SmartPhone Spotlight: BLU R2 PLUS

BLU R2 Plus is a mid-level smartphone that has a good design and build quality. It ships with Android 7.0 and is not for the camera phone junkies. It takes ads to another level by presenting them in the Lock screen.

The Great

• Fingerprint sensor
• Good display
• Low price
• Decent cameras for a budget phone

The Not

• The Ads
• Odd design
• Poor battery life
• Laggy performance
• Outdated software

The Conclusion

While the budget line gets a timely and worthwhile refresh its still crappy. The phone’s price wows, but that’s about it

But It Sells

At $129 unlocked on Amazon, the Blu R2 Plus is one of the least expensive Android phones out there. It supports GSM networks including AT&T, T-Mobile, MetroPCS and Cricket, meaning you can easily take it to one of those carriers, pop in the appropriate SIM card, and enjoy service immediately.

The display in Blu’s big budget offering notched a peak full-screen brightness of 481 nits, represented 119.2 percent of the sRGB color space, and delivered a Delta-E color accuracy score of 0.38 when we put it through our round of tests. Those are among the best numbers in the budget class, and even more impressive considering how little the R2 Plus costs

The camera hits and misses, not worthy of any real explanation. Its just cheap and terrible

Quick Spec Look

• Unlocked Dual SIM smartphone; Android 7.0 nougat
• 5.5” Full HD 1080p curved glass display, metal housing design with finger Print scanner
• 13 MP Main Camera with flash + 13 MP selfie Camera with flash
• 32GB Internal memory 3GB RAM Micro SD up to 64GB; Mediatek 1.3 GHz Octa core processor with MALI T720 GPU
• 4G LTE (1/2/3/4/7/12/17/28) 3G(850/900/1700/1900/2100):

The Final Thought

Blu is back with a successor, the appropriately named the R2 Plus, which sports a new processor, improved cameras, a fingerprint sensor and a slightly refreshed design. It’s even a bit cheaper, going for just $129 this time around. However, Blu made some sacrifices to hit that more attractive price, which leaves the R2 Plus feeling like a step backward