5 features an Amazon phone might offer

3-D shopping

A 3-D interface doesn't require special glasses could have a lot of uses. For example, when you're shopping online, you could pull up a 3-D image of sneakers or a jacket and see all of the features easier, suggests Bill Menezes, principal research analyst at Gartner. Another possibility: you could scan your living room to make a 3-D rendering. Then, when you're out furniture shopping, take a picture and digitally insert the product into the rendering to see if it fits.
“You could see ‘Oh that's how that purple couch looks in the bedroom, I think I'll buy it,' and you avoid buyer's remorse,” says Ramon Llamas, research manager of research firm IDC's mobile phones team.