In terms of its outward appearance, Amazon's first smartphone is somewhat reminiscent of the Google Nexus 5. Like Amazon's Kindle Fire tablets, the future smartphone will use a highly customized version of Android. Rumors regarding Amazon's first smartphone resurfaced in April after the-Wall Street Journal-revealed that the company could release its 3D display smartphone in the second half of 2014. The source indicated that several prototypes have already been demonstrated for developers, and that Amazon told one supplier it would begin mass production of the device this spring, starting with an order of 600,000 units.



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