According to a new report by former Wall Street Journal reporter, Jessica E. Lessin, the long rumored Amazon smartphone will be sold for free whether it’s sold via carrier contract or not. There are whispers of Amazon trying to introduce an Amazon Prime like service but it’s skeptical as Amazon will have to strike difficult deals with both manufacturers and cell phone carriers to make something happen that hasn’t been done before.
Amazon has previously tried something similar to this, their recent Kindle Fire line of tablets were sold at a lower cost which allowed them to make up profit by selling books, apps, videos, etc.
The Amazon smartphone is rumored to run a modified version of Android like the Kindle Fire line of tablets. This version does not include any of Google’s line of apps like the Play Store and are replaced by Amazon’s own services. It’ll be nice to have more competition in the Android space as it can only lead to more innovation, what do you think? Let us know your opinion in the comments below.