Today’s Deal – The New BLU Life One X2 Mini for $180
Today’s Deal is on the all new BLU Life One X2 Mini. This new 5″ phone was announced on Friday and for a phone priced at $180, it is reasonably well appointed. BLU has made a name for themselves for offering good spec’d phones at a reasonable price and the X2 Mini is another example of this go-to-market strategy. The 5″ X2 Mini has a curved Full HD display that renders at 1080 x 1920. That gives you roughly 435 ppi for excellent color and detail while being easy on the eyes. The display is protected by Gorilla glass 3 while the chassis of the phone itself is made of solid aluminium construction.
Internally, the phone is powered by the Octa-Core Snapdragon 430 processor running at 1.4GHz. It is coupled with 4GB of RAM and has 64GB of internal storage. That storage can be expanded a further 64GB thanks to the MicroSD slot. The phone is sold unlocked at a Dual-SIM configuration that supports a wide range of GSM and LTE bands here in the United States. You should be able to run this phone on the likes of AT&T, T-Mobile and Cricket to name a few. Unfortunately for Verizon and Sprint customers, this phone is not compatible with your service. Here are the frequencies
BLU Life One X2 Mini
and bands that the X2 Mini supports:
- 4G LTE, (2/4/7/12/17)
- 4G HSPA+ (850/1700/1900/2100)
Powering all of this is a 2,300mAh battery that recharges via a MicroUSB cable. The phone supports Quick Charge 3.0 technology for rapid charging. For security, the X2 Mini has a fingerprint scanner
Rounding out the specs of the BLU Life One X2 Mini is a solid camera configuration. The main camera is a 13MP shooter with PDAF (Phase-Detection Auto Focus) while the front facing selfie camera is an 8MP shooter with a wide-angel and a flash. Front flashes are a bit rare still so it’s nice to see it pop up on a budget friendly device like this one.
If there is one knock on the X2 Mini it likely will be that it ships with Android Marshmallow and not Nougat. Even for a budget phone this is a bit of a head scratcher.
Currently the X2 Mini is available for $179.99 in Gold, Rose Gold and Grey. If you are an Amazon Prime customer, shipping is free and all three colors at the time of this post were in stock. To get more details & to order, head over to Amazon.