Moto G Play Joins Amazon's Ad-subsidized Prime Exclusive Phones Program For $99 (betanews.com)

Posted by msmash on Tuesday September 6, 2016 @09:00AM from the ad-supported-phones dept.

An anonymous reader writes: Amazon continues to leverage advertisements with its 'Prime Exclusive Phones' program. This allows consumers to get a discounted Android phone in exchange for seeing ads on the lock screen. It is a great way for shoppers to save money, while Amazon makes money from the ads -- win/win. Today, a new phone joins the program for a mere $99 -- the Moto G Play. It even works on all four of the major USA carriers, including Verizon!The company announced the first phone in this series in June. The company had offered a $50 off on each Blu Phone and the Moto G.

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Re:One bright side by hackel · 2016-09-06 10:37 · Score: 2

Android doesn't have *any* ads whatsoever. You must have installed some application that is showing you advertising. If you do so without using proper ad-blocking software, that's on you.
Wipe? by hackel · 2016-09-06 10:41 · Score: 2

Is there anything preventing these phones from being wiped, installing a stock G4 image without ads and/or another custom ROM? Does it have some obnoxious locked bootloader or something?