Reviewers Liked
- Solid battery life
- Extremely affordable
- Latest Android software
Reviewers Didn't Like
- Prime-subsidized phone includes Amazon bloatware and advertising
Blu R1 HD
The Blu R1 HD is an unlocked Android phone with a good balance of performance for the price, making it a fantastic value for Amazon Prime users and regular customers alike.
-- As reviewed by PCMag
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I started to enjoy the Blu R1 HD a lot more as soon as I let go of the word “better.”That's usually the word reviews pivot around, after all. Is this camera better than that one? Is this interface more responsive? Does this battery last long enough...
By Wired onThe Blu R1 HD isn't a very good handset, but for $60 on Amazon Prime, it's a good enough starter phone or backup...
By cnet onBLU gets a lot right with the R1 HD, with its solid design and build quality, decent performance, and clean software experience. While the camera suffers and the lockscreen ads (with the Prime exclusive version) can be annoying, its unbeatable price...
By Android Authority onMore times than not, the Verge score is based on the average of the subscores below. However, since this is a non-weighted average, we reserve the right to tweak the overall score if we feel it doesn't reflect our overall assessment and price of the...
By The Verge onThe Blu R1 HD ($49 with Amazon Prime, $99 without) is certainly affordable, but that doesn't necessarily make it a bargain. The phone's design, display and battery life are satisfactory for a low-cost device, but its weak camera and inability to run...
By Tom's Guide onThe Blu R1 HD is an unlocked Android phone with a good balance of performance for the price, making it a fantastic value for Amazon Prime users and regular customers...
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By Android Police onA $60 smartphone (or rather, $50 - but hold on) is basically a headline unto itself. It is a novelty solely because of its cost. And that makes talking about it in a way that doesn't always use “yeah, but it's only $60” as a reflexive crutch difficult....
By Android Police onEl Blu R1 HD no es un muy buen dispositivo, pero por US$60 en Amazon Prime, es lo suficientemente bueno como para ser un teléfono de entrada o un dispositivo de...
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