Amazon is developing a successor smartphone "Fire" of Fire Phone and will be released within 2017

Amazon launched its own smartphone "Fire Phone" in 2014 but sales did not grow,Discontinue sales in September 2015It was. About two years since then, Amazon now has "IceIt is rumored that you are planning a new smartphone under the brand name "Ice Phone".

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According to NDTV Gadget 360.com dealing with gadget related news, unlike the Fire Phone that aimed at the North American and European markets, Ice is expected to be for emerging markets such as India.

Fire OS OS was based on Android "Fire OS 3.5" customized, but Ice is an Android terminal, including Google search · YouTube · Gmail · Google Play store etc.Google Mobile ServiceIt is pre-installed.

The test terminal has two sizes, 5.2 inches and 5.5 inches, OS is Android 7.1.1. SoC is a Snapdragon 435, equipped with a 13 megapixel rear camera, 2 GB RAM, 16 GB internal storage, fingerprint scanner, the price is 6000 rupees (about 10,000 yen). According to the person who touched the test terminal, it is said that it did not have the voice recognition assistant "Amazon Alexa", but it is considered to correspond at the time of release.

The release time is "at least one type is expected to be released within 2017".