Amazon Fire Phone 32GB £99

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I have just seen Amazon UK have dropped the price of these for today from £399 to £99 (with no contract).

I know it has mixed reviews but at a hundred quid seems like a bit of an absolute bargain for anyone interested.

http://www.amazon.co.uk/Amazon-Fire-Phone-32-GB

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TvrJohn said:

Some very poor reviews

...when it was priced at £400 it had 'mixed' reviews. Some were actually very good.

But at £100 it blows anything else at that price point out the water.

If you put on the proper version of Android it's actually an excellent phone - the main problem is that techies don't like the Amazon OS.

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fathomfive said:

Could you stick a proper version of Android on this rather than the bastardised one?

I think you can - you definitely can on the Fire tablet.

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Ye I've ordered one - I've played on a friends and for what I use it for it's great. It also has a brilliant camera which is nice!

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Zodiac M said:

Locked to O2?!

I imagine any little phone shop can unlock it for a tenner.

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littlebasher said:

If it's O2, will a giffgaff sim work in it i wonder?

It will. Works with O2 and GiffGaff.

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boxst said:

I just noticed that in America they are selling them for $199 unlocked with a year of free Amazon prime. I would imagine that the same will come here as that is just dumping them. (Original price was $650).

You have VAT to pay on that price though...so really its $250/£170 - which is the same as the UK price if you added on Prime membership.

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RobinBanks said:

I've ordered one. If I don't like it I think I should be able to get my money back

Exactly. Will probably flip it for a profit on eBay!

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FourWheelDrift said:

Nobody wants them, there is no demand. Prices for new ones have dropped on ebay to £31-70 with bids, some people still asking silly money (£125-180) but they won't be selling as they have no bids, only one I can see at a high price with bids is £102.

Not sure how hard you looked...the last one sold for £166!

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Amazon-Fire-Phone-Unwant...

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...back up to £299 now.

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Mine arrived today - very happy with it.

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gregf40 said:

I have just seen Amazon UK have dropped the price of these for today from £399 to £99 (with no contract).

I know it has mixed reviews but at a hundred quid seems like a bit of an absolute bargain for anyone interested.

http://www.amazon.co.uk/Amazon-Fire-Phone-32-GB

Special offer is back again at £99 for anyone interested - just popped up on the homepage!

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The_Burg said:

Anyone confirm this? If so I'll get one ordered.

From what I've read it now runs Android Kit Kat and is indeed unlocked with the latest update.

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gregf40 said:

I have just seen Amazon UK have dropped the price of these for today from £399 to £99 (with no contract).

I know it has mixed reviews but at a hundred quid seems like a bit of an absolute bargain for anyone interested.

http://www.amazon.co.uk/Amazon-Fire-Phone-32-GB

Just popped up on the Amazon home page that the 64gb model is on offer at £99 for anyone interested...