Blu Vivo 8 Specs and Price

Besides the low budget smartphone Blu is popular for, they also offer a line of mid-range smartphone. The Vivo-series of smartphones is one Blu’s most stylish line of smartphones and has a number of features to go along with it. A new addition to this series is the Blu Vivo 8 smartphone and it sports it’s own fair share of features. Let’s see how these features measures up against the price tag of the smartphone.

Blu Vivo 8 Key Specs and Features

• 5.5-inch, IPS LCD capacitive touchscreen, 1920 X 1080 pixels (401 ppi)
• Android 7.1 Nougat
• Octa-core MediaTek MT6755 CPU with 4GB RAM.
• 64GB built-in storage, up to 128GB with a memory card
• 13MP rear camera and 16MP front camera
• 4G LTE
• Fingerprint sensor (front)
• 4, 010mAh non removable Li-Po battery

Design and Display

As it is, the smartphone has a nice design to qualify as a good looking smartphone. However, it lacks that spectacular factor seen in some high-end smartphones. At the front, the smartphone features an almost end to end display with the fingerprint sensor in between the two navigation touch buttons. The back panel on the other hand, is well polished with antenna line close to the bottom and top.

The Blu Vivo 8 also comes with a full HD colourful 5.5-inch display which almost goes edge to edge of the smartphone. Although the smartphone comes with a an IPS LCD panel which might not be as saturated as OLED screens but the full HD resolution handles things quit well.

Battery and Camera

An all round pleasing spec sheet at the mid-range smartphone category is not something you see often. The Blu Vivo 8 comes with a fairly large battery capacity which is in, itself a selling point. According to Blu the 4, 010mAh Li-Po battery featured on the smartphone should go for two days on minimal usage.

On the camera front, the smartphone sports a 13MP rear camera and a 16MP front camera with features like a group selfie mood, smart scenes, professional mood and so on. Another thing is the presence of flash on both side of the smartphone which allows you take pictures even in not too lit environment.

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Hardware and Software

For a mid-range smartphone, there’s a decent Helio P10 chipset on the smartphone accompanied by an ARM Mali-T860 MP2 GPU for graphics rendering. The Octa-core MediaTek MT6755 processor clocks at 2.0GHz max.

Also, the Blu Vivo 8 has an impressive storage capacity with a 64GB built-in storage up to 128GB using a memory card. In addition, the smartphone has a 4GB internal memory which is the same thing featured in some high-end smartphones. On the other hand, the device runs on Android 7.1 Nougat from the factory.

Blu Vivo 8 Price and Availability

The Blu Vivo 8 is available for sale in several smartphone retail outlets and online stores for about 82, 000 Naira to 95, 000 Naira depending on your location and the deal.