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Amazon Pushes Significant Update to Fire Phone

May 8, 2015, 7:23 AM by Eric M. Zeman

Amazon has made Fire OS 4.6.1 available to the Fire Phone, which pushes the device up to Android 4.4 KitKat and makes a significant number of improvements. Fire OS 4.6.1 adds support for Bluetooth Low Energy and wireless printing; adds keyboard options and color choices for the calendar and lock screen; and makes improvements to the lock screen, notifications, messaging, and calling apps. The updates OS also adds new enterprise and accessibility features, and fixes dozens of bugs. Fire OS 4.6.1 is free to download and install.

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4.7" display HD+ resolution
Snapdragon 800 processor 2 GB RAM
2,400 mAh battery
Headphone Jack (3.5mm), NFC

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middlekid3058

May 8, 2015, 8:15 AM

THIS SHIP HAS SAILED!

They are done, you will never see another Amazon phone, EVER!

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At least Amazon is supporting it's phone. Android customers spend a lot of time waiting for updates that never come. Look at the number of Flagship phones that are still waiting on Lollipop.

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T Bone

Amazon has a long history of supporting apparently failed products until they are successful. Apparently, I am the only one who remembers back when the first generation Kindle was released and it turned out to be a huge failure and everyone was laugh...
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