15-10-2016 17:40 via uk.news.yahoo.com

Amazon's $50 phone is as basic as it gets so long as you're cool with ads

The Blu R1 HD starts at $50, works on T-Mobile or AT&T, and will arrive on your doorstep in two days. It is, for all intents and purposes, an Amazon phone.  Not the Amazon phone, the Fire, that failed so hard a few years ago. The R1 HD is a phone made by another company, with a few customizations by Amazon, and sold by Amazon.  SEE ALSO: Amazon's new shopping 'wand' isn't as magical as it sounds For Prime members who are fully entrenched in Amazon’s ecosystem, from Photos to
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