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[Mr.OmegaMan]

Could be an ideal smartphone for the older generation with the addition of Amazon Mayday...

http://www.itv.com/news/update/2014-06-18/amazons-fire-phone-could-be-on-sale-in-uk-this-year/

http://www.technobuffalo.com/2014/06/18/fire-phone-top-5-features-of-amazons-first-smartphone/

[Mr.OmegaMan]

"Mayday was first introduced late last year on Amazon’s Kindle Fire HDX tablets. It connects you with a live human being through video chat for near-immediate tech support. Now that’s coming to the Fire Phone.

Amazon says it’s available 24/7 365 days a year and that you should be connected within 15 seconds. So why does this matter? It’s great if you’re trying to figure out a new feature but, to me, it seems like it’s an even bigger deal to newcomers to smartphones. Folks who have been sitting around on the sidelines afraid to get involved with a complicated device now have someone to hold their hand whenever they want. This is something we, again, probably won’t see from competitors in any other upcoming Android phones, giving Amazon a nice exclusive feature.

It’s kind of like the Apple Genius Bar, but in your pocket and always just 15 seconds away."

[tunnie]

The Kindle Fire is a terrible device, very unimpressed with ones we had

[Kevin Wood]

"Mayday"?

That implies some kind of impending disaster, surely.

"Oh, hello. My toy phone doesn't work. User error, you say? Silly me!".

Hmm. No. I didn't think so.

[05omegav6]

Can't be any worse than Mrs Steve Jobs...

[chrisgixer]

I like the 3d display. Very clever.


....useless maybe? But clever.