BLU F5| 5G | 2024 | All-Day Battery | Unlocked | 6.6” HD+ Display | 128GB | Dual 50MP | US Version | Grey

The BLU F5 could be the best fastest 5g phone on the market today, in a sea of smartphones to choose from the BLU F5 is at the top of the list. Instant connectivity, extremely long battery life, absolutely perfect quality, even box it came in and packaging, great value, very high storage capacity expandable SD card option. Have 3 other BLU phones and they are years old and work perfectly. F5 in included protective case feels great in the hand, high definition screen perfect size. Will make other people marvel at how good the F5 is, just beautiful.

I bought this to use as a burner phone while my Samsung Z Fold 7 is shipped in for a screen replacement. Considering my Samsung was nearly $2000 and this phone is $99 you really can't expect it to compete on specifications. It is slow and laggy in comparison but all my apps work. By connecting a USB cable between the two phones I was able to make the switch with relative ease copying over settings, files and apps. It is a nice size, and everything just works. I haven't messed around with the camera much yet and I don't expect it to be great. Overall for brand new 5G a phone for $99 I give it a 5 star. This is the 3rd or 4th Blue phone I've owned before transitioning to the Samsung phones. Note: after I had the phone for a few days I woke to see Blu had updated the software. Whatever they did, it made a HUGE difference in performance. The phone is much faster now 😘🍷😊👍

I wish I never bought this phone. I will never buy anything Android 14. You won't even be able to navigate from one thing to another without it closing on you. This sounds like a great idea in theory, but in practice, it's pure garbage behavior. Based on your ram, it will run about one thing and as soon as you navigate away, you have to relaunch it. This doesn't even help your memory or battery since the apps still run. Don't even bother with virtual memory, it won't help this. Ever sit in a queue in you're browser, now it will never keep your place in line. Your position will reset to the back even if you stare at the browser. Especially if you so change windows or let the display go out. And even then, it's not keeping my place in line. Play a game, then want to reply to a text real quick or look something up? Now that game will have to load for 20 seconds all over again. Even if you change your settings & utilize developer settings, it won't matter. This phone won't handle more than one task at a time with it's ram. Not to mention it keeps trying to add games I never chose to add. The camera will not recognize qr codes, its not built into the stock camera app this phone comes with. The first few weeks I had to constantly remove gaming apps it would secretly install until I found & uninstalled the source app it came pre-installed with. 5 years ago this ram & storage space would have been more than sufficient. Now, it's a nightmare, I doubt you'll ever have enough ram.

If you don't use it frequently, the battery will last at least a day. If you use your phone frequently though expect to have to charge it a couple of times a day. The wireless antenna isn't great but the keypad is perfect for us fat-fingered people.

My daughter loves her phone and likes the way it works. She likes all the programs that came with it and plays the games as well. She likes that she can save her photos and other documents as well.

What is in the box: There is a screen protector in the box too. Not only a phone case. So contact Blu or seller to see if there is a screen protector in the box before you buy. I didn't know it and spent $10 more dollars to get a PACK of 4 in the same purchase. As for the camera; It can only zoom in 4 times instead of 8 times. Or it can somehow to make it zoom in more, I don't have idea!!! 12/08/2024 wrote; I am back to edit my review. I upgrade it to 5 stars. Because .... The phone is no longer a data eater. I did factory reset and waited for one week. It didn't consume lots of data. After one week, I started downloading the apps I need. It didn't consume lots of data either, One more week later, 11/30/24, I added 1 GB to my plan. It 12/08/24 uses 800 MB so far, 9 days. The review below is outdated, no longer true because the data problem solved by doing Factory Reset. Old review, no longer true below: No idea, why this phone consume a lot of data. Only 1 week, it used up my data 5GB. (My plan from Mint Mobile only gives me 5 GB every month). I don't watch video, either play game nor listen music! Why does it consume data so quick????? I rated it 5 stars before. I now downgrade it to 4 stars because this phone seems to use too many mobile data. This phone may not good for the person who doesn't buy unlimited data plan. So certainly, it is not good for the person who just buy the plan with 5 GB data or 10 GB data. I have contacted Blu support and am waiting for a solution. 10/26/2024: I downgraded the star again. Now I rate it 3 stars because of the issue of data usage. BLU already replied, but the suggestions not works. The phone keeps consuming lot of data. I have used this phone for 16 days. It has used 9.62 GB (I don't play game, watch video nor listen music). The Android OS has used 8.44 GB / 16 days. Help! Anyone can help?? (12/08 wrote: No need to help any more. The problem solved.)

Stopped working after a month, trash

Finally a reasonable priced phone! Way stoked with this phone, easy to set up with auto copying of files, programs and settings of my old Google Pixel phone. I am older retired IT Pro on a strict budget and can not comprehend peeps spending 500-1000 every few yrs for a phone. Crazy, after all it is "phone". I primarily use it for texting, phone. Good enough for TikTok videos and pics/social media. Programs work fine. Battery is super. My only complaint is sometimes there is a delay in the touch screen doing certain things. Waiting a split second longer is no issue and does not happen very often. GREAT DEAL and love my new phone! Saved hundreds of bucks!

Good budget phone. No crap installed as free advertisement shovelware. I'd be happier if I could personally access and extract/replace the battery but that's a future issue, not something that needs addressing now. It has not upset me, but my provider tells me it is unable to use VoLTE data.