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25 Oct, 2015
Zippy, capable, with sharp, bright display
1 of 1 found this helpful Worth a hundred dollars; but Amazon will do well to refrain from trotting out successors with their "forked" version of Android. It's a real shame Amazon yanked the year of Prime that used to come with this phone. Go to Amazon's site to see Jason Singleton's comments on how to install Google Play; install the files in order, rebooting after each apk is run; then from the Google Play Store get Home Switcher; and perhaps Google Now, if you want "OK Google" voice capability. Jason's linked page has instructions. It's a decent phone with one of the brightest screens around, if you often use the phone outside. Turn off the "dynamic perspective" in the phone's accessibility settings to save battery life. You'll have a decent phone that will occasionally irritate you as you swipe repeatedly from the bottom of the screen to go back (it lacks any such button - either physical or on-screen); but all in all, it's worth the salvage prices from the companies that bought the phones Amazon abruptly dumped in September of 2015. In a couple of years I'm sure I'll be ready to move on to something with the latest version of Android; and I don't expect Amazon to actively push too many Fire OS updates for this phone.