“Even though there was a lot of hype around the Amazon Fire Phone, customers just aren’t buying it,” Chris Ciaccia reports for BGR.
“In a survey, R.W. Baird analyst Colin Sebastian notes ‘muted demand’ among potential smartphone buyers, especially ahead of the next iPhone launch that is reported to take place in the middle of next month,” Ciaccia reports. “Of the 1,000 people who participated in the survey, only 5% of respondents said they would buy a Fire Phone, compared to 43.8% for an iPhone, 32.6% for Android phones (including Samsung, HTC, Nexus and others), 6.8% for a BlackBerry, and 5.3% for a Windows Phone.”
Read more in the full article here.
[Thanks to MacDailyNews Reader “Dan K.” for the heads up.]
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