Amazon may be planning to have another go at making its own smartphones. According to a report by Gadgets360, the company is working on a new lineup of devices under the codename Ice. Sources told the website that these new devices will be aimed at emerging markets like India, unlike the Fire Phone, which was only sold in the US and other select markets.
As per the report, one of the devices being tested has a display that is 5.2-inches and 5.5-inch in size and is said to be powered by Qualcomm’s Snapdragon 430 with 2GB of RAM. The device is tipped to sport a 13MP rear camera and offers 16GB of inbuilt storage, It is expected to run Android Nougat v7.1.1 and come with Google Assistant. The phone is also tipped to come with Google’s services like Gmail and Google Play.
The sources told the website that the device may be priced at Rs. 6,000, but the exact price may vary at the time of launch. They also noted that the the device runs a software that doesn’t have Alexa, but that build isn’t finalised yet. It should be noted that Alexa is not yet available in India, but might be introduced before or during the launch of the phone.