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Advice on what phone to get (e.g. Amazon Fire phone)

Mar 6, 2015 10:31AM PST

Hello people! My current phone is basically a glorified piece of ****; its a really buggy 3 year old Htc One S. Any who .. I'm switching to Cricket and I want to get a new unlocked phone. Here are the ones I'm considering.

The Amazon Fire Phone (which is on sell for $199 right now).

The Oneplus One. This one sounds great .. but it is a bit expensive ($299 and $349, 16gb and 64gb)

The Motorola Moto G.


I want a phone with a good screen, something that can stream music to my car through bluetooth, a good camera, etc. I don't want to prattle on, so I'll stop here. If yall could give me some advice, I'd really appreciate it!

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I was on the fence on the Amazon
Mar 6, 2015 10:41AM PST

But went for a Blu Studio 6.0 HD Smartphone - Unlocked for some testing. All good but some may be put off by the 8GB internal storage. I already slipped in a 32GB card. That was only 150 bucks and so far, so good.

-> I like the Fire but you need to know this site:
https://www.google.com/#q=how+to+add+google+play+to+fire+phone

I wish Amazon had just left that in the phone, then I'd have that too.

-> Cricket is big in my town but I with with Ting's new GSM system.
Bob

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Avoid the Amazon Fire Phone
Mar 14, 2015 7:20AM PDT

I haven't seen much positive news about the Amazon Fire Phone as a smartphone, its most interesting features are built to add sales on the Amazon site.

The Moto G is not a bad phone from what I've read.

Don't know much about the Oneplus One, but if it seems pricey but is unlocked at that price, I would think it may be a decent phone.

I've been an iPhone user since day one just FYI.