I forgot the Fire Phone was a thing.
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SpaceNoodle@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
This has exposed the sales numbers, and impressively, it’s sold even worse than the Fire Phone.
daggermoon@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
SpaceNoodle@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
I will never forget, and I will hold onto my Fire Phones (yes, plural) until the day I die.
daggermoon@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
Holy fuck they still work? Can you run any modern apps on them? Does the 3D give you a headache?
SpaceNoodle@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
Updates stopped at a special KitKat-based FireOS version, so most modern apps are likely broken. Dynamic Perspective never gave me a headache - it’s actually pretty well implemented - but it does get boring after ten to fifteen minutes.
I think I’ll charge one up and see how it’s doing!
sparky@lemmy.federate.cc 3 weeks ago
I’m not sure that really says much. I hate swasticars as much as y’all do, but like, $400 phone versus $100K car. Makes sense the fire phone sold better. And I mean, it wasn’t being pushed by a literal Nazi so that helps.
SpaceNoodle@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
The phone was $650 at launch, carrier-locked to AT&T, and was pushed by Jeff Bezos.
clay_pidgin@sh.itjust.works 3 weeks ago
46k trucks sold so far. For comparison, rivian sells about that many of their trucks every year.
salacious_coaster@infosec.pub 3 weeks ago
I still can’t believe that 46k people are both that stupid and have 100k to spend.
rezifon@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
You can get an 84 month auto loan these days if you’re dumb enough to do it.
jaybone@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
I’m curious, does Tesla have its own financing division that gives out these loans?
ripcord@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
That’s still over $1000 a month to buy a fucking car
simplejack@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
If you’re dumb, and you can get $15-17k from selling an existing vehicle, you can get a 3 year lease down to delta of $500-$600.
Telsa was pushing leases pretty hard because a lot of EV incentives are lease-only. I’ll bet they duped a lot of people into putting a shitload down for a lease.
acosmichippo@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
the vast majority of them i see around my area have branding decals plastered all over them. no doubt they are being used as a business expense or some other dumb shit.
exu@feditown.com 3 weeks ago
A van would be so much better for advertising. Much more space to put a logo and text plus it’s higher up and therefor more easily visible.
Bytemeister@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
There are huge tax breaks for…
Buying a car for your business. Buying a car that has a 6ft bed for your business Buying a car with 6000+ lb curb weight for your business. Buying an electric car for your business. Buying a car that is wrapped or decorated to promote your business.
When you put them all together, the CT is basically 100% tax write off.
SeeFerns@programming.dev 3 weeks ago
Go to Boulder CO and you’ll see plenty of rich morons with that kinda cash. I saw multiple swastitrucks a day over there
simplejack@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
To be fair, Rivian is selling as many trucks as they can produce. Rivian could sell more vehicles if they had the line capacity.
Tesla is an older company with more mature manufacturing lines, and they can make more Trucks, but no one wants them.