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amazon is discounting some android phones but of course you know there has to be a catch right in this case several catches first up you have to be an amazon prime subscriber which runs about $100 per year second you're limited to a couple of phones there's the blue r1 HD normally costs about $100 with the deal it's $50 you may not have heard of the blue r1 but Amazon is also offering a discount on the fourth generation moto G it normally goes for around $200 the reduced price is a hundred and fifty dollars both of those devices are unlocked so they're not tied to any specific wireless carrier sounds pretty great so far right there's one more massive catch you have to agree to receive personalized ads on the devices lock screens yeah Amazon already has a similar feature on its Kindle e-readers and Fire tablets for the phones the ads will appear full screen unless you have notifications then the ad will shrink to the size of notification ads can be dismissed there is no requirement to go further with an ad to use your phone the phone will also be preloaded with the Amazon apps like Amazon's main shopping app and Kindle googles apps are still on both the blue r1 HD and the Moto G these are still Android phones they do not run Amazons fire OS this is the first time Amazon is bringing its special offers discount to phones and the first time those offers are coming to non Amazon devices both phones are available for pre-order now and will ship on July 12th on Mayas actor and you can keep up with the hottest tech news at cnet.com slash