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Ask HN: Will you buy discounted phone if that had ads?

2 points by anoopmunshi 10y ago

I was wondering, If there was a product where users could buy good quality phone for a discounted price however it would supported by some unwanted ads which rather be minimal but will be still there? would buy such a smartphone?

niftich 10y ago
For what it's worth, there are products like this, like essentially all of Amazon's phones [1]. Personally I find that particular product's lock-screen ads irksome, but it halves the price. I can afford to drop a $100 on a cellphone (but not, say, $500+ for a flagship), so the ad-supported version doesn't appeal to me. But thinking back to when my cashflow was much smaller, I would've found the twice-the-price-for-no-ads hard to justify and gone with the ad-supported version instead; not out of enthusiasm, but fiscal pragmatism. [1] http://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2016/08/review-blus-r1-hd-redefines-what-you-can-get-in-a-60-smartphone/ http://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2016/08/review-blus-r1-hd-red...
- anoopmunshi 10y ago
  A premium quality high-end phone for about $100 should not that bad after all? The key here would a flagship quality not a smaller phone. Comparable to good one's out there in market
onion2k 10y ago
Amazon did this with their Fire Phone product. It wasn't very popular and now it's been discontinued.
- anoopmunshi 10y ago
  Yeah it did and tanked as well. But they lost on the quality of the phone and the device had to many limitation. We are talking about a high-end device. Comparable to most high-ends in the market
Broken_Hippo 10y ago
Only if I were too poor to pay full price and there wasn't a non-ad phone available in the same price range or cheaper. I'd rather take a hit on quality, buy an older model, or buy a used or refurbished phone than deal with the ads. I don't actually care if I have the latest phone, and tend not to replace a phone until it is either broken or there is significant tech upgrade.

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Ask HN: Will you buy discounted phone if that had ads?

2 points by anoopmunshi 10y ago

niftich 10y ago
For what it's worth, there are products like this, like essentially all of Amazon's phones [1]. Personally I find that particular product's lock-screen ads irksome, but it halves the price. I can afford to drop a $100 on a cellphone (but not, say, $500+ for a flagship), so the ad-supported version doesn't appeal to me. But thinking back to when my cashflow was much smaller, I would've found the twice-the-price-for-no-ads hard to justify and gone with the ad-supported version instead; not out of enthusiasm, but fiscal pragmatism. [1] http://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2016/08/review-blus-r1-hd-redefines-what-you-can-get-in-a-60-smartphone/ http://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2016/08/review-blus-r1-hd-red...
- anoopmunshi 10y ago
  A premium quality high-end phone for about $100 should not that bad after all? The key here would a flagship quality not a smaller phone. Comparable to good one's out there in market
onion2k 10y ago
Amazon did this with their Fire Phone product. It wasn't very popular and now it's been discontinued.
- anoopmunshi 10y ago
  Yeah it did and tanked as well. But they lost on the quality of the phone and the device had to many limitation. We are talking about a high-end device. Comparable to most high-ends in the market
Broken_Hippo 10y ago
Only if I were too poor to pay full price and there wasn't a non-ad phone available in the same price range or cheaper. I'd rather take a hit on quality, buy an older model, or buy a used or refurbished phone than deal with the ads. I don't actually care if I have the latest phone, and tend not to replace a phone until it is either broken or there is significant tech upgrade.