Bluboo D2 and D2 Pro Review & Compare: Ultra-Budget Phones

This year, the Chinese brand Blubo released some very interesting budget smartphones. However, the best of them are Bluboo S8 and S8+. The manufacturer doesn’t want to stop, and release another two phones with very attractive prices: Bluboo D2 and D2 Pro.

We should say that they have stylish glass bodies and three color options. Thanks to this, Bluboo D2 and D2 Pro look more expensive than they really are. They are perfect phones for those who are interested in design first of all. So, let’s make first review Bluboo D2 and D2 Pro, and find out their features.

Bluboo D2 and D2 Pro: Design

Let’s start with design of new products and materials of the body. The official renders of Bluboo D2 and D2 Pro look very nice. Bluboo decided to use the classic materials for the case: tempered glass and metal.

Bluboo D2 and D2 Pro will be completely glass with metal frame. Thanks to laser cutting and nano-coloring, the design of new phones looks very good as for ultra-budget category.

In addition, it is reported that glass rear panel Bluboo D2 Pro will have Corning Gorilla Glass 4th generation, while D2 will receive organic glass. The Chinese company forget about bezel-less or full screen trend, and left old display format 16:9.

You should note that fingerprint reader on new phones is located on the front panel under Home button.

The color options are following: black, golden and blue.

Bluboo D2 and D2: Specifications

Bluboo D2

Bluboo D2 Pro

Colors: black, blue, gold;
Case: organic glass (rear), metal frame;
Display: diagonal 5.2 inches, IPS matrix from the company Sharp, resolution 1280×720 pixels, density 282 ppi, Gorilla Glass 3;
Processor: Mediatel MT6580A, quad-core Cortex-A7 with frequency up to 1.3 GHz, process technology 28 nm, 64-bit;
Video core: ARM Mali-400 MP2, the frequency of 550 MHz;
Operative: 1 GB LPDDR3, 1х533 MHz;
Memory: 8 GB with support for microSD cards;
Camera: 5 MP with interpolation up to 8 MP + additional camera for 3 MP, autofocus, flash;
Self-camera: 5 megapixel with interpolation up to 8 MP, aperture f / 2.8;
Fingerprint scanner (front);
Support for two SIMs;
Wi-Fi 802.11 b / g / n, Bluetooth 4.0, Micro USB, GPS, A-GPS;
The battery is 3300 mAh, non-removable;
Android 7.0;
Dimensions: 70х150х9 mm;
Weight: 184 grams;
Price: from 50 dollars.

Colors: black, blue, gold;
Case: tempered glass Gorilla Glass 4 (rear), metal frame;
Display: diagonal 5.2 inches, IPS matrix from the company Sharp, resolution 1280×720 pixels, density 282 ppi, Gorilla Glass 3;
Processor: Mediatel MT6737M, quad-core Cortex-A53 with frequency up to 1.25 GHz, process technology 28 nm, 64-bit;
Video core: ARM Mali-T720 MP2, frequency 550 MHz;
Operative: 2 GB LPDDR3, 1×640 MHz;
Memory: 16 GB with support for microSD cards;
Camera: 8 MP with interpolation up to 13 MP + additional camera at 3 MP, autofocus, flash;
Self-camera: 5 megapixel with interpolation up to 8 MP, aperture f / 2.8;
Fingerprint scanner (front);
Support for two SIM, LTE Cat.4 (up to 150 Mbps);
Wi-Fi 802.11 b / g / n, Bluetooth 4.0, Micro USB, GPS, A-GPS;
The battery is 3300 mAh, non-removable;
Android 7.0;
Dimensions: 70х150х9 mm;
Weight: 184 grams;
Price: from 80 dollars.

Why You Should Buy Them?

Bluboo D2 has quite weak hardware, but it should be enough to comfortably use the smartphone, for example calls, SMS, social networks, Internet surfing, casual games. Also, it pleases with attractive design and build quality, pleasant display and compact dimensions. The price is generally amazing – only $50! We think that you cannot find anything better for this price.

As for Bluboo D2 Pro, it has almost the same features, but better chipset, which is enough even for heavy games on low settings. Also it has twice as much RAM and internal memory. The resolution of cameras is slightly higher. Interestingly, you don’t need to overpay much for these improvements, because the price Bluboo D2 Pro is only $80. It is definitely best ultra-budget phone.