Amazon's Fire sale; clever marketing ploy or just reeks of desperation?

Amazon's Fire sale; clever marketing ploy or just reeks of desperation?
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answer:99 cents is still with a two year contract. You can get a iPhone 5c for free with a two year contract now. The fire phone is just a bad device and my money is on that they didn’t realize how badly it sucked and they figured having it on Amazons homepage would move them. That didn’t work (it might have if it was unlocked) so nobody bought them. With the Kindle Fire it wasn’t bound to a contract so that makes it a lot easier to buy. But with the phone you have shit like carriers and early termination fees. There is a reason Apple does major phone upgrades every two years. It is the two year contract most people have with their carriers.
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