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- hardware@lemmy.world
- technology@lemmy.zip
Reuters said the phone is codenamed Transformer
AI integration is a “key focus” of Transformer, per Reuters’ sources, who said that Amazon wants the phone to drive usage of Amazon’s AI products
It’s unclear why Amazon thinks now is a good time to get back into phones. Even potentially low prices may not be enough to convince people to buy.
You ARE looking forward to this, right?
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Gross. I also saw some laptops labeld as AI powered.
Immediate pass.
I don’t need my tech to be telling me 2+2=5
Remember the Fire Phone? It’s back, in slop form!
I think the Alf Pogs are actually more desirable.
I was just going to bring up the Fire Phone!
Amazon has a history of hit and miss devices!
Because their last hype-based smartphone did so well.
I’ll put this right next to my Facebook and Microsoft phones
…why?
So amazon can steal more of your data and sell it to data brokers
Wow, people will surely buy this. It most certainly won’t end up a huge blunder for Amazon.
Why should I want this? There are not that many use cases for it. All I do with my phone is play about 2 games when I’m bored, browse Lemmy, play music, some messaging and taking some pictures. Theres literally zero value of using AI to do anything of it
Pretty much same for me AI is just useless for my everyday life
I’m looking forward to these phones!
They’ll tank harder than Zunes did!
Zunes were actually pretty good. The worst part was what they named the file sharing system haha
I have no opinion as to their quality, having never even seen one. But they were roughly as popular as the bubonic plague (fair or not).
Ahahaha.
They say everything we buy is a kind of signal to our peers.
This will be, as well.
Ironic that the phone has “fire” on it when it wouldn’t be a surprise if the slop it functions off of makes it catch fire
And I’m currently developing a plan to not buy it.
I developed my own plan immediately, and I think I can help you with yours. My final plan is to not buy it.
That’s a solid plan. I do have one suggestion, if you’ll indulge it. I found this out after doing some more research about the phone: I think both of our plans will be vastly improved if we don’t buy it.
Cant wait to hear how much of your personal data it steals
All of it.
Spend your time somewhere else. The answer is: yes
What do you mean by ‘steals’ or ‘personal’? People who buy this are willingly giving everything to Amazon by buying this.
Amazon apparently has decided it has way too much capital on its hands, so it wants to pile it up a ton of cash out in the backyard, douse it with gasoline, and then smirk like a little imp as it strikes a match.
More power to 'em, I guess?
low prices.
Oh. That’s the angle.
Amazon will basically give these away, like Prime. And at least some people will lap them up because they can’t help themselves.
With absolutely zero offense intented, I just saw another Lemmy user complain about ads on Prime Video, apparently unaware that they’re now gated by an additional subscription. And any Lemmy user has to be in the top 1% of “enshittification awareness.” That was always the plan, but our monkey brains often cannot help themselves when we see a short-term deal.
If the great people at LineageOS or GrapheneOS or wherever else manage to create a ROM for this thing, maybe it could be a good deal
“Alexa call an ambulance!”
Ordered an amber lance, Prime delivery in eight hours
