What Amazon's New Phone Has That Yours Doesn't

A Better Camera with (Free) Photo Storage

• 13MP rear camera with image stabilization
• f/2.0 five element lens
• Shutter button on the side of the phone to instantly access camera
• Free unlimited photo drive on Amazon Cloud Drive (!)

Big Audio Sounds

• Virtual Dolby Digital with surround sound
• Magnetic earbuds with tangle-free flat cables

Dynamic Perspective, 3D in Amazon Speak

• Amazon's take on 3D. Using four low-power, infrared cameras built into the phone, the Dynamic Perspective interface constructs 3D images at 60 frames per second to changes a picture's view as you move and tilt the phone around.
• Tilting the phone in different directions can pull up app info or scroll through a webpage without touching the phone's screen.
• The extra cameras and sensors not only create more exciting visuals, but they also track and respond to the user's head movements.
• Amazon has officially opened the Dynamic Perspective SDK to allow app developers to go wild dreaming up the immersive ways (moving your head to turn corners in a game or tilting the phone to look at a map view differently) users can access content.

Firefly, a New All-Knowing Technology

• Uses the camera to recognize and identify over 100 hundred million items (like books, furniture, etc.) and gives you the option to buy on Amazon.
• It doesn't just identify physical objects. Like the popular app, Shazam, it can identify a show or song and direct you to where you can buy that.
• Has its own quick-access button on the phone's side.
• Read more about Firefly's non-commercial uses here.

Classic Amazon Features Built-In

• 12 month free Prime membership; current members will have a free extra year added to their account.
• X-Ray, which pulls up IMDB details of a TV show or movie.
• Second Screen "flings" video from phone to Amazon TV.
• Prime Music
• Kindle app features like Whispersync
• MayDay, Amazon's 24/7 live customer service support

— Additional reporting by Kelly SchwarzeSource: Getty / David Ryder