Blu recently started selling two new cheap
smartphones in the US: Blu Advance A5, and Blu Advance A5 Plus. The two
handsets share a similar design (including aluminum bodies), but differ when it
comes to size and some features.
Priced at US$ 109.99, the Blu Advance A5 Plus sports a 5.5-inch display with 720 x 1280
pixels, offers 2 GB of RAM, and is powered by a quad-core MediaTek processor
clocked at 1.3 GHz. The phone further comes with 16 GB of expandable storage
space, a 13 MP rear camera, and an 8 MP front-facing cameras (both cameras are
accompanied by an LED flash).
Costing US$ 89.99, the Blu Advance A5 is powered by the same quad-core MediaTek CPU, but
sports a 5-inch 720p display, and offers just 1 GB of RAM and 8 GB of
expandable storage space. Its rear and front cameras have LED flashes, too, but
they're 8 MP and 5 MP units, respectively.
Both Advance A5 models are offered unlocked, come
with LTE connectivity, and work on carriers like AT&T, T-Mobile, MetroPCS,
Cricket, and so on. Sprint and Verizon customers in need of a cheap handset
should look elsewhere.
The Blu Advance A5 and A5 Plus run Android 7 Nougat
out of the box. It's not clear if the handsets will be updated to Android 8
Oreo, but we wouldn't hold our breath for that. If you want to purchase any of
the two smartphones, you can check them out at Amazon.
