Is this alright for my mom?

Edward78 · 21 Nov 2022 at 14:56

Orcvader · 21 Nov 2022 at 15:38

It's very low end and only runs Android Go 8.1. That half a gig RAM is going to make the phone feel slow as well. Texting and calls should be fine, maybe even WhatsApp, but anything outside of that it could struggle.

Mujja · 21 Nov 2022 at 15:53

I wouldn't want to use anything messaging apps on a 4" display. 5.5" should be a minumum, idealy 6".

Edward78 · 22 Nov 2022 at 17:22

Orcvader said:
It's very low end and only runs Android Go 8.1. That half a gig RAM is going to make the phone feel slow as well. Texting and calls should be fine, maybe even WhatsApp, but anything outside of that it could struggle.

Well she won't do much with it, I wish there were more 4 inch andriod phones. She it set on low price, even if I get it for her. Is there a way to use a SDCard as more ram? She is set on 4 inch display also, there is a much better one for $209, I will buy, no payback wanted. Nope, still doesn't want it.

kona786 · 22 Nov 2022 at 18:10

200 dollars for that? Hell no

Edward78 · 22 Nov 2022 at 18:18

kona786 said:
200 dollars for that? Hell no

Not that 1 another kink is $209, Unihertz Jelly 2 sounds like it would suck, but a youtube vid. says it is good. That BLU is $40.

Orcvader · 22 Nov 2022 at 19:42

Edward78 said:
Well she won't do much with it, I wish there were more 4 inch andriod phones. She it set on low price, even if I get it for her. Is there a way to use a SDCard as more ram? She is set on 4 inch display also, there is a much better one for $209, I will buy, no payback wanted. Nope, still doesn't want it.

Not possible. It's not even a good idea to repurpose an SD card as RAM, it's not designed for that many read/writes.

There's the Nokia C10 Plus on the rainforest currently with a Black Friday deal at £70. It's still rather low end but much better than the BLU: https://www.gsmarena.com/compare.php3?idPhone1=10955&idPhone2=9929

Granted the screen is bigger, but it may actually benefit her. My mother wanted to keep her phone small too until she had a handy down from my dad with a large screen, then she realised it was actually easier to see with her poor eyesight. And you can see the actual physical size difference with the link above, it's only a tiny bit wider and taller, but also thinner.