Is Amazon launching a 3D phone?

Is Amazon launching a 3D phone?

We might be just days away from Amazon's highly anticipated smartphone.

The company announced yesterday that it's hosting a "device unveiling" at its Seattle headquarters on June 18, and the common consensus in tech circles is that Amazon will unveil a cell phone with 3D capabilities. If the one-minute teaser video that shows a bunch of people nodding their head vigorously while saying "ha," "woo," and "incredible" a lot is any indication, whatever this new device is should (hopefully) be impressive.

The phone is rumored to have "several front-facing cameras that can track your head's movement and display images on the screen in such a way that they appear to pop out in 3D," writes Business Insider. Or, it could just be a really cool Kindle. --Jordan Valinsky

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Jordan Valinsky is the lead writer for Speed Reads. Before joining The Week, he wrote for New York Observer's tech blog, Betabeat, and tracked the intersection between popular culture and the internet for The Daily Dot. He graduated with a degree in online journalism from Ohio University.