I got one of these for 35 the other day and was delivered the day for the mother in-law. Have to say I'm well impressed! For this money I was expecting poor screen, it to be pretty unresponsive, laggy etc but video plays great, viewing angle is a lot better than my Z3 compact. Not sure how the screen will hold up when it's sunny or if dropped but 35 quid this phone is amazing! Only thing the Mrs said is that it's a bit heavy but I like that about it. You also get a case and spare screen protector with it.
Cam is average at best and the bat has lasted ages (although I've not used it as much as I would my own phone) I'm defo gonna pic up another for a spare in case any of ours break! Best and most surprising buy for me in a long time! :smiley:

Is there a front facing camera??

The Twitter confirmation may be about the HD but their official sales channel states it will. Additionally, they effectively have the same internals.

That's the HD, "The fate of the BLU Win Jr remains undecided" and twitter is vague, posted in September but still no update for the HD available.

Regarding "Windows 8.1 Upgradeable to Windows 10" - any proof?

does this work on all networks for 3g and 2g

this is the usa phone not the uk model.

does this have the wifi hotspot please.

Anyone know how to make text size larger?

This or the Lumia 535 - currently same price at carphone warehouse (though needs a £10 top up)? Apart from the dual sim on this, are there any other differences, tempted to go with the Lumia.

http://www.microsoftstore.com/store/msusa/en_US/pdp/BLU-Win-JR-LTE--Unlocked/productID.316940400
512 ram?

Gsmarena says its 512ram. Also I cannot find anywhere the resolution

Well I thought you might be messing about but with how you came across in your first comment I wasn't sure whether you were just being a pita again :wink:

Blimey... I posted what was meant to be a light hearted reply attempting to allay your fears, and point out the cost/value proposition.
You have decided to take every word as a personal slight...

I give up...

I do have realistic expectations. I'm buying it as a gift and I'm trying to gauge what would be the best purchase at this price. It was a passing comment, not a criticism of the phone. If I had said its not worth £40 because it won't be updated I could understand why you're defending it the way you are.
With how often you're mentioning the price I'm starting to think it's you who can't seem to grasp it.

The point is, that given its price, it would not be unreasonable to find that it lacks long term support. I actually DO think it will receive it, as they are changing the update model for W10, but aside from that, the phone is 40 quid... Have realistic expectations!

Picked this up for £35 to replace my Motorola E where the 4gb storage was just too limiting and it had stopped picking up emails. Well impressed for the price. I actually don't know how they can put something together for this price. Does everything I need to and can have both a phone and a holiday for the price of what a lot of people pay for the phone alone!

I've got and old one with 512 Ram if she can do the washing-up and ironing.

Totally agree.

I learnt something :wink:

gwilkolek I had the same question myself as there are conflicting specs for the JR LTE, glad I didn't ask now :neutral_face: apparently the us model and uk model have different specs. It should be 1/8 as advertised.

Most people bought this phone for grandma, parents, etc XD

I think those elderly people still deserve a better phone, not just a cheap phone. Not that this phone is bad, but imagine they are not as technology savvy as the newer generation, so they will become more difficult to handle it when the phone is slow/lag, or touch screen is not sensitive. But of course the cost is a high priority for most people when considering the purchase.

A. Unnecessary information, can clearly see it in the title.
B: Thanks for the info.
C: Again with the unnecessary information.
Simply giving me point B would have sufficed.

Nice for those that can't benefit from Carphone Warehouse upgrade system. They are selling the alcactel onetouch Pixi 3, the Huawei Y330 for 99p, Huawei Y3 for £9.99 Lumia 435 for £19.99 (if your on Virgin pay as you go, and have been using it and topping up for more than 6 months!) other networks also eligible but Virgin and Vodaphone get the cheapest deals.

Just bought the 5" which came with a screen size sticker on it.Peeled it off and it left a sticky residue which won't come off .Any ideas ?

Is this 1gb ram and 8gb storage or 512/4gb?

Thanks OP.

have ordered one...thanks OP!

I've been looking for a basic smartphone for my grandma so she can receive MMS etc. Such a bonus that it has active dual sim capacity too!
Thanks so much for sharing, great deal!!!

Ordered, thanks!

​darn :wink:

Its just gone up £5 and folk are voting hot??? This place does my head in at times!

​whats the best android at about this price? I'm after one for my mum :smiley:

Hi, I would like to get something like this for my mum, would this fit a Tesco sim card?

Excellent phone for the price - bought one when they were at £35 on friday. I've used it to replace my personal Android phone and Work supplied iPhone by using the dual sim capability (really like the way it deals with both sims). Most of the apps I use are there (missing Amazon music though), although perhaps not as slick (e.g. Flipboard dosen't actually flip, HUKD is basically a scrolling web page etc.)

COLD - Can't play Ingress! :disappointed:

ive just ordered the blu win 5inch hd 4g one for 60 quid. got it for the bigger screen as im visually impaired. spent ages on youtube looking at the reviews so went ahead and purchased it. so we shall see :smile:

Voted hot for price specification ratio but have to disagree with that statement. I've got a Lumia 640 and looking to change it for an Android. Wanted to stream football and acestream, sopcast, kodi and sky go are all unavailable for windows. Others such as cyberghost vpn, adblock and Firefox/chrome among others.
Want a good spec smart phone and don't use apps. This is a good deal.

I'm glad you said that. I bought the 5 inch one for my mum, who needs a simple easy to use phone.

Does this include the free SatNav with downloadable maps that the Lumia's come with? Or is that a Nokia based pre-installed/free app rather than a Windows Phone one?

BLU have been faster with updates than Microsoft have for the Lumias. Windows Phone 8.1 Update 2 was released within a week of it being announced for the BLU phones, but it took months for it to arrive on the Lumias.

The BLU phones aren't currently supported by the Insider app, as there is no way to restore the firmware to a stable version if something goes wrong (Windows Device Recovery Tool currently doesn't support them). This is expected to change once Windows 10 is released officially though.

​Mine updated yesterday not sure what from and to but it updated so they do update them.

Anyone know if camera is good on these phone

need a first smartphone for my mum. is this about as good as I'll get for this sort of budget? cheers

Everything about the phone looks good, just not sure if it'll be updated for as long as the lumias...

As you can see from my Avatar, I've been a long time fan of Android, that was until I decided to try Windows Phone, and I have to say the overall user experience is much better, and that's not just down to the phones specs, the OS seems to be more efficient, everything is just a little bit more fluid and polished.
That said, I still use Android on my tablets as a comparison, but for a phone at least I find Windows a great option, although if having access to lots of apps is important, then you'll find the Windows store has lots available, but nothing like Android, but then search for a game or something on Android, and you'll have tons of the same thing because of people wanting to rip off or cash in on popular titles, so sometimes less is more.

I got these phones for both my kids and im really impressed for the price i paid

why is this cold?!?

Heat for £35

maxmix

Shame that they messed up what seems like a good phone for good price with a terrible OS!

​when the screens active they light up along the bottom.

I got one of these for 35 the other day and was delivered the day for the mother in-law. Have to say I'm well impressed! For this money I was expecting poor screen, it to be pretty unresponsive, laggy etc but video plays great, viewing angle is a lot better than my Z3 compact. Not sure how the screen will hold up when it's sunny or if dropped but 35 quid this phone is amazing! Only thing the Mrs said is that it's a bit heavy but I like that about it. You also get a case and spare screen protector with it.
Cam is average at best and the bat has lasted ages (although I've not used it as much as I would my own phone) I'm defo gonna pic up another for a spare in case any of ours break! Best and most surprising buy for me in a long time! :smiley:

Cannot put a foot wrong at this price, bargain!

I ordered one when it was £35, but delivery is expected to be late as it is being dispatched from Germany apparently.