what's up guys Ron parada here from
TechnoBuffalo and budget phones are the
trend right now from oneplus to anything
and everything in between when the price
is right you guys and I will advise so
well Blue has done in collaboration with
Amazon is take budget phones to the next
level with the r-1 HD they have released
a phone for $50 unlocked with ads that's
right with ads I wanted to see what the
phone was like from a hardware
perspective but most importantly see
what the ad experience was like can you
use a phone that has built-in ads yes or
no let's go and get started the majority
of the specs here are really not that
noteworthy you're looking at a 5 inch HD
curved display which sounds awesome
until you realize that HD means 720p and
curved means curved where there are
black bars there's no actual pixels
there so this is not some cheap Samsung
Galaxy s7 edge unfortunately the 1.3
gigahertz in one gig of ram do show
after you use the phone a little bit
after having a couple apps open and
having a couple of uses and having some
of the RAM used up the phone does slow
down a decent bit it's not unusable but
it's definitely not as fast as a
flagship however that was to be expected
the low point of this phone was
definitely the cameras however both
cameras looked absolutely terrible I was
partially excited for the 5 megapixel
front-facing camera because it has an
LED flash
however disappointingly is a snapchat
and Instagram user the front-facing LED
flash doesn't work with those app you
can only use the actual front-facing
flash in their native camera app so if
that means something to you it's pretty
cool but it doesn't really mean much to
me because the cameras at the end of the
day aren't very good I do feel bad
ripping on the phone given that it's
only 50 dollars for hardware I mean what
were you expecting in this price range
but I will say for the positive things
the feel of the phone is great it's a
little bit on the thicker side but the
texture on the back is awesome and it
feels really really good to hold and use
and the main question that you're all
dying to find the answer to or at least
I would hope so if you're watching this
video is can you use a phone with ads
now the ads in this experience are not
going to be popping up all over the
place I'm not going to be interrupting
something you're doing they're going to
be integrated into the wallpaper so when
you unlock the phone there will be an ad
there as the background or as a
notification I'm assuming depending on
how much the advertiser paid I actually
really didn't mind these ads and here's
why they're all
Lync through Amazon I'm a huge Amazon
user I'm a big prime advocate I love
their services and I think Amazon's
algorithms of recommending products are
superb because of that every time I got
a product recommendation I wasn't really
mad given that it was a good product or
something that I would buy or be
interested in and also it doesn't slow
you down in your experience and usage of
the phone it just gives you a quick
glance at some dub soap or at any
deodorant or something along those lines
depending on your purchase history on
Amazon and that's really it for this
video guys obviously the hardware on
this phone is not fantastic it was not
supposed to be the best
I mean it's $50 I don't really want to
complain about that it's just something
to bear in mind I don't want you guys
going and buying something like this and
comparing it to a one plus it's
obviously not going to be as good
the main question I had in that I was
trying to answer was our ads feasible in
a phone using experience and absolutely
I think blue knocked it out of the park
I think Amazon does a great job with AD
recommendations on products I could see
myself using the phone even at the
higher end that has ads in the future if
it takes a couple hundred dollars off of
my price tag initially I think it's
totally worth it but let me know what
you guys think in the comments down
below is this something you'd be willing
to adopt to to save a couple hundred
dollars when you buy a phone or whatever
your currency is I'm very curious to
hear let me know in the comments down
below give us a thumbs up if you liked
this video and I'll see you guys in the
next one thank you so much for watching
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