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

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-red...

Amazon did this with their Fire Phone product. It wasn't very popular and now it's been discontinued.

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.