Under the tag ‘Ice’, Amazon is working to launch new smartphone line, a successor to Fire phone released back in 2014. Major difference from Fire phone series to the latest Ice series is the usage of Google apps suite like Gmail and Google Play.Gadgets source has tested the new version and found that the device doesn’t support digital assistant Alexa, it is noted that it would be added later.

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Ice line is targeting the emerging markets instead of US focus as was the case for original Fire Phone. Rumor specs for the Ice phone include 5.2 and 5.5 inches of display screens, 16GB Storage, 2GB RAM, fingerprint sensor which would be rear-mounted, Snapdragon 435 processor. At launch, the model would roughly retail at $93 and the price is subject to change.

As the new phone doesn’t have Alexa, but same like the price, details are not decided and we could expect better software change.