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?
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.
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
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
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!
“Alexa call an ambulance!”
Ordered an amber lance, Prime delivery in eight hoursI’ll put this right next to my Facebook and Microsoft phones
Because their last hype-based smartphone did so well.
Oh yes! A smartphone for continuous surveillance of people. This world is ending.
I mean… we have that already sadly
Even if this thing HAD a 3.5mm jack, I’d send this junk back.
Didn’t they fail at phones once already
Time to f-AI-l
Thanks, I hate it.
Didn’t learn anything from the failed Fire Phone garbage?
fyre phone
The only people that are asking for this bought the fire phone
No app store, have to rely on Alexa, who is definitely collecting and storing your personal data to do things by telling it everything, and a year ago they changed their terms so you can’t opt out of your Alexa recordings being automatically sent to Amazon… every day billionaires are closer and closer to successfully turning our phones into telescreens.
And I bet the phone is gonna be full of ads and product placement too, if it happens. I know before I finally ditched my Alexa over a year ago it was trying to suggest shit for me to buy I didn’t need.
“Alexa phone, call the doctor, I’m sick I need an ap—”
“You sure? This pack of cold medicine on Amazon has 5 star reviews, and is much cheaper than your doctor visit! Would you like me to add it to your cart for same-day delivery?”
Like. That’s maybe a little more time down the line in dystopian hypotheticals, but the vague implications behind the AI doing everything so you don’t have to gives up so much free will, and I’m just saying… it’s a power grab disguised as efficiency. Ugh.
