Price: $22.99 (as of May 10, 2024 11:11:58 UTC – Details)
The X5 was designed to be compact yet offers a stylish presence with many color options. A pattern graces the battery cover for a great aesthetic enhancement. Available in Black, Blue, Cyan, Grey and White. Display: 1.8-inch QVGA display with 128 x 160 resolution for crisp visuals. Memory: 32MB RAM and 32MB internal storage with support for up to 32GB microSD card for extra storage. Camera: 0.3MP rear camera with LED flash for capturing photos and videos. Battery: 600mAh battery provides up to 6 hours of talk time on a single charge. Connectivity: GSM unlocked dual SIM with Bluetooth 2.0 for wireless connectivity.
12 reviews for BLU Z5 -GSM Unlocked Dual Sim -Black
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Zach S. –
Perfect for what I needed it for!
Perfect for what I needed it for! For some reason (that makes no sense to my brother haha), I wanted to keep my old South FL home phone number. It originally went from a Landline, to Vonage, then to Ooma for 20 years. I switched to the free plan for Ooma (only playing taxes which came out to like $5+ a month). I then decided to take the journey to port it from Ooma to Google Voice. After about 16 days it finally ported over to Ting! Which led me to this phone.I cam looking on Amazon for a cheap unlocked GSM phone to use with Ting. This fit the bill. Decided to take a shot and it did what I needed. Took a little while with some searching on Amazon to figure out the thing cause the directions are pretty worthless. Used a nail clipper (I have no fingernails haha) to pry it open. To do that on the bottom right (as in my 2nd pic) just pry in the groove there and it’ll come apart eventually. You’ll prob have to work around it to get it all off. Then after figuring the right position for the sim card (last pic) got that going. I first tried the top part thinking that’s where it goes, but it has to go all the way down. It works with Ting just fine! They got great customer service by the way. This was the cheapest way for me to port the number. I took a picture of the way the battery goes. It only goes in one way. I saw another question about using the flashlight, to do that you can access it from the menu or long pressing the 0 button that has the icon. To turn it on you long press the Phone icon on the right with the slash through it (and very little power icon I just noticed).Volume sounds really loud. Can’t comment on battery since I’ve only taken one call so far to verify my number with Google Voice. This phone screams perfect for kids to stay in touch with their parents. I think I’ll keep it as a backup phone and one to travel with (if that ever starts happening again) abroad. Overall outside of the lackluster instructions, it seems like a great phone for what it is.
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Gazelle –
DONT BUY IT! WASTE OF MONEY!
First at all when I opened the original phone’s box it was WET. Second: This phone was supposed to be “unlocked” right? But when I did insert the SIM Card for multiple times the phone still saying “intsert SIM Card”. Obviously it came defective and I am very disappointed to the point that I don’t even have the energy to return it so to the garbage it goes!!!
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jackie –
Perfect
If I could give this 10 stars I would. Need a phone to give your grounded teenager while you hold their iPhone hostage?? THIS IS IT!! Strictly calling and texting only!! It has Tetris and some other game on it which is fine. It does also have the âinternetâ on it, but I honestly couldnât figure out how to connect to WiFi (if thatâs even possible) which is even better! Back to the basics!!!
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A Customer –
A very good basic phone they refuse to update
They must have sold millions of these various “Zoey” (and related Tank/Jenny) models. But they won’t make a 4g version.The camera is very weak, but it’s there if you only want it for when you absolutely must text a picture of something. Everything else is OK or good for a cheapo phone. The physical build is better than a lot of other brands. The buttons feel like a higher-end phone. The FM radio doesn’t harass you for headphones (built in antenna). The radio and MP3 player can run in the background. They don’t tell you, but the batteries in most models are standard BL-4C or BL-5C types and cheap to get spares if you need to extend the already good battery life. It does have a VERY basic web browser, all you need to check news or google stuff.BUT… you can’t hardly use these anywhere now. And either Blu or whatever mystery factory they use refuses to make the same popular phone compatible with current technology. Why? Who knows. Maybe someone in the supply chain is trying to get fired. A competing brand is selling a 4g flip phone of absolutely abysmal quality for triple the price because there is no competition.
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Sab –
Some languages are not supported when received via text
This mobile phone is very easy to use, ordered it so I can add another sim card to it, but I figured that the language I wanted to receive text messages with is not supported so all I get is squares for words and I’m unable to read those texts.I wanted to have a small and easy-to-use phone for that only purpose, so I wasn’t expecting much.I would recommend it if you know you’ll be using it for another SIM card when traveling or whatever, to receive calls and messages in supported languages, but not more than that.
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Devon –
Worked fine
Cool phone for calls and text
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Some didnât work –
Fine
It was great for what I tried to do. The quality was fine. Very lightweight and a cool color.
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Keshia B –
Does not work in Canada .
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DoubleDouble416 –
Great for when I want to go out for a while and just expect calls
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mawm222 –
I cannot comment on the product itself however it’s a cute phone, convenient size as well. Found out after receiving the item that it was the Network capabilities on the device were not suitable for my region. The seller was quick to respond to my query and worked with me to resolve the issue. Excellent customer service!
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Ausama Nawaz –
Looks and feels like a nice device for the money. But unfortunately didn’t get reception in Calgary. So had to return it right away.
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Mithun –
Cheap amd best. Bought it for just receiving messages.. quite good long battery power. Be aware that we should use normal big sim
Zach S. –
Perfect for what I needed it for!
Perfect for what I needed it for! For some reason (that makes no sense to my brother haha), I wanted to keep my old South FL home phone number. It originally went from a Landline, to Vonage, then to Ooma for 20 years. I switched to the free plan for Ooma (only playing taxes which came out to like $5+ a month). I then decided to take the journey to port it from Ooma to Google Voice. After about 16 days it finally ported over to Ting! Which led me to this phone.I cam looking on Amazon for a cheap unlocked GSM phone to use with Ting. This fit the bill. Decided to take a shot and it did what I needed. Took a little while with some searching on Amazon to figure out the thing cause the directions are pretty worthless. Used a nail clipper (I have no fingernails haha) to pry it open. To do that on the bottom right (as in my 2nd pic) just pry in the groove there and it’ll come apart eventually. You’ll prob have to work around it to get it all off. Then after figuring the right position for the sim card (last pic) got that going. I first tried the top part thinking that’s where it goes, but it has to go all the way down. It works with Ting just fine! They got great customer service by the way. This was the cheapest way for me to port the number. I took a picture of the way the battery goes. It only goes in one way. I saw another question about using the flashlight, to do that you can access it from the menu or long pressing the 0 button that has the icon. To turn it on you long press the Phone icon on the right with the slash through it (and very little power icon I just noticed).Volume sounds really loud. Can’t comment on battery since I’ve only taken one call so far to verify my number with Google Voice. This phone screams perfect for kids to stay in touch with their parents. I think I’ll keep it as a backup phone and one to travel with (if that ever starts happening again) abroad. Overall outside of the lackluster instructions, it seems like a great phone for what it is.
Gazelle –
DONT BUY IT! WASTE OF MONEY!
First at all when I opened the original phone’s box it was WET. Second: This phone was supposed to be “unlocked” right? But when I did insert the SIM Card for multiple times the phone still saying “intsert SIM Card”. Obviously it came defective and I am very disappointed to the point that I don’t even have the energy to return it so to the garbage it goes!!!
jackie –
Perfect
If I could give this 10 stars I would. Need a phone to give your grounded teenager while you hold their iPhone hostage?? THIS IS IT!! Strictly calling and texting only!! It has Tetris and some other game on it which is fine. It does also have the âinternetâ on it, but I honestly couldnât figure out how to connect to WiFi (if thatâs even possible) which is even better! Back to the basics!!!
A Customer –
A very good basic phone they refuse to update
They must have sold millions of these various “Zoey” (and related Tank/Jenny) models. But they won’t make a 4g version.The camera is very weak, but it’s there if you only want it for when you absolutely must text a picture of something. Everything else is OK or good for a cheapo phone. The physical build is better than a lot of other brands. The buttons feel like a higher-end phone. The FM radio doesn’t harass you for headphones (built in antenna). The radio and MP3 player can run in the background. They don’t tell you, but the batteries in most models are standard BL-4C or BL-5C types and cheap to get spares if you need to extend the already good battery life. It does have a VERY basic web browser, all you need to check news or google stuff.BUT… you can’t hardly use these anywhere now. And either Blu or whatever mystery factory they use refuses to make the same popular phone compatible with current technology. Why? Who knows. Maybe someone in the supply chain is trying to get fired. A competing brand is selling a 4g flip phone of absolutely abysmal quality for triple the price because there is no competition.
Sab –
Some languages are not supported when received via text
This mobile phone is very easy to use, ordered it so I can add another sim card to it, but I figured that the language I wanted to receive text messages with is not supported so all I get is squares for words and I’m unable to read those texts.I wanted to have a small and easy-to-use phone for that only purpose, so I wasn’t expecting much.I would recommend it if you know you’ll be using it for another SIM card when traveling or whatever, to receive calls and messages in supported languages, but not more than that.
Devon –
Worked fine
Cool phone for calls and text
Some didnât work –
Fine
It was great for what I tried to do. The quality was fine. Very lightweight and a cool color.
Keshia B –
Does not work in Canada .
DoubleDouble416 –
Great for when I want to go out for a while and just expect calls
mawm222 –
I cannot comment on the product itself however it’s a cute phone, convenient size as well. Found out after receiving the item that it was the Network capabilities on the device were not suitable for my region. The seller was quick to respond to my query and worked with me to resolve the issue. Excellent customer service!
Ausama Nawaz –
Looks and feels like a nice device for the money. But unfortunately didn’t get reception in Calgary. So had to return it right away.
Mithun –
Cheap amd best. Bought it for just receiving messages.. quite good long battery power. Be aware that we should use normal big sim