Product Details
- Amazon Sales Rank: #16801 in Cell Phone Accessories
- Color: White
- Brand: Blu
- Model: D430b
- Dimensions: 2.30" h x
.44" w x
4.70" l,
Features
- GSM Quadband, Unlocked Dual Sim 850/900/1800/1900 3G Bands 850/2100
- Android 2.3 Gingerbread, 3G 7.2 Mbps,1GB ROM, Micro SD up to 32GB
- 1GHz Qualcomm Processor, Wi-Fi, 3.8-Inch High Resolution Multi-Touch Capacitive Touchscreen
- 5.0MP Camera, VGA Front Camera, Video Calling, Push Mail, Micro SD Slot up to 32GB
- Built-in Social Apps: Facebook, Twitter, Yahoo, Whatsapp
BLU Elite 3.8 D430b Unlocked GSM Phone with Dual SIM, 3G 850/2100, Android 2.3, 1GHz Processor and 5MP Camera - White
Product Description
Thin, compact and powerful ANDROID handset that is a thrill to use. The 3.8-Inch capacitive touchscreen offers smooth navigation on the UI and the 1GHz processor excels the user experience. With all the apps online, user are sure to be most up to date in the social world and also play the latest games. One word - WOW!!
Customer Reviews
Most helpful customer reviews
7 of 7 people found the following review helpful.
Good Alternative to the name brand smart phones for half the price
By Heath Spidle
There were not many reviews of this product on amazon, and searching this didnt reveal much either. The company website looked pretty legitimate. So I took a shot with it. I ordered two of them one for me and one for my wife. We were switching from a contract plan to prepaid plan that allows the use of Unlocked GSM phones you just need a sim card. These all take standard size Sim cards BTW. This will allow us to change from carrier to carrier until we find one we like without needing to buy brand new phones everytime.I like the phone, for half the price of the name brand phones here in the US it is a great deal. Has android 2.3 installed and does everything that i need it to do. Has Google Play store installed allowing you to download all the apps that you could need. My wifes only complaint is that with the native messaging application you cannot to landscape while typing, but you can download aftermarket messaging applications that will let you do this. As mentioned in a previous review there is a bug in some that you have to calibrate the proximity sensor which i had to do on my wifes phone but that is easy enough and not a big problem. Just dail *#36#, then calibrate proximity sensor.As far as quality the phone seems pretty well built, i havent dropped them and dont plan to, so i dont know about back cover coming off or if the screen will shatter. Accessories seem pretty hard to find, I am experimenting with different cell phone covers to see if they will work. According to GSMarena the size is very close to a samsung galaxy S Duos, so i have a gel case in the mail to see if that will work on this.Overall i would recommend to a friend who is looking for a phone and doesnt want to pay $400+ for a name brand similar phone.
2 of 2 people found the following review helpful.Worth the price, but has shortcomings
By T. Scott
Update 3/5/2012: Went on road trip this past weekend and used phone for navigation. GPS lost signal fairly frequently. If I turned the GPS off and on it would recapture. I am REALLY grateful for the Off and On switches in the drop down notification bar at the top of the phone for making it super easy to toggle key functions off and on.Update 3/1/2013: I finally had a response from Blu Products regarding accessories. 24hrsdeals.com has batteries for $9.99 each. That is a great deal. Still no cases that I can find.We bought these phones because we need a dual sim phone to use with work number and personal number. Work only needs voice and text so SIM2 works great for this.We are switching after 2 years using an HTC Incredible on Verizon.Pros:-Unlocked gsm plan fees are half the price of Verizon.-Phone is good size, only slightly larger than the HTC.-Android system with access to Google Play works great.-Phone voice quality is good. Have not paired the bluetooth to the car yet.-The micro usb works with our existing chargers.Cons:-Native apps are not as full-featured as on HTC, but plenty available on Google Play.-Battery life is not good, but not much worse than the HTC. The two SIMS apparently draw a lot. We have auto-syncing for mail turned off, but still have to keep the phone on charger.-The phone seems to lose connectivity to the networks every now and then and have missed some calls.-NO ACCESSORIES including spare batteries.-NO SUPPORT from Blu, either through email or Twitter.-We had the proximity sensor issue, but when I tried to fix it following the instructions elsewhere here found the settings language to be in chinese and could not figure out how to adjust it. Did figure out to turn it off, so that is what I did.In the end, you get what you pay for and the phone's little problems can be dealt with by changing habits. I recommend it so far.
1 of 1 people found the following review helpful.
Two soup cans with a string between them are a better communication device than this POS.
By LOUIS BERARD
An instruction manual with no instructions in it. No customer service. No telephone number and no response to emails. The phone doesn't receive photos on your messaging app and after a few weeks wouldn't receive text messages either. Hours in the AT&T store with several calls to technical support but no one could help. The phone cost $200+ so it wasn't exactly a bargain either. This company WILL go out of business but they for all practical purposes non-existent already.
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