Blu is back with another Android handset for U.S. consumers who prefer the unlocked life. The Blu R1 Plus packs a big screen and an even bigger battery. You can opt to use the phone on AT&T or ...

An insanely cheap phone for what it does. Android 6.0 with refreshingly few tweaks. Some pre-loaded Amazon apps are annoying to download otherwise. Get used to lots of ads all day. The camera's a mess ...

The BLU R1 HD is a cheap smartphone that probably wouldn’t have gotten much attention when it launched the summer if it weren’t for a deal that made it really cheap: as an Amazon Prime Exclusive ...

Amazon today announced the Blu R1 HD, an inexpensive Android smartphone that will be sold unlocked starting July 12. The R1 HD boasts curved Gorilla Glass 3, a metal frame, and soft-touch paint job on ...

BLU is a little-known American mobile phone company founded and headquartered in Doral, Florida. The company may not be talked about as one of the big boys of the smartphone world, but has launched a ...

Is a $60 phone too cheap to be good? And is it so cheap that you won't care? That's what I wanted to know about the ad-supported Amazon Prime version of Blu's R1 HD phone, which knocks down the ...

The definition of good value in the world of smartphones continually gets redefined. As solid high-end components from years before steadily filter into mid-range and entry-level devices of today, the ...

The back of the R1 Plus is made largely of polycarbonate, but peeling off the back cover reveals sturdy aluminum in the housing. There's a 5.5-inch HD display on the front. Viewing angles and ...

BLU 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 ...

The Blu R1 Plus is an affordable unlocked phone with a sturdy build and a bright HD display, but performance issues and merely average battery life put it behind competitors. PCMag UK Jun 12, 2018 ...

Our team tests, rates, and reviews more than 1,500 products each year to help you make better buying decisions and get more from technology. The Blu R1 Plus is an affordable unlocked phone with a ...

Don't let the name fool you: The Blu R1 Plus isn't the successor to last year's Amazon Prime-subsidized R1 HD, one of our favorite low-cost unlocked phones. At $159.99 the R1 Plus is still quite ...