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Amazon's Smartphone — A 3D-enabled smartphone developed by Amazon

Hardware·Launched Jun 2014·0 upvotes·amazon.com

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ALIVEverified Aug 19, 2026 · HTTP 200

CohortClass of 2014

What it is

Amazon's Smartphone — A 3D-enabled smartphone developed by Amazon.com. [Tech]

HTTP liveness

16 probes since Jun 16

Jun 16Aug 19

AliveHard-dead (404/5xx/parked)RedirectedUnverified (timeout/DNS/block)

Observed events

probes · press · GitHub

Aug 19, 2026
Back online
Alive · 200 OK
Aug 8, 2026
Went dark
Dead · 404
Jul 30, 2026
Back online
Alive · 200 OK
Jul 12, 2026
Went dark
Dead · 404
Jun 23, 2026
Back online
Alive · 200 OK
Jun 21, 2026
Went dark
Dead · 404
Jun 21, 2026
Back online
Alive · 200 OK
Jun 16, 2026
First probe — down
Dead · 404

Funding history

2 rounds

Total raised

$14.5B

Latest valuation

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Stage

public

Acquired

Feb 2018

investors undisclosed

$839.0M

source

Acquired

Jun 2017

investors undisclosed

$13.7B

source

Data from SEC EDGAR Form D filings and press coverage. Round labels for SEC filings are inferred from filing sequence and amount.

Moat

None apparent

The page discusses Amazon's struggles in the smartphone market and its past failure with the Fire Phone, indicating a lack of a durable competitive advantage in this category. There are no strong indicators of a moat that would support a new offering in this space.

webAmazon discontinued the Fire Phone about a year after its launch due to poor sales. source
webPanay stated building a new phone isn’t Amazon’s goal, which suggests hesitation to re-enter the market. source
webReleasing a new smartphone would put Amazon in direct competition with established players like Apple and Samsung. source
webAmazon's devices business has struggled to turn a profit for years, losing billions, which highlights potential risks in launching new hardware. source

weak · 0.50 confidence · grounded in 4 sources

Website-grounded · May 2026

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