Customers find value in the V90 64GB (Unlocked) for its budget-friendly price, excellent camera, and user-friendly interface. Many users appreciate the inclusion of accessories like a case, headsets, and a screen protector. However, some users have concerns about its compatibility with certain carriers, particularly AT&T, as well as issues with Bluetooth volume and call quality.
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Pros mentioned:
Camera, Price
Rated 4 out of 5 stars
So far so good
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Comes with a case (very good case), Two screen protectors, and a micro USB charger.
Phone is equipped with 3gb of RAM and a mediatek helio P23 processor and a 4,000 mAh battery. So far after setting up the phone everything is solid. Cameras are a main f1.8 13mp camera, 8mp 120° ultra wide angle camera and a 2mp depth sensor.
The front facing camera is a 13pm f2.0 and takes pretty decent pictures in good lighting.
The rear cameras record at a max of 1080p/30fps and the same with the front.
This is not a high-tech phone but a mid range phone that I would rate a little bit below the Motorola G-Power. At a sale price of $129 it's well worth it and will not find a better phone at this deal.
My only gripe so far about this phone is the micro USB , that's just a personal issue as I love how fast a micro USB type C can transfer data/charge the phone.
I would recommend this to a friend
Cons mentioned:
Compatibility
Rated 4 out of 5 stars
Reliable, fast and friendly to use.
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Posted . Owned for 2 weeks when reviewed.
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Works well with T-Mobile and the phone OS works fast. Super friendly, cool little gadget for users who are not into technology. Like your grandma, grandpa, mom or dad. Definitely recommend this phone. The only little catch is that its limited compatibility with carriers. AT&T does not support it. I would say check the network service you’re planning to bring the phone too and see if it’s supported.
I would recommend this to a friend
Rated 4 out of 5 stars
BLU
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Posted . Owned for less than 1 week when reviewed.
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The item works great and it’s useful to have dual sim card, battery isn’t bad and you can use the cell phone with eco option to save battery.
I would recommend this to a friend
Pros mentioned:
Price
Rated 5 out of 5 stars
BLU Smart phone
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Posted . Owned for 5 months when reviewed.
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My son love this phone...it’s big screen, more functions, it’s come with phone case and screen protector, great price..
I would recommend this to a friend
Rated 5 out of 5 stars
Great cellphone!
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Posted . Owned for 1 month when reviewed.
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Great thing about it is that it comes with the case and the tempered glass and a micro USB charger.
I'm completely satisfied at the this time with the phone. I love the space, the size and the accessibility.
Thanks!
I would recommend this to a friend
Rated 5 out of 5 stars
Great unlocked cellphone
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Posted . Owned for 1 week when reviewed.
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This phone is really great! It’s very sleek and the processes work very quickly. I haven’t had any problems with it yet. Just be cautious with handling the phone because it’s very slippery without a case.
I would recommend this to a friend
Rated 1 out of 5 stars
Bad service and poor quality
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Posted . Owned for less than 1 week when reviewed.
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So the phone was supposed to come with a case, screen protector and charger but it didnt come with a screen protector or case and came with the wrong phone charger, i tried to return it but they were gonna charge me 45 dollars to restock it which is ridiculous so i decided to keep it well i was setting up the phone and it wouldnt even connect to google services to update google play so i cant even download anything, the phone is basically completely useless and a paperweight. I hope i never have to go to another bestbuy again
No, I would not recommend this to a friend
Rated 1 out of 5 stars
Poor mobile connection
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Posted . Owned for 1 week when reviewed.
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I bought two of those and sent it to Africa. But the mobile net work can not connect on other social media. And I have no means to bring it back to exchange it. For regular calls that's ok. But the mobile net work is not connecting
No, I would not recommend this to a friend
Pros mentioned:
Camera, Price
Cons mentioned:
Bluetooth, Compass
Rated 3 out of 5 stars
Good phone for the price but no compass
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Posted . Owned for less than 1 week when reviewed.
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I purchased this phone because we have the Vivo XI+ and it was a very good phone but this V90 has pros and cons
Pros: Good phone for the price, big screen, good camera and 64GB memory.
Cons: I was shocked to fins this phone has no compass. Bluetooth connection with car is really bad with very low volume and lots of noise and signal breaks. lots of app takes longer to open so it could be a processor issue. With this Android version now way to default google play to download directly to SD card.
I would recommend this to a friend
Pros mentioned:
Accessories
Cons mentioned:
Bluetooth
Rated 5 out of 5 stars
More value for less!
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I rarely review any products, but this phone is so good for the price that I had to say something. First of all, I returned a Galaxy S20 Ultra just a day before getting this phone and immediately upon opening the box, there's a much better feeling of value for the money spent. With the Ultra, there was just a preinstalled screen protector, headphones, and a charger. For $1399, that's kinda lackluster honestly. For the Blu V90, there were those, but also 2 additional screen protectors (one glass and one plastic) and a case. For the $140 I spent after tax, this phone is completely ready for daily use with zero additional cost.
For performance, there is definitely some stuttering here and there, but overall I haven't had to wait for anything to load or have to reboot the phone for any reason. It's a totally solid option for anyone who wants to get some actual value or if their purchase. It may not have wireless charging or a high refresh rate screen, but it does what I need it to very well. The battery lasts well over a day off heavy use and video playback from YouTube and Netflix is great.
The only complaint I actually have has to do with volume on Bluetooth. There just are not enough steps to find the right loudness. One step is a little too quiet to hear everything, but the next step up is almost to loud to listen comfortably. With wired headphones, this is not an issue at all. Thankfully, there's a headphone jack so it's really no big deal in the end, just something for those with Bluetooth headphones to consider.
I would recommend this to a friend
Pros mentioned:
Screen protector
Cons mentioned:
Bluetooth
Rated 4 out of 5 stars
BLU - V90
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Posted . Owned for 3 weeks when reviewed.
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Okay.... First off, this phone is a very good phone despite the good phone, but I am having one issue with it that is annoying only if you like to make phone calls using bluetooth devices. The volume on a bluetooth device is HORRIBLE!!! Now, I don't talk on the phone much, so I'm still happy with it. I've tried different things like entering the developer mode with no success. I'm sure I'm missing something and will figure it out, but before you buy this phone beware of this flaw. Other than that, the phone rocks. LOVE the case as it has already save my backside. Dropped it from about a meter and it survived without incident. Also the the protective screen is magnificent. Easiest placement I've ever had. Normally, you need an expert to be able to do it. I would like the option to assign ring and message tones to different contacts so I know who's trying to contact me, but that's just a personal thing. I've only had the phone for a few weeks, so if I find any issue or a fix to the sound issue I'll update my rating and review. Phone is definitely worth the price tag.
I would recommend this to a friend
Pros mentioned:
Accessories
Rated 5 out of 5 stars
So far, So Good
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Posted . Owned for 1 month when reviewed.
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I've had this phone for just a month, but so far I'm very impressed. Very cute phone that performs well, lots of memory and the battery is exceptional for the price I paid! Very long lasting battery, which I'm super happy about. Haven't dealt with any bugs, slow connections or any other issues so far. On top of that, the device comes with its own screen protector and case! Another plus because finding a case for an Android phone is like finding a needle in a haystack. To sum up, I'm very happy with this purchase.
I would recommend this to a friend
Rated 4 out of 5 stars
Good Dual-Service Phone - Bad Android OS / apps
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This is one of the few phones out there that offer dual service sims (nano) AND a nano SD slot. You cannot find that on your thousand dollar phones. I popped in both of my service sims and my RAM SD, powered the phone, went through some essential steps to setup both services, and we were golden on both services.
The phone itself seems very solid with processing power and memory to do what you need for personal and business. I appreciate the protective devices included in the box making this the first phone where I've used a protective case. Most of the problems with the phone seem to be sourced from google directly and not related to the phone manufacturer. Some of the Android 9 and stock google apps (I wish I had time to go find replacements) are poor.
Phone: Dual Standby (cannot receive calls on other service when in a call). The speaker phone has plenty of volume and microphone gain which seems to eliminate most background noise and provides good sound quality both directions. Just watch for moving screen content as you're trying to tap things (thanks google).
The phone app decides to play the notification tone before the ring tone. I don't know if that's a stupid user thing (cannot find a setting for it) or a stupid google thing (having such a feature in the first place and then hiding the setting for it).
Bluetooth: Synched quickly and easily to both vehicles and provides good quality calls while driving. Other permissions are disabled.
Contacts: Missing fields for important details about contacts. (standard google app)
Camera: (Seemingly, the reason for buying a phone) The standard google app will not work unless you allow it access to location (DENIED). If you don't it very persistently and impolitely crashes. I buy a phone to make calls and sometimes text, so the google spy camera can remain in crash mode. This seems to be a google defect. Due to this, I have taken zero photos with this phone so I have not feedback on photograph quality.
Messages: I'm not real thrilled with the google way of setting a single service line for sending all text messages. I really like my former phone where I chose the service line for each message when I punched send (yes, it was one extra click but let me easily separate my personal life from my other lives).
Calendar: Stock google calendar would not permit the creation of a (nor usage of the existing) calendar on my sim. This is probably not a big deal for those who keep everything on google.
External Controls: The external volume buttons only seem to control the media volume (might be useful if I played media). I kind of miss my ultra cheap phone where I could adjust the ringer/notification volume all the way to vibrate and silent with the external controls. I don't know if this is a user thing, BLU thing, or google thing.
Bloatware: This phone comes with a little. There was some game installer, some TV app (probably not bloatware in most folks book), and a few other things which are now deleted and forgotten.
Controls: This is the first phone I've had with hidden controls. While there's nothing wrong with this, I have discovered that I do prefer the physical button controls.
Launcher: Quickstep - meh. I would like it to give me a close button on individual apps. It doesn't show what's actually running, only what was used recently. Clear all (the only choice) simply forgets recent usage but keeps all apps running. But, this too can be replaced.
Some of the settings are less intuitive than in the past.
I hope you find something useful in this review. No phone is great. And whatever you do with whatever phone you choose, to avoid nausea, never read the user agreement.
I would recommend this to a friend
Cons mentioned:
Dual sim
Rated 4 out of 5 stars
I love Best buy blue cell phones I'll never get
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I love the phone, except after purchasing 2 and getting 4 sim cards and 4 service plans (dual sim phones) home and charged waiting to activate them we found 2 of the 4 plans were out of service date so after several days and 2 new providers it's go time, t-mobile and at&t on one T-mobile and verizon on my wife's. Same phones purchased same day off same rack at same store, my wife will run AT&t and Verizon no problem mine will run T-Mobile, I've since tried Verizon AT&t cricket Sprint none of them work just T-Mobile and yes please I've done all of the normal things starting with APNs custom tuning the bands and the antennas and you name it come find out my phone though identical to my wife's is one build off from her my phone has built in flaws it's the real mt6763 mtk product blue phone and then to top it all off mind you this phone is brand new we had it two days and then learned they're not going to produce no excuse me we had it 14 days and they're not going to produce any more updates for it completely unlocked phone beautiful phone so yeah little discouraged. I spent many hours on the phone with all of our service providers AT&t cricket Verizon T-Mobile service tax mtk themselves blue the maker of the phone trying to resolve the conflict in the error and it's something inside the phone itself the code so my choices through root which is complicated on this specific phone are at any rate I'm now stuck with a single SIM phone that functions partially and only when it wants I spent almost $700 for two phones accessories and all the other stuff for myself and my wife we're happy to finally be able to do that only to be hugely disappointed and in the end after all that realizing that I'm past the 14-day Mark to actually take the phones back to Best buy because I would have and got something else immediately blue will honor the warranty if I want to send them in but will be without a phone for roughly 30 to 90 days well actually we'd be without two phones so basically the little guy gets it again
No, I would not recommend this to a friend
Cons mentioned:
Call quality
Rated 5 out of 5 stars
IPHONE to THIS...
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Posted . Owned for 1 week when reviewed.
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I'm not looking for anything fancy but OMG for 100$ this phone is way better than my iPhone6 that took a poop. Blu brand got my vote. Camera has some fun features, the only co would be how sharp/textured some images may be. Battery is sufficient for 2 days of use, cons the charge takes about 2-3 hours to full charge. The screen is out standing, cons there art any. The speed is ridiculously faster than my old iPhone, cons some lag on camera apps. Sweet features for video playback, incall, text etc. Call quality is good, but Bluetooth to my car is really lacking with poor volume quality I can't hear calls very well. Speaker is loud but average quality you ain't getting SONOS sound. Overall for a minimalist this works for what i need it for. The google platform is crazy integrated the apple has fallen in the street and got squashed. No need for a 1000$ + phone people unless you flex for a career.
I would recommend this to a friend
Rated 4 out of 5 stars
For the price, very nice product - But
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Posted . Owned for 1 week when reviewed.
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Bought this as a burner phone. My iPhone had to be sent in for service, so a need for a back up phone was a must. After looking at many of the less expensive phones, my 2 options ver the V60 and V90. All others were either too expensive for my needs or to cheap to be trusted as it is used to keep in contact with my work and customers. Decided on the V90 as it was slightly larger and nicer display. As an iPhone user, Androids devices are foreign to me, so there was a learning curve.
Positive side - Nice display, Great Battery Life, Fast processor, Operation of it is good.
Down Side - cheap housing - not the best built phone, screen guard does not fit the best - could be better, case it comes with also lower quality, Options for other cases are non-existent.
Over all - It does the job, seems a lot better than the $49-$89 phones out there, but not even close to the $500+ phones, but for the price, one can not complain. Good phone for the price
I would recommend this to a friend
Pros mentioned:
Accessories, Price
Rated 4 out of 5 stars
Great Cell Phone
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Posted . Owned for 3 weeks when reviewed.
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I bought this phone for my Step Father, after his cell phone broke. I wanted him in the same operating system he was familiar with out having to spend a lot of money.
I was very surprise at this phone. Has tons of features came with everything you need including a case.
Would recommend.
I would recommend this to a friend
Pros mentioned:
Easy to use
Rated 5 out of 5 stars
Great phone
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Posted . Owned for 1 month when reviewed.
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I have a phone carrier from another country and while in the US my phone exhibited signs that it was going to fail soon. I bought the unlocked BLU-V90 from the local Best Buy and was able to restore my contacts right away. The young man in the store that helped me was very knowledgeable about the product and assisted me to add the other language to my keyboard making my use so much easier. With Google all my old pictures are accessible on the new phone and life goes on. Love the phone, the price, and how easy it was to make the change.
I would recommend this to a friend
Pros mentioned:
Camera, Screen protector
Rated 3 out of 5 stars
Pretty good phone
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It's a good phone for what I use it for. I love the camera and the features it offers like Snapchat. I love that it comes with a phone case and screen protector. I also loved the price and it's a pretty good phone. I have noticed that it doesn't get very good cell reception and takes a long time go connect to make a call,so that is annoying to me. When it does connect,the call is really clear.
I would recommend this to a friend
Pros mentioned:
Price
Rated 5 out of 5 stars
Best buy.
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Posted . Owned for 1.5 years when reviewed.
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I don't know why this phone is so cheap to buy. It has outperformed my more expensive phones. Sounds good, great screen. It was a Smart buy.