Amazon Fire Phone: nearly two year’s most imaginative phone

Dynamic 3D display, head interaction, image recognition –the three technologies allows fire Phone become the last two years the most imaginative Smartphone.

Dynamic 3D is not a new technology. Apple on iOS 7 shallow attempt of this display, but so far looks just try it. As for the 3D display, two years ago, HTC pushed through a series of naked eye 3D models, but did not cause much impact on the market; interactive technology head nor fresh. Samsung promote the Galaxy S4, once was sold on the basis of a front-facing camera, let people don't have to use the hand also can slide a web page.

 

However, when the head of the interaction with the naked eye 3D, we found these two technologies originally born of a right. Let the naked eye 3D interactive head has more scenes, not simply let the graphics on the phone to be "raised to" only. But if from the naked eye 3D technology, the head of the interactive experience will be greatly reduced.

Fire Phone is the first time the system-level integration of image recognition technology smartphone. "It can be read automatically TV show lines or songs, to provide you with amazon's online content links; scan paintings and books, will provide you with wikipedia and amazon links; Scan physical goods, such as washing powder jar, you can see the Amazon parity; scanning a magazine, you will be able to distinguish it Firefly restaurant advertising, and even be able to recognize the above reservation telephone. " However, the actual experience of them, fire Phone still has performance deficiencies.

In ArsTechnica overhand experience when they tilt the fire Phone, can show different corner of the map, also can call out of the application of "drawer" page, but if it is used for sliding native amazon goods list, or play Threes and Stagedive Legends, the fire performance of Phone too sensitive; In addition, when two people in front of the phone, which will be the head recognition problem. The image recognition is concerned, fire Phone requires only 1.5 seconds on average recognition time, which greatly exceeded expectations.

To be honest, to "organize the world's information and make it universally accessible and useful" for the vision and strong technical capabilities Google, image recognition technology should be very consistent with its appetite. But compared to the interest in the entity for Amazon, Google on how to "abstract" more interested in the real world, this may be why Google Project Tango instead of promoting the causes of image recognition technology development effort.

In summary, we have tired of watching the chase figures smartphone game: a larger screen and higher pixel camera, faster processor, when these figures have been people numb nerves, handset manufacturers and even silly to want to. "screen accounting "as a selling point. In contrast, fire Phone is the last two years, the most imaginative phone because Amazon is increasing the availability of these three technologies, and organically integrated to provide users with a more interactive fun, and more practical services - - Although the fire Phone for now, the part of the experience is still insufficient.

But if Amazon invested several years, tenacity and ability to develop a technology that we can look forward to the results of these three techniques after experiencing continuous improvement.