BGR published live photos of Amazon’s smart phone prototype

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Now BGR has exclusively obtained a new image of Amazon’s smart phone that reveals the handset’s design for the first time ever.

Amazon is still more than a month away from unveiling its first own-brand smart phone, but there isn’t much mystery that remains. BGR gave the world its first look at the unannounced handset in mid-April, and we followed up with exclusive details surrounding the phone’s unique 3D interface and gesture-based controls. Then we revealed that “Prime Data” will be one of the device’s key weapons in the crowded U.S. smart phone market.

When BGR published live photos of Amazon’s smart phone prototype for the first time, we noted that the device was covered by a protective housing designed to prevent unauthorized people from seeing the phone’s hardware. As a result, the phone’s physical appearance remained a mystery.

As BGR reported earlier, the device pictured here will be the first of several smart phones Amazon is planning to release, and it will be unveiled in the late spring or early summer.

Our sources tell us the device will feature specs including a 4.7-inch display with 720p HD resolution, a quad-core Qual comm Snapdragon processor, 2 GB of RAM, six individual camera modules, and a highly customized version of Google’s Android operating system similar to the one seen on Amazon’s various Kindle Fire tablets.

The first Amazon smart phone will also feature a novel interface with 3D effects enabled by four front-facing infrared cameras that track the position of the owner’s head in relation to the device’s screen. Coupled with some additional sensors, these cameras also facilitate unique gesture-based controls used to access menus and additional information.