Legere rips Amazon with brutal ‘Facebook phone’ comparison

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http://l1.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/eZlQ1kudwqZDTsLuewxIgA--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9NzU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_US/News/BGR_News/legere-4.png (http://news.yahoo.com/legere-rips-amazon-brutal-facebook-phone-comparison-181845343.html)If you don’t understand why Amazon is releasing its first smartphone as an exclusive device for AT&T, you aren’t alone. T-Mobile CEO John Legere took to Twitter on Tuesday to bash Amazon for its reported decision to go with AT&T as its exclusive carrier for the new smartphone it will unveil on Wednesday. “Whew! Amazon doesn’t know what they just signed up for,” wrote the abrasive-wireless executive. “Remember the Facebook phone? Yikes.” The “Facebook phone” Legere’s referring to is the HTC First, the Facebook-centric device that released last year exclusively on AT&T and that was one of the most infamous smartphone flops in recent history. In fact, sales for the First were so horrific that AT&T even decided to discontinue



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