Anyone have any experience with Blu phones?

[Chickat]

They have impressive hardware for the price imo, but are they worth buying? IM currently looking at a 6 inch phone with a 1.3ghz quad core cpu, 1gb ram and 1080p resolution for only 150. My only concern is the brand. Can I trust it? Walmart sells it btw.

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Screen may not be 1080p actually, but its still HD. Heres a link to the phone im currently looking at.

http://www.walmart.com/ip/BLU-Studio...42287065#about

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Or should I save up another 50-100 dollars? My current phone takes like 2 minutes to send a text. Its almost unusable, plus theres like 7 straight black lines running through the screen. I assume dead pixels?

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Also looking at the Motorola Moto G, but I cant figure out when the 3rd gen phone will be out?

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Well, since i cant find an answer, I guess ill save up another check and get a different phone.

[Mihalik]

I never heard of the brand, but I googled it for you :P.

Generally reviews tend to be pretty bad, as it seems to have huge design and quality issues.

Frankly, I'd say you save up another 70$ and look into something from ZTE if you want cheap, decent and relatively sturdy.

Like this one https://www.cricketwireless.com/shop...-max-plus.html

As I tend to go through my phones pretty quick, due to traveling and etc. I tend to prefer to buy cheaper Android brands that I don't have to worry about busting up.

I had a http://www.gsmarena.com/zte_blade_vec_4g-6645.php since last November, the only thing I did change is that I installed an app called Nova Launcher, that's just because I didn't like adaptations ZTE made to the standard Android UI, the Nova makes the UI more customizable in icon sizes, widgets etc.

[Bakis]

Seem like quite a few reviews mention dodgy quality as one of the cons.

[OnlineSamantha]

Be weary of the internal memory. I saw no mention of SD storage on that Blu phone, and 8 GBs of total storage is quickly used when you take the OS and any kind of skin into account.

I'd buy a Moto G if I were you.

[Chickat]

What about a Moto e? They just released one? The moto G 3rd gen isn't out yet. Id like to have lte coverage. I also should have mentioned that I want the phone to be unlocked. Going to lock in a 200 dollar budget.

[OnlineSamantha]

Austin Evans has a pretty good video on the Moto E 2015. He compares his experiences to that of a high end smartphone. You should definitely take a look.

[Fencers]

My company did focus testing for Blu.

Not bad phones. Just a little underpowered, but the design and feel are very nice relative to price.