Bluboo may not be the first manufacturer name you think of when it comes to choosing a smartphone but I came across the Maya model. It costs less than $75, it has an HD display and more. Find out if this cheap phone is any good in the full review.

Bluboo Maya Review: VIDEO

Bluboo Maya Review: UNBOXING

The phone ships with just a charger, USB cable and some paperwork.

Bluboo Maya Review: DESIGN and DISPLAY

The Bluboo Maya is kind of nice phone for such a low price. We have a metal trim that goes around the device along with nice and tactile metal buttons.

The textured back cover gives a little plasticky feel of the device but overall, the phone is well-built. We have a 13MP shooter on the back.

We have a 5.5” 720p display, which is sharp enough for the daily use but it is very reflective outdoors due to pre-installed screen protector. Also, it has a somewhat blueish tint and cold-looking colors. The capacitive buttons are not backlit and I don’t like the position of them. I always prefer the back button to be on the right side.

The LED light is a nice touch for a cheap phone.

You can easily remove a backplate and underneath it you can find 2 SIM card slots, the microSD card slot and a removable 3000mAh battery.

The loudspeakers usually suck on cheap phones and the one found on this phone is no exception.

Bluboo Maya Review: HARDWARE and PERFORMANCE

The phone ships with a quad-core Mediatek 6580 chip with the clock speeds of 1.3GHz, 2GB of RAM and 16GB of expandable storage.

These are pretty low-end specs and the thus the 3D gaming performance is not so impressive. You should expect some stutter even on medium graphics when playing Asphalt 8.

Bluboo Maya Review: BENCHMARKS

Bluboo Maya Review: USER INTERFACE

I always prefer stock Android especially on the cheap phones like this but the Bluboo Maya ships with their own skin on top of Android 6.0.

For some reason, they removed the app tray. A great thing is that there are no bloatware apps and the phone is pretty fast on the daily basis.

Bluboo Maya Review: IMAGE QUALITY

When it comes to image quality, you should never expect something spectacular from any cheap phones.

Surprisingly, the Bluboo Maya can take some decent-looking images. Even the low-light camera performance is slightly better than on some similarly priced phones.

The video quality is just mediocre as on most of the cheap phones.

The selfies produced by the 8MP camera look quite noisy and the level of detail is kind of low.

Bluboo Maya Review: CONNECTIVITY

As for connectivity, everything is working fine except for the GPS. Sometimes it takes a lot of time to get the position lock and GPS is not always accurate.

Bluboo Maya Review: BATTERY LIFE

A 3000mAh battery performs quite well. I could easily get through the day with this phone and that translates to 4.5h of screen-on time on a mixed use. However, the charging speeds with the supplied charger are very slow.

Bluboo Maya Review: CONCLUSIONS

Bluboo Maya aims to brings a lot of value to the table and it succeeds in a lot of ways.

Of course, it is not perfect as the gaming performance is not so great, the GPS is slow and inaccurate, the display is reflective outdoors and the phone is kind of slow to charge.

Still, for just $75 you get a 5.5” phone that runs on Android 6.0, it has a decent day-to-day performance, a good battery life and surprisingly decent camera.

All in all, Bluboo Maya may not be your next flagship phone but it is definitely a decent offering for the price if you are okay with the shortcomings that I just mentioned.

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A fresh leak about the specs details of the expected Bluboo Maya Max has surfaced online and its put to rest speculations about the specs the device will pop clutching. The leak which packs lots of juicy details about the device, is coming barely a month after an image render of the device appeared on the internet. 

The leak details the Bluboo Maya Max as featuring a large 6-inch JDI display with 720pixel resolution. You don’t have to worry about the large display cracking up when the device falls as there is a Gorilla Glass 4 protective shield over the display.  The device is also said to be made of an aluminum alloy unibody and has IP63 certification which means that it is dustproof and has protection against spraying water. Can you beat that?

The device will be powered by a 2.5GHz Octa-core MediaTek MT6750 processor with Mali-T860 GPU. The processor is backed up by a 3GB RAM and the device provides a nice 32GB inbuilt storage bank.

If you’re a camera freak, the Bluboo Maya isn’t going to disappoint you with a cool 13MP rear facing camera that sports a Sony IMX 214 sensor. The device also features an 8MP camera up front for selfie snapshots.

The Bluboo Maya Max boots Android 6.0 Marshmallow from launch day and crams a very massive 4200mAh battery pack under its hood.

Looks like Bluboo isn’t a bit ready to compromise on Maya Max’s sound quality because the Maya Max is tipped to carry an upgraded version of its audio management chip. The chip will be used by the device for independent audio processing decoding to support HiFi audio. The exquisite Maya Max also packs NXP’s Smart PA module, which is said to be audio amplifiers for portable devices. NXP is a well-established player in the audio market, so we should expect an outstanding quality speaker on the Maya Max.

Connectivity options available on the device include 2G, 3G, 4G VoLTe and CAT 6. I can’t forget to mention that the Bluboo Max has a Fingerprint sensor as well as USB Type-C standard data cable port which wasn’t featured on the Bluboo Maya released recently.

It is expected that the Bluboo Maya Max will be unveiled this month or in August but that cannot be confirmed now. We hope to get more details about when the device will launch soon until then, keep wondering about what price the Maya Max will carry.

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Bluboo  started their anniversary sales yesterday and offered customers the chance to purchase any of their devices for $9.99. But we all know these snap up deals never last as they are usually gone in a few minutes. However, while $9.99 does sound like a great price to buy any android phone now, customers can still purchase any of the devices at a reduced price from now till 1st of July.

The Maya is available for $69.99; the Xtouch for $129.99, X9 for $119.99; Bluboo Picasso and Xfire 2 for $64.99; and the UWatch for $28.99.

To purchase any of the above devices, head to Bluboo’s page here.

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For the past few days, we have been revealing a few details about the upcoming Bluboo Maya smartphone. Now, we have got some more details about the device, this time, about its software. Bluboo seems to have confirmed that the upcoming Bluboo Maya will run on the new Android 6.0 Marshmallow version. This will make it the company’s first smartphone with the new Android version.

While Marshmallow version is basically confirmed on the Maya, the company is yet to reveal the exact features of the device when it comes to software. But it should definitely benefit from the efficient working of the new OS, reportedly lowering power consumption by 20 percent.

Bluboo Maya is expected to be announced and released via various online stores in June. The phone is also said to come with a similar diamond texture as found on the Bluboo Xtouch models. Other features of the upcoming device include a 5.5-inch display, quad-core processor clocked at 1.3GHz, 2GB RAM and 16GB of internal storage. The company is also betting on the good camera performance of the Bluboo Maya as compared to the competition in the segment.

Stay tuned as we bring more information about the new budget device from Bluboo.

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Bluboo has been silent for the past few months. The latest we have heard from the company was about the Bluboo Picasso, the low cost, good looking budget offering from the company. Now, there’s new information that the company is working on a brand new smartphone and it will be called as the Bluboo Maya. There isn’t much information available about the device at the moment, but here’s all we know about the phone till now.

You can check out the first leaked render of the device from above.

It is said that Maya will be a 5.5-inch device. The company will focus on the looks of the device as well as the camera performance. In fact, Maya could be a great phone for those who are looking to take good selfies from a budget device. Unfortunately, we don’t have any sensor specs of the device yet.

The Bluboo Maya could come with a similar design as the Picasso. So, at the back, we could see a 3D diamond pattern texture. The phone is also said to sport a unique fence grain design for better aesthetics and grip. Many liked this unique pattern on the Picasso, so there is a very good chance that the company will use a similar pattern on the back of the Maya as well, which is also going to be a budget device.

While we have not yet received any confirmation from the company yet, it is said that Bluboo Maya could be announced as soon as June. However, our previous experience has taught us that unless the phone is actually announced and goes on sale, we can’t be sure of the official release time frame of the device.

If the release is indeed in June, expect more details pretty soon.

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