Bests & Worsts Reviews from Amazon

Build Quality 8/10 Slim, with metal borders (unibody design), nice glossy plastic finish at back. There are 2 raised dots beside the speaker grill to prevent the sound from getting muffled when placed on a flat surface.(Great Idea). The buttons provide a good tactile feedback. Only problem is it is hard to peel the back cover and then set It back to sit plush against the metal borders. Screen 9/10 Even though 720p since its Super AMOLED colors are vivid, text is crisp and the screen is bright enough for use outdoors in sunlight. The screen actually looks stunning with the Google Now launcher wallpapers or the Note 4 wallpapers. Sound 8/10 While some reviewers complained the sound cracking, my unit does not have issues. The sound is good and loud not as good as HTC boom sound but it is very much usable for phone calls on speaker and listening to music. Also the sound quality through headphones is really good. The volume is a bit low, but it’s not bad like the One Plus One Cyanogen bad. It’s bit low compared to a LG G3 or S5 but still usable. Battery 10/10 The MediaTek Octacore is so much better with the battery. I know many people just call them garbage and I would say who cares about benchmark scores when you have to charge your phone 2-3 times a day. This phone will last you 1.5 days with 5-6 hrs of screen usage time. Which android phone has that kind of battery life the $500 Nexus 5P? And this estimate is conservative I am on my first charge and been using the phone pretty aggressively to test it and even after that after 1.5 days I have 30% battery left. Camera 6/10 This is the only drawback of the phone. Can’t take low light photos without them turning out too dark or blurry. Lacks details and sharpness even in good lighting. Auto focus is good, does a good face tracking but the image quality is not good either from the back camera or the front 5 mpx camera. If you hold the device close to your face the front camera would take an OK image but the quality is bad. It’s more like an older phone with 1.3 mpx camera. Software 9/10 No problems with 5.1, runs smooth but the supplied launcher and keyboard was horrible and bubby. Nothing that a Nova Launcher and Google Keyboard could not solve. People criticize Blu phones never getting updates that might change this year as promised by their CEO as when I turned the phone on I did receive a 168mb update labelled as multiple security patches. One thing I noticed happened after the update was how the recent apps screen looked and worked. Performance 9/10 I was able to run multiple applications without feeling any lags, jitters or force closes. I don’t play any games but with multiple tabs of chrome open, amazon, amazon prime music, slickdeals, techbargains, google maps, yelp, gmail, facebook, whatsapp all open the phone performed smooth. In fact I was very impressed with the performance over a Samsung Touchwiz phone. I actually felt this phone to be faster compared to a Note 4 while navigating and switching between apps. Overall 8/10 For $100 this was a steal and even at $149, brand new with features like a 4G LTE dual sim capability, expandable memory, 3150 MAH battery with quick charging and USB C, Gorgilla Glass 3 this phone is a really good value for money.