FirePhoneMoon+ProReader

Usually going for $450, Amazon’s unlocked 4.7-inch Fire Phone is a steal today at just $60 if you subtract the $99 Prime Membership credit from the $159 sale price as a Deal of the Day.

I own one. Some months ago—I normally go with other phones, because of the plans I have in place—my Fire Phone was not just able to run Amazon apps. It could also run Moon+ Reader Pro and other favorites from the Google Play Store after I made a certain tweak.

Whatever the reason, though, the hack stopped working, according to an item on Nate’s site.

Then some people brought it back. Scroll through the comments section associated with the above link for the latest.

Still dodgy. The photo showing Moon+ in action is from just 20 minutes ago, but I suspect that following updates from Google, Amazon or both, I might not be so lucky.

Meanwhile, if nothing else, you can use the phone to display Kindle books. Just don’t count on Google Play for sure.

More on the snapshot: The actual view on the Fire is a lot sharper than the photo would suggest if you clicked on it. Resolution is 1280 by 720, and here are other specs. RAM is 2GB, and storage onboard is 32GB. Camer ia 13 megapixels.

And more details: Yes, the $99 credit will work as an extension of existing Prime accounts.

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