You never know until you try.

Now you have a general idea what Fire Phone is from the previous posts, which are Amazon introduces Fire Phone, Fire Phone’s Features, How Fire phone will benefit you as a college student, How it is different from iPhone and Samsung, and Quick and Easy Survey. According to all the comments, everybody just wondered that how Amazon compete Apple and Samsung and what you would get benefits from Fire Phone.

Benefits what you get from Fire Phone:

When people first say Amazon, everyone probably would be related to shopping, not smartphone. According to our survey, many people still do not know Amazon is going to launch a smartphone, called Fire Phone. However, we could not doubt that most people shop on Amazon. If you buy Fire Phone, you can get a full year of free Prime membership. Actually, we discussed what benefits Prime members could get from the previous post. You can check it out if you did not read it yet. So Prime is one of benefits you can get from Fire Phone.

In addition, we discover that most people want a long battery life based on our survey, so it is a chance that you can experience a very long battery life from Fire Phone.

How much longer can Fire Phone use?

• Watching videos: up to 11 hours
• Listening to music: up to 65 hours
• Talking time: up to 22 hours
• Standby time: up to 285 hours

Does that attract you? Although we know we have a very strong competitor Apple, if you do not try, you never know you can make it or not. Therefore, we focus on our promotions and features to gain customers’ attention. We have introduced Fire Phone’s features before. Like 3D, Firefly, Mayday are we launch new technologies. If you still do not know what these features are, please check the previous post out. We will discuss promotions on next post. 

Quick and Easy Survey

Hello everyone,

Our group has set up a survey and we would really appreciate it if you can take a minute (literally) to take the survey.

Here is the link:
https://docs.google.com/forms/d/1EXopis944JTAvZiBdXBQHgZwbo07NhgI5R7lVYIUeIo/viewform?usp=send_form

 And feel free to leave a comment or tell us what your thoughts are after you're done so we can at least say thank you to every single one of you.

Have a wonderful  weekend, everyone!

How will Fire phone benefit you as a college student? How is it different from iPhone and Samsung?

Source: Amazon, July 2014

How will Fire phone benefit you as a college student?

College students spend a lot of time searching for a best deal on textbooks. Fire phone offers a useful online shopping search engine to make your search easier. Students who buy Fire phone will receive one year Prime membership for FREE, which is equivalent to $99 $49 per year (student price).  If you are a prime member already, Amazon is going to add an additional year of membership at no additional cost. One of the many benefits of being a Prime member is you get to have free 2-day shipping. Not only will this save college students a lot of money, but it will also save so much time. Many of the college textbooks are on Amazon for you to buy or rent. Do you need the textbook the next day? No problem! You can just pay $3.99 for shipping and you can have the textbook at your door the following day.  Also, did you know that we have an Amazon locker at CSUF campus? Which means you can pick up your order as soon as you get to school.
With Prime-membership, you can also enjoy:

• Unlimited music streaming
• Watch unlimited movies and TV shows with Prime Instant Video
• A Prime membership includes over 500,000 free eBooks 
• Free, unlimited cloud storage, in full resolution, for all photos taken with Fire phone 

Moreover, searching for school supplies is faster and more convenient with Fire Phone. For example, what if there’s a certain product that you want to purchase but it doesn’t have a barcode and you’re not sure where you can buy it? With Fire Phone camera, you can just push a button to take a picture of the product, and Amazon will show you where you can buy it on the website. Amazon calls this function "Firefly." It quickly recognizes things in the real world, even web and email addresses, phone numbers, QR and bar codes, movies, music, and millions of products, and lets you take action in seconds (Amazon).

How is it different from Apple and Samsung?

The Amazon Fire phone employs Android system and has several additional apps built-in the smartphone. If you are one of the "Android People," you won't need to worry about how many extra budget you need to spend for every single app. Unlike Apple’s iOS, Android People can enjoy many apps they want for free! Amazon’s Fire’s additional functions include cloud services with unlimited photo streaming, a content-forward user interface, built-in media libraries, productivity apps, and platform enhancements to integrate Amazon's digital content and improve performance.
Moreover, the Fire phone will have a new feature called Dynamic Perspective that uses a new sensor system to respond to the way you hold, view, and move Fire. The Dynamic Perspective also allows one-handed reading -- with auto-scroll, the user can scan long web pages without ever having to touch the screen.
It also has a better viewing indoors and out. Fire phone's 4.7" HD display features dynamic image contrast, a wide viewing angle, circular polarizer, and an industry-leading ultra-bright display at 590 nits, making it easy to see in all lighting conditions. The function lets students read books on Fire Phone easier as well.

Source: Amazon, July 2014

More features on the link below:
http://www.amazon.com/Amazon-Prime-One-Year-Membership/dp/B00DBYBNEE
https://www.amazon.com/oc/firephonecustomers

Fire Phone's Features

Did you know that Amazon's Fire is going to be released next week?  Yes! The release date is on Friday, July 25th! Our group is excited to share with you what the Fire Phone has in store for you.

Amazon has been developing this new smartphone for years and has been making prototypes and changes since 2012 to ensure customer satisfaction. The Fire Phone is the first of "several planned own-brand smartphones," according to Amazon (Lloyd).

So what makes Fire Phone different from other smartphones? 

It has a unique feature called "Dynamic Perspective" where there is a combination of sensor and four front-facing cameras that track the user's head for 3D effects enhancement and gesture controls. The user's movements will create pictures and other things on-screen shift their position as the user's head moves, thus building a more 3D experience. The user can also tilt the phone to scroll, launch menus, and display new information such as restaurant ratings from the app Yelp!

The Fire will have a quad-core 2.2GHz Qualcomm Snapdragon processor, a 4.7-inch 720p HD display, 2GB of RAM, dual stereo speakers, a 13-megapixel rear camera and front-facing camera for video chatting. The new smartphone also offers unlimited cloud-based photo storage, so you won't ever have to worry about deleting photos and videos.

Also, Fire phone delivers up to 285 hours of standby time, up to 22 hours of talk time, up to 65 hours of audio playback, and up to 11 hours of video playback.

Another special feature is Firefly, which uses the camera to scan barcodes on products and pull them up in Amazon's store. Moreover, it can also listen to music or TV shows and recognize phone numbers and email addresses as well. 

Next topic: How will Fire phone benefit you as a college student? How is it different from iPhone and Samsung?

Source: http://www.hallels.com/articles/2434/20140714/amazon-fire-phone-release-date-2014-price-specs-3d-features-recognition-software-watch-here-video.htm

Amazon Introduces "Fire Phone"

Amazon.com is the most visited online shopping website in the United States in the recent years. By 2011, Amazon had tens of millions of prime members as customers get to enjoy 2-day free shipping, Kindle owners lending library, and unlimited video streaming! In June 2014, Jeff Bezos, CEO of Amazon, introduced its first smartphone called the Fire Phone. 




As a marketing group, our main goal is to offer Amazon a marketing plan that will help promote its new product and provide strategies that will help the company increase sales. 

Our target market will be generation X and Y, specifically college students. We plan to promote our products through TV commercials, social media, and search engine optimization. Our main competitors will be Apple and Samsung. In the marketing plan, we will introduce Fire Phone and its special functions that will set it apart from other smartphones. 

 Some of its unique features are:

● 3D Dynamic Perspective with 4 front-facing cameras

● Unlimited photo storage (cloud)

● Firefly technology that is able to scan and locate real objects on Amazon

● MayDay (Amazon’s award-winning customer service)

**And much much more!! Stay tuned! :)

Welcome!

Dear group members,

Please feel free to post any idea related to our Fire Phone Marketing Plan.