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[* black] Here's the phone in action. The first blinky dot you see is the proximity sensor trying to figure out if there's anything in front of the phone.
-[* black] We click the power button and the IR projectors go to work. Notice the 3D effect of the background works intermittently.
- [* black] That's because it finds a face, starts making the 3D effect, then stops once it loses facial recognition. That helps the Fire Phone minimize its battery consumption.
- [* icon_caution] Speaking of which, the phone got quite warm while we were capturing this footage. The Fire Phone was aptly named.
+[* black] We click the power button and the IR projectors go to work. Notice the 3D effect of the background is intermittent.
+ [* black] That's because the system only renders the 3D effect when it finds a face, it stops once it loses facial recognition. This helps the Fire Phone minimize its battery consumption.
+ [* icon_caution] Speaking of battery usage, the phone got quite warm while we were capturing this footage. The Fire Phone was aptly named.