BLU R2 - 5.2" Unlocked Smartphone - 8GB + 1GB RAM -Black

I had a Lenovo Moto G4 and the screen was changing (Ghost) by itself. I had to change the brightness often to stop it. I had a Blu R1 for years. I gave the Blu R1 to my daughter who drops it constantly and she has never had a problem with it. I bought a Blu R2 LTE from Amazon. There are differences between the Blu R2 and the Blu R2 LTE. For example:(R2).....(R2 LTE)8..........13 Megapixel (Camera)1..........2 Gigabytes (RAM)3..........4 G LTE (Speed)8..........16 Gigabytes (Storage)$90......$109 (Price)*R2 and R2 LTE support WiFi 2.4 GHz and 5 GHz** R2 and R2 LTE for the first 24-48 hours Bluetooth was difficult to pair and WiFi dropped. After the first 24-48 this these problems disappeared. I do not know if was because of an Over The Air (OTA) software upgrade or something else.Pay the extra $19 and get the Blu R2 LTE. It was packaged great with a case and a screen protector. It has one micro SD and two micro SIMM slots inside the back aluminum cover. The two SIMMs are for two different phone numbers. The display is 5.2 inches.The display is great but not real High Definition (768 Pixels). The advantages of a small display and a low resolution display are long battery life and low battery consumption. There are two 13 megapixel cameras and two flashes. One camera and flash is on the back and one camera and flash is on the front. Camera resolution is not the determining factor for picture quality. Aperture, focus and image stabilization also determine picture quality. The back camera is decent. I did not use the front camera.The phone is great. The one speaker located on the back of the phone is loud and there is an electronic boost. The earphone jack and micro USB (Not USB C) are located on the top of the phone and are not centered (Unusual). It has Android Nouget 7.0. I do not know if Oreo 8.0 upgrade is included. This is not the phone with the biggest display for $109 but it is the highest quality phone I have seen for $109. There is also an accelerometer, charge and notification light, and proximity sensor. Mine is Gold it came with a semi-transparent white and frosted silicone case. It looks more expensive than it cost.To improve picturesCameraAnti-shake On (default Off)Also considerAuto Scene Detection On (default Off)Picture Size 8 M (Full Frame) (default 13 M)To increase speedSettingsBLU PrivacyHelp improve BLU products Off (default On)Enhanced Device Support Off (default On)I also bought a Blu R2 Plus. It has a bigger display 5.5 inches and high resolution (1028 Pixels). The battery life is shorter. Also, the Blu R2 Plus does not have CDMA for Verizon. I prefer the Blu R2 LTE versus the Blu R2 Plus because of the battery life and CDMA for Verizon.

I bought this phone instead of buying another $600 Samsung phone. It is not as good as my Samsung note 4, but close enough considering it was $500 cheaper. I could buy a new one every year and still save a lot of money.

Great quality for the price. This is my 4th Blu phone. I started with the Studio 7, then downsized to the r1, and then r1hd. This one so far is my favorite, and seeming to be the best. Quick with no lag. Battery so far is long lasting - I charged it to 93% yesterday afternoon, and still have 47%; that's even with watching videos and scrolling Facebook. Definitely recommend this or any Blu product. The only complaint I have is the speaker. It's low quality and isn't very loud, but not enough of a flaw to lower my stars though!Update 4/11/18 - still love this phone. It is still as quick and functions as well as it did on day one. Really wish I could get a case for it though!

My wife loves the gold aluminum case. Phone is well built. Battery is really good. Went to this from an old windows 8.1 phone, and the learning curve is pretty steep, but it's been good so far. I always buy unlocked phones to use because I refuse to get hooked into a contract with any of the carriers. Phone works flawlessly with Cricket.

All my previous phones are Nokia branded and i am a windows phone user. When Microsoft announced the end of the platform development, i began to looking for a suitable device with Android OS, affordable and capable. I'm not a gamer and i need a device for communications and i use productivity apps. After an investigation i found that Blu R2 plus accomplished with my needs with 3GB RAM and 32GB of internal storage and the package include a case and screen protector. In spite of some reviews i took the risk and bought the phone. The date of production is 03/18 and it coming with an additional patch security from march 2018. To evaluate the phone we have to consider that it isn't a flagship or a premium device. The first sensations are good, big screen, it isn't heavy, The fingerprint scanner is fast, the screen is very responsive, it has a led for notifications, the camera in normal light conditions is good and a the photos are a little washed in low light conditions. Until now the battery has the performance expected for a big screen phone. The speaker is located at the back of the phone and when it is over a surface, the sound is a bit off. I had some problems to register my google account because it wasn't recognized and i had to use the recover email to register that. Another complaint is to remove the cover is some embarrasing, your nail is the main tool to do it. The call quality is good, i don't have the problem with wifi and bluetooth that other people have had. To a windows phone user, the android learning curve isn't a problem, i will miss the live tiles and if you want the Microsoft services are available in the play store. In general i'm satisfied with the phone, it was the right choice for me.

This is good budget phone with lots of storage. Works quickly at all tasks although I don't play games on it. One issue with the phone is to do with 4G - The phone doesn't use band 20 800mhz which is the frequency that O2 and Tesco use so on these networks you can't get 4G. Other networks use different frequencies so should pick up 4G ok. That being said I'm on O2 and my phone works fine using 3G and It's quicker than my friends phones that are using 4G so for me this hasn't been an issue. The battery last well for me and charges in a couple of hours which is ok as I charge it in the evening.

I'm not really that into phones, but finally got fed up of the lack of apps available for my previous windows phone and upgraded to this when there was an Amazon deal on.I'm really pleased with the phone, it was easy to set up and download all the apps that I need / want. Picture is excellent, battery life great and it's quick to recharge, the screen is very responsive - the only small issue I've had is that the fingerprint sensor sometimes stops working until the phone is rebooted.It was easy to port my previous PAYG number & credit from Tesco. Apart from the very occasional phone call or text, I use the phone only on Wifi networks, so the Tesco 4G issue isn't an issue for me.

If I want to turn my phone off several times a day, leave it fir five minutes and then turn it back on again then I would do it.I don't want my phone to do this for me at random times during the day.I sent it back and bought a proper phone.......

I love these handsets and still really rate the brand,but this model is very glitchy! Switches off at 74% battery and won't switch on unless recharged again. Poor battery life. Intermittent problems with WiFi. Fingerprint id hit and miss. Two handsets and exactly the send problems with both. Please consider this brand when purchasing a new phone, just definitely not this model!

Does every thing a phone twice the price does and does it well