American international electronic commerce company Amazon is expected to launch a 5-inch, Full HD phone this year at a "fraction of the cost" of the Apple iPhone, Techradar.com reports, noting that information claims to have obtained documents referring to the device by the codename "Project Aria".

The documents reveal discussions with potential manufacturing partners in the EU and China went downwere held last spring, and speak of strategies for distributing the device across the United States, Europe and China this year.

RumoursRumors late last year suggested the phone will also have 3D gesture and eye tracking, a 13-megapixel camera and a Snapdragon 800 processor.