amazon's App store isnt' as developed as Apple's or Google's. I use 1Mobile Market for the most part to get the Apps that aren't on Amazon. But even still, the 2nd issue is that Amazon doesn't update their OS or their apps. Belini has been out for months, and it simply isn't coming to the old devices, because it's used to pitch Amazon's newer devices. Not that this matters too much, because Belini has it's own problems. If you really hate the Amazon look, you can opt for a 3rd party launcher.Read full review

Verified purchase:  Yes • Condition: refurbished • Sold by: qualitycellz

Honestly....

To be quite honest, I purchased this "phone" to be used only as a means of listening to books thru the text to speech option while I was working out at the gym or walking. It is much more portable, and since the Kindle app for Android doesn't have that TTS option, this was the next best thing for my purpose, and it definitely works well for that! Would I use it as a phone? No. Extremely poor battery life. I use a battery case to extend battery life. But it really doesn't have a friendly user interface at all! I can see why it didn't go over very well as an actual phone, but I do love it for the use that I purchased it for! So if that's your intention, go for it!Read full review

Good phone

The Fire phone is a nice phone has a few issues like hard to go back cuz not on all screens no back button. The battery on it will make a day but not for a teen they might get 1/2 a day . pro great camera feels nice to to big it easy to find the apps.Read full review

Verified purchase:  Yes • Condition: pre-owned • Sold by: xomanowar

Great Value with Good Price

This is the first fire phone I just purchased. I have set up this phone and install the apps I like into the phone. I have to say the phone works fantastic. I am thinking to get one more for my relative for Christmas gift.
I highly recommend to use fire phone.
Ebay and Amazon buyer,
Zhulin LeeRead full review

Verified purchase:  Yes • Condition: new • Sold by: qualitycellz

Excellent cellphone

All features including size and appearance makes this celphone the best in its category for the price. I fully recomend it to every body.

Verified purchase:  Yes • Condition: new • Sold by: qualitycellz

great tech advances...

love what amazon has done for small devices...sorry the phone failed, but I benefited. I treat it like a mini kindle, and the free prime was just in time. lots of power, but I can see how heat and battery life will always be a challenge as devices get faster and smaller. someone lost money on this phone, great deal.Read full review

Verified purchase:  Yes • Condition: new • Sold by: qualitycellz

Doubt you can buy a better phone for the money

You would not consider me a power user. My phone is used primarily for listening to books and music and reading the news when my pad is nearby. The screen is clear and crisp, speed and reception seem to be very good. Sound is exceptional. Not "water resistant" like my previous Moto G3, but this fire phone has far longer battery life which is more important until I fall in the lake. We've been prime customers for a couple of years and do most of our shopping on Amazon, so the commercial aspect is not new, not novel and not annoying. I trust Amazon to do their best to keep their OS bug and virus free. Hope I can get parts if I ever need them. It's likely that Ebay will offer an unlimited supply of broken fire phones for cheap parts.Read full review

Verified purchase:  Yes • Condition: refurbished • Sold by: tesler543

mixed

The phone's hardware is great, needed a little larger screen and notification lights.
I actually installed google play to make into an almost full android.

Verified purchase:  Yes • Condition: new • Sold by: qualitycellz