On: Ask HN: Why doesn't Amazon release a phone?

[satya71]

They did and failed spectacularly. See https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fire_Phone

[bynkman → satya71]

Thank you. I came here to call out this. I will say that implementing a phone is not easy. Just look at the issues Palm and Blackberry have had to stay relevant. Nokia did for a while, but finally went with Android. At least in the American market, it seems that Motorola, Samsung, Google, and Apple are the winners these days.

[Raed667 → satya71]

It looks like they focused on 3D gimmick, instead of building a good general purpose smartphone

[mattm → Raed667]

This is a pretty entertaining long read of it https://www.fastcompany.com/3039887/under-fire

[speedgoose → satya71]

Already 6 years ago! I feel so old.