Bluboo is kicking against the idea of pre-sale and invitations (OnePlus sub) which most Chinese OEMs employ to measure demand for a device and release them about one or two months later. With the Bluboo XFire, the company is saying ‘No to Pre-sale and Invitations’, stating the device will be available in full stock.
The press information sent in reads;
“For people out of China and want to buy a new Chinese phone, they must go through the following steps: order and pay, seller usually ship the phone after one month or more and they call it “presale”. For most buyers, they must wait 1-2 months to get their phones.
But Bluboo stands out and play in a different way. Bluboo states: their xfire will have full stock. All resellers can get it in stock from now on! No more waiting any more”.
The Bluboo XFire wants to be the cheapest 4G LTE smartphone in the world. The device sports a 5-inch (960 x 540 pixels) qHD IPS capacitive touchscreen display, measures 140.2 x 71.50 x 9.3mm in dimensions, weighs 149 grams and is backed by a 2750mAh Lithium battery.
Under the hood, it is powered by a 64-bit quad-core Mediatek MT6735M processor clocked at 1.0GHz paired with Mali T720 GPU, 1GB of RAM and 8GB space of internal storage. On the back is a 8MP camera with LED flash, the front facing camera is a 5MP snapper and a microSD card slot for more storage.
Connectivity options on the device includes – Bluetooth 4.0, GPS/A-GPS, Miracast, micro USB, Wi-Fi 802.11 b/g/n, USB OTG and 4G LTE (FDD-LTE – 800/1800/2100/2600 MHz). The Bluboo XFire has Dual SIM (Micro + Normal) slots with Dual Standby and runs a customised UI on Android 5.1 Lollipop OS. It is also compatible with MIUI and CM.
The company has not listed an official pricing but the Bluboo XFire is available for around $85 – $95 price range from most third party retailers in Black, Blue and White Colours.
Source: Bluboo
