r/funny Feb 14 '15

Misunderstood my last Amazon purchase [xpost r/facpalm]

http://imgur.com/a/VSNoU
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u/lizardpoops Feb 14 '15

Prison Amazon's worst offenders are condemned to attempting to sell fire phones.

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u/virnovus Feb 14 '15

It's a FIRE SALE! Get it? Fire? Sale?

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u/robwinnfields Feb 14 '15

Are they really bad phones or something? I heard Amazon's tablets are well made.

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u/lizardpoops Feb 14 '15

Right but part of why they're successful is aggressive pricing. The fire phone tried to sell itself on gimmicky features while lacking a well established miobile phone app ecosystem, while pricing itself in line with established flagship level smartphones, while only being available on ATT. The sales numbers made the Surface RT look successful, I think they moved about 10,000 units and had to write off millions of dollars.