Blu is an American based OEM and one of the experts when it comes to making budget smartphones. The Blu R2 LTE is the latest addition to Blu’s R-series of smartphones. Although certainly not a premium smartphone it features some slight upgrades in terms of specs compared to the conventional Blu phone. The smartphone also features a nice design and an LTE connectivity compared to the R2 smartphone.
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The Blu R2 LTE as a standard budget smartphone appearance with nice aesthetics. It come with a well polished metallic rear panel alongside a well curved glass screen at the front. Also, below the display, you have the conventional three capacitive touch buttons and the normal arrangement of sensor, camera, speaker and flash above.
As a budget smartphone, viewing might not be as appealing as it is with premium smartphones having higher resolution and probably bigger display, but it gets the work done. That being said, the smartphone ships with a 5.2-inch 1280 X 720 pixels display with a pixel density of 282 ppi.
Battery and CameraAs opposed to the low battery capacity featured in budget smartphones, the Blu R2 LTE comes with a not so large Li-Po battery. This is capable of holding up to 3, 000mAh of power. Although not a large battery, it should get you through a day without difficulty.
For taking pictures, the smartphone ships with a 13MP rear camera aided with a double LED flash. Also, on the selfie side, you also have a 13MP camera alongside a flash too.
Hardware and SoftwareTaking care of things on the inside is a Quad-Core MediaTek MT6737 64-bit processor with a frequency of 1.3GHz. This also includes a Mali-T720 GPU with 2 cores for graphics munching.
Next on the spec list is a 2GB/3GB internal memory, this two variants have a 16GB/32GB built-in storage both expandable to 64GB. Your also get to experience Android 7.0 Nougat from get go.
Pricing and AvailabilityBoth of the variants are available for sale in various online stores and smartphone outlets. The 3GB variant goes for around 53, 000 naira while the 2GB variant costs about 40, 000 naira depending on your location and the deal in question.
Here are a few specs of the Blu R2 LTE:
General Features Platform: Android 7.0 Nougat Processor: Quad-Core MediaTek MT6737 GPU: ARM Mali-T720 MP2 Memory: 2GB/3GB Colours: Gold, Silver, Rose-Gold, Black Dimension: 74.3 x 150.3 x 9.6 mm Weight: 156g SIM Type: Nano sim SIM Count: Dual sim Display Display: 5.0–inch, IPS LCD capacitive touchscreen, 1280 X 720 pixels (282 ppi) Screen Protection: – Camera Rear Camera: 13MP camera, 720p Video@30fps Rear Camera Features: Autofocus, LED flash, Geo-tagging, touch focus, face detection, HDR, panorama Front Camera: 13MP camera, 720p Video@30fps Storage Built-in Storage: 16GB/32GB Memory Card Support: Yes, up to 64GB Bundled Cloud Storage: – Network Support 2G GSM: Yes 2G CDMA 1X: – 3G WCDMA: Yes 3G CDMA EVDO: – 4G LTE: LTE : 700 / 800 / 1800 / 1900 / 2100 / 2600 MHz LTE : 1700 / 2100 MHz Internet & Connectivity GPRS: Yes EDGE: Yes 3G/WCDMA/HSPA: Yes HSPA+: Yes, 5.76/21Mbps CDMA EVDO: – 4G LTE: Yes LTE Cat 4 50/150Mbps WLAN: Yes, Wi-Fi 802.11 b/g/n Wi-Fi Hotspot: Yes Bluetooth: Yes, v4.2 with A2DP NFC: – Infrared Blaster: – USB Port: MicroUSB 2.0 Messaging SMS/MMS: Yes Instant Messaging: Yes Push Emails: Yes Email Protocol: – Entertainment Music Player: MP3/WAV/eAAC+ player Video Player: MP4/H.264 player FM Radio: Yes Loudspeaker: Yes 3.5mm Jack: Yes Navigation Navigation: Yes, with A-GPS, GPS Maps: Yes Sensors & Control Digital Compass: – Accelerometer: Yes Proximity Sensor: Yes Light Sensor: Yes Barometer: – SpO2: – Pedometer: – Heart Rate Monitor: – Gyroscope: – Fingerprint Scanner: Yes, (rear) Iris Scanner: – Face Unlock: – Intelligent Digital Assistant: – Motion Sensing / Gesture Control: – Voice Control: – Other Features Video Streaming: Yes Active Noise Cancellation: – Wireless Charging: – Built-in Mobile Payment: – Water Resistant: – Dust Resistant: – Image Editor: Yes Video Editor: Yes Document Viewer: Yes Document Editor: Yes Battery Battery: 3, 000mAh non removable Li-Po battery Talktime: – Standby Time: – Fast Charging: –The post Blu R2 LTE Specs and Price appeared first on Nigeria Technology Guide.
Much like most smartphones from Blu, the Blu C5 LTE smartphone is a low budget smartphone and one of the most basic you can come across. Apart from the 4G LTE connectivity, it doesn’t really have any difference from its 3G smartphone peers. Even for a low budget category, the smartphone features some number of out of date features.
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The Blu C5 LTE smartphone is a somewhat small sized smartphone. It also comes with lots of bezels above and below the screen with Blu crested below the screen. However, the smartphone has thin side bezels, although, still very obvious. The smartphone is made from plastic like the majority of smartphones in its category.
In this recent age of advance technology, the TFT panel featured here is more or less outdated not to talk of an FWVGA display. That being said the smartphone ships with a 5.0-inch 854 X 480 pixels display with a pixel density of 198 ppi.
Battery and CameraIn line with what most low budget smartphone have, the Blu C5 smartphone comes with a rather low 2, 000mAh Li-ion battery. This is also about what most smartphones from Blu ships with.
As per taking pictures, the Blu C5 LTE smartphone has a substandard camera combination. The rear camera houses a 5MP sensor, while at the front you have a 3.2MP camera. However, the good thing is, there’s a LED flash on both sides.
Hardware and SoftwareLike most smartphones from Blu, the Blu C5 LTE relies on a Quad-Core MediaTek MT6737 processor with a frequency of 1.1GHz and a 2 core Mali-T720 GPU. Although, this is a quite low-grade hardware, it handles day to day basic functions smoothly.
Additionally, there’s a 1GB internal memory for multitasking and an 8GB storage space expandable to 64GB using a MicroSD card. Also, you have the smartphone running on Android 7.0 Nougat like other smartphones released last year.
Pricing and AvailabilityThe smartphone is available for sale in several smartphone retail outlets and online stores. It costs about 22, 000 naira to 25, 000 naira depending on your location and the deal in question.
Here are a few specs of the Blu C5 LTE:
General Features Platform: Android 7.0 Nougat Processor: Quad-Core MediaTek MT6737 GPU: ARM Mali-T720 MP2 Memory: 1GB Colours: Black, Gold Dimension: 144.4 x 73.2 x 10 mm Weight: 176g SIM Type: Micro sim SIM Count: Dual sim Display Display: 5.0-inch, TFT capacitive touchscreen, 854 X 480 picels Screen Protection: – Camera Rear Camera: 5MP camera, 720p Video@30fps Rear Camera Features: Autofocus, LED flash, Geo-tagging, touch focus, face detection, HDR, panorama Front Camera: 3.2MP camera Storage Built-in Storage: 8GB Memory Card Support: Yes, up to 64GB Bundled Cloud Storage: – Network Support 2G GSM: Yes 2G CDMA 1X: – 3G WCDMA: Yes 3G CDMA EVDO: – 4G LTE: LTE band 2(1900), 4(1700/2100), 5(850), 7(2600), 12(700), 17(700) LTE band 1(2100), 3(1800), 7(2600), 20(800) Internet & Connectivity GPRS: Yes EDGE: Yes 3G/WCDMA/HSPA: Yes HSPA+: Yes, 5.76/21Mbps CDMA EVDO: – 4G LTE: Yes, LTE Cat 4 50/150Mbps WLAN: Yes, Wi-Fi 802.11 b/g/n Wi-Fi Hotspot: Yes Bluetooth: Yes, v4.2 with A2DP NFC: – Infrared Blaster: – USB Port: MicroUSB 2.0 Messaging SMS/MMS: Yes Instant Messaging: Yes Push Emails: Yes Email Protocol: – Entertainment Music Player: MP3/WAV/eAAC+ player Video Player: MP4/H.264 player FM Radio: Yes Loudspeaker: Yes 3.5mm Jack: Yes Navigation Navigation: Yes, with A-GPS, GPS Maps: Yes Sensors & Control Digital Compass: – Accelerometer: Yes Proximity Sensor: Yes Light Sensor: Yes Barometer: – SpO2: – Pedometer: – Heart Rate Monitor: – Gyroscope: – Fingerprint Scanner: – Iris Scanner: – Face Unlock: – Intelligent Digital Assistant: – Motion Sensing / Gesture Control: – Voice Control: – Other Features Video Streaming: Yes Active Noise Cancellation: – Wireless Charging: – Built-in Mobile Payment: – Water Resistant: – Dust Resistant: – Image Editor: Yes Video Editor: Yes Document Viewer: Yes Document Editor: Yes Battery Battery: 2, 000mah non removable Li-ion battery Talktime: – Standby Time: – Fast Charging: –The post Blu C5 LTE Specs and Price appeared first on Nigeria Technology Guide.
Rather than the premium-like name you see here, the smartphone is an all round low budget smartphone despite the addition of LTE connectivity. Which means the smartphone is cheap and does not have much to bring to the table when it comes to functionalities. However, the real question is if it offers good value for money. Let’s find out
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The good thing about low budget smartphones from Blu is that most of them ships with a metallic build which is nice. However, the design is generic with large bezels above and below the smartphone. Also the smartphone is unnecessary thick as it comes with a rather small battery capacity.
The smartphone joins the numerous low resolution smartphone from Blu and by this I mean an FWVGA display. Although this is not a surprise being a low budget smartphones it has its own cons. The Blu Grand M2 LTE has a 5.2-inch 800 X 480 pixels display with a pixel density of 188 ppi.
Battery and CameraAlthough, the battery capacity is a little below mediocre, which most smartphone have. It is still much above what most of it peers have. Besides a 2, 600mAh Li-Po battery is enough to supply power for a day on light usage
For optics , the smartphone is equipped with a 5MP rear camera and a 5MP front camera. It also comes with flash on both sides which is useful for taking pictures in low lit areas.
Hardware and SoftwareTaking care of things on the inside, is a 64-bit MediaTek MT 6737M processor clocking at 1.1GHz and a Mali-T720 MP2 GPU which handle graphics much better than the low grade GPU of its counterparts.
Also, the Blu Grand M2 LTE smartphone has 8GB of internal storage space and a 1GB RAM. If you wish, you could expand the storage space up to 64GB using a memory card. Aside that, the smartphone shows up with the Android 7.0 Nougat pre-installed.
Pricing and AvailabilityThe smartphone is available for sale in various online stores and smartphone retail outlets. It’s costs about 28, 000 naira to 37, 000 naira based on your location and the deal in question.
Here are a few specs of the Blu Grand M2 LTE:
General Features Platform: Android 7.0 Nougat Processor: Quad-Core MediaTek MT6737 GPU: ARM Mali-T720 MP2 Memory: 1GB Colours: Gold, Black, Silver Dimension: 144.9 x 72.1 x 9.4 mm Weight: 160g SIM Type: Nano sim SIM Count: Dual sim Display Display: 5.2-inch, TFT capacitive touchscreen,854 X 480 pixels Screen Protection: – Camera Rear Camera: 5MP camera, 720p Video@30fps Rear Camera Features: Autofocus, LED flash, Geo-tagging, touch focus, face detection, HDR, panorama Front Camera: 5MP camera, 480p Video@30fps Storage Built-in Storage: 8GB Memory Card Support: Yes, up to 64GB Bundled Cloud Storage: – Network Support 2G GSM: Yes 2G CDMA 1X: – 3G WCDMA: Yes 3G CDMA EVDO: – 4G LTE: LTE band 2(1900), 4(1700/2100), 5(850), 7(2600), 12(700), 17(700) LTE band 3(1800), 4(1700/2100), 5(850), 7(2600), 28(700) Internet & Connectivity GPRS: Yes EDGE: Yes 3G/WCDMA/HSPA: Yes HSPA+: Yes, 42.2/11.5Mbps CDMA EVDO: – 4G LTE: Yes, LTE Cat 4 50/150Mbps WLAN: Yes, Wi-Fi 802.11 b/g/n Wi-Fi Hotspot: Yes Bluetooth: Yes, v4.2 with A2DP NFC: – Infrared Blaster: – USB Port: MicroUSB 2.0 Messaging SMS/MMS: Yes Instant Messaging: Yes Push Emails: Yes Email Protocol: – Entertainment Music Player: MP3/WAV/eAAC+ player Video Player: MP4/H.264 player FM Radio: Yes Loudspeaker: Yes 3.5mm Jack: Yes Navigation Navigation: Yes, with A-GPS, GPS Maps: Yes Sensors & Control Digital Compass: – Accelerometer: Yes Proximity Sensor: Yes Light Sensor: Yes Barometer: – SpO2: – Pedometer: – Heart Rate Monitor: – Gyroscope: – Fingerprint Scanner: – Iris Scanner: – Face Unlock: – Intelligent Digital Assistant: – Motion Sensing / Gesture Control: – Voice Control: – Other Features Video Streaming: Yes Active Noise Cancellation: – Wireless Charging: – Built-in Mobile Payment: – Water Resistant: – Dust Resistant: – Image Editor: Yes Video Editor: Yes Document Viewer: Yes Document Editor: Yes Battery Battery: 2, 600mAh non removable Li-Po battery Talktime: – Standby Time: – Fast Charging: –
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