Is This Amazon's 3D Smartphone?

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By Samantha Murphy Kelly2014-04-16 16:50:28 UTC

Amazon has reportedly been working on its own collection of branded smartphones for years, and now, we're finally getting closer to seeing its first design.

The tech website BGR.com has posted a picture of what it says is one of at least two Amazon smartphone prototypes built by the company.

An alleged photo of the 3D Amazon smartphone, obtained by BGR.com.

If the photo is real, the design looks like many others on the market. However, Amazon is said to be planning custom 3D interface. It wouldn't be the first phone with a 3D-enabled display; 3D phones, including the HTC Evo 3D appeared a few years ago, but they failed to get any traction.

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The device in the photo is protected by a shell case, most likely to prevent people from seeing the physical design of its body. It's expected to come with six cameras — four of which are front-facing cameras to help with the software's 3D effects, according to the report.

The cameras will also be used to track the position of the user's face and eyes, so it can alter the positioning and perspective of onscreen objects. That would allow a user to see a 3D image without the need for 3D glasses.

It's rumored to have a Qualcomm Snapdragon processor, 2GB of RAM and will run Amazon's customized version of Android known as Fire OS.

Last week, The Wall Street Journal reported the smartphone will be announced in June and start shipping in the third quarter.

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Topics: amazon, Mobile, smartphone, Tech

Image: Reed Saxon/Associated Press