The smartphone will also available for purchase in Latin America

Oct 17, 2012 20:01 GMT  ·  By

Blu Products is a not-so-well-known handset maker that releases smartphones mostly for the US and Latin America. The company launched back in August the VIVO 4.3, arguably the world’s first dual-SIM phone with Super AMOLED Plus display.

Today, the company is back with yet another Android phone, this time aimed at mid- to low-end market, the Blu Dash 3.5.

Blu Dash 3.5 is now available for purchase in the US and for only $99.99 USD (75 Euro) outright, which makes it one of the cheapest smartphones in its range.

It is also worth mentioning that a single-SIM version of the phone will be launched in Latin America in November, which will be priced even lower than $99.99 USD.

As the name suggests, the device sports a 3.5-inch HVGA capacitive touchscreen display that supports 320 x 480 pixels resolution.

Unfortunately, the device is powered by Google’s Android 2.3.5 Gingerbread operating system and there are slim chances that this one will ever receive an Ice Cream Sandwich update in the future. This makes us believe the Blu Dash 3.5 is aimed at first-time Android smartphone users.

Hardware-wise, Blu Dash 3.5 is pretty competitive in comparison with other smartphones in the same tier. The phone is equipped with a 1GHz single-core processor built by Qualcomm.

There’s no word on the amount of RAM or storage yet, but the handset is shipped with a free 4GB microSD memory card in the sales package. 3G HSDPA, Wi-Fi, GPS and Bluetooth connectivity are included as well.

“At BLU Products we make every effort to offer brilliant value and fashionable design without compromise on user experience and overall satisfaction. Our competitors are still trying to market entry level smartphones with slower processors and small, low resolution displays, which have no business being on any smartphone device, thus by selling short consumers of basic user experience fundamentals,” said Samuel-Ohev-Zion, CEO of BLU Products.