Amazon isn’t killing the Fire Phone — yet. In this CNET Update, learn what one Amazon executive said about the troubled smartphone and what lessons Amazon is learning from the flop. It appears the Fire TV Stick
is seeing more success, but don’t count on gifting one for the holidays.
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