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Lava Blaze 5G Review: An good value for the money

Lava used to be a famous brand of smartphones in India, but over the past couple of years, Samsung and cash-rich Chinese brands like Realme and Redmi have taken over the mainstream smartphone market. But in 2021, the Lava Z series showed that the company was returning. Last year, the company also launched the Lava Agni 5G, its first 5G phone (Review). Now that 5G is available, Lava wants to sell phones to people who want to use 5G but don't want to spend much money. The company has made the Lava Blaze 5G for people like these. The Lava Blaze 5G is the most affordable 5G smartphone in India right now. The smartphone has a MediaTek Dimensity 700 SoC, a "glass-back design," and three cameras in one place. Should you think about buying a Lava Blaze 5G? Here's a review that will help you figure it out. Lava Blaze 5G price in India The Lava Blaze 5G can only buy with 4GB of RAM and 128GB of storage. When it first came out in India, it could buy it for Rs. 9,999, but it is now listed for Rs. 10,999. There are two colours for the device: Glass Blue and Glass Green. Lava Blaze 5G design Even though the Lava Blaze 5G is a cheap smartphone, the back is made of glass, which is pretty cool. The device is comfortable to hold, but at 207g, it does feel a bit heavy. The colour Glass Green that Lava sent us has a matte finish, too. If you like pastel colours, this should be a colour you like. The back of the phone is made of glass, but the flat frame around it is made of plastic.

Lava Blaze 5G in the colour Glass Green

Between the bottom-firing single speaker and the headphone jack is a USB Type-C port on the Lava Blaze 5G. The power button, which is also a fingerprint reader, is on the right edge. The left-side volume buttons feel good when you press them. The phone has a hybrid SIM slot, and a microSD card can add up to 1TB of storage space. The Lava Blaze 5G has a dual-tone rectangular camera module on the back, which does not protrude as much. On the front, the Blaze 5G sports a water-drop notch at the top of the display. Even though the side and top bezels aren't too thick, the chin bezel is pretty thick, which is typical for cheap devices. The chin bezel on the Lava Blaze 5G is pretty thick. The Lava Blaze 5G has an HD+ resolution IPS LCD screen that is 6.5 inches in size (720x1600 pixels). The screen also has a refresh rate of 90Hz, which makes animations and scrolling smoother. Surprisingly, the angles of view are good. The screen is pretty bright; you can read it outside in the sun if you turn the brightness up. The Lava Blaze 5G has a WideVine L1 certification, but Netflix found a WideVine L3 certification on the one we tested. Details about the Lava Blaze 5G and its software The best thing about the Lava Blaze 5G is its name. With support for eight 5G bands, the device is currently the most affordable 5G smartphone in India and comes with a MediaTek Dimensity 700 SoC. We have seen the chipset in other budget smartphones under Rs. 15,000 in India, including the recently launched Redmi 11 Prime 5G (Review) (Review). A 5000mAh battery is also included with the phone. Even though it can charge quickly with 15W, the Blaze 5G comes with a 12W charger with two USB ports. The phone can connect to things like Wi-Fi 802.11 ac, Bluetooth 5.1, GPS, and more. The Lava Blaze 5G runs stock Android 12 With Android 12, the Lava Blaze 5G software is clean and free of bloatware. There was no lag, and the overall experience for day-to-day tasks was quite good. The company has said that the Android 13 update will come out, but people have yet to determine when. Lava has also promised to send security updates every three months for the next two years. 

Lava Blaze 5G performance and battery life

The Lava Blaze 5G did not have any problems when doing simple, day-to-day tasks. The phone did a good job, whether I was scrolling through social media or going from one app to another. RAM management was less aggressive but some heavy apps running in the background did reload when I switched back to them. Even though the phone's multitasking window showed that it had about 2GB of RAM available, this is the case. In Geekbench's single-core and multi-core benchmark tests, the Lava Blaze 5G got 507 and 1588 points, respectively. The Redmi 11 Prime 5G, which has the same SoC, got 521 and 1757 points, respectively. The Redmi 11 Prime 5G scored 3,37,683 points on AnTuTu, much higher than the Lava Blaze 5 G score of 2,69,416 points. I also used the Lava Blaze 5G to play a few games. Call of Duty: Mobile took a little longer than usual to load for no apparent reason. The game supported 'Medium' graphics and 'High' frame rate settings, which resulted in an average framerate of about 40fps. The overall gaming experience was decent, but there were some stutters. If you want to play games for fun, the Lava Blaze 5G can do a good job. At the bottom of the Lava Blaze, 5G is a USB Type-C port. The 5000mAh battery lasted for more than a day easily, courtesy of the not-so-hungry SoC and HD+ display resolution. In our battery loop test, the Lava Blaze 5G ran for 11 hours and 56 minutes, which was surprisingly below average. With the charger that came with the phone, it took more than three hours to charge it from 0% to 100%. The Lava Blaze 5G has a quick fingerprint scanner on the side, which is used for biometrics. It also supports AI face unlock, which, although snappy to unlock the device, is less secure than the physical scanner.

Lava Blaze 5G cameras

There are three cameras on the back of the Lava Blaze 5G. Only one of them, though, is beneficial. There is a 50-megapixel primary camera sensor, a 2-megapixel macro camera and a VGA sensor. The front camera on the phone is 8 megapixels, so you can use it to take selfies. The Lava Blaze 5G sports a dual-tone camera module design The primary camera on the back does an excellent job of taking photos during the day. Even though the dynamic range could be better, the sensor can still get good details. But it does tend to make colours look better. Another thing to note is that the highlights are usually blown out to get some details in the shadows. The primary camera can take good photos in low light if there is some ambient light. But because it doesn't stabilise, the images are shaky, and some details are lost. I liked the front camera more, which captured the actual skin tone accurately. It does make the skin a little bit smoother, though. Portrait mode performance was also quite good for a phone priced at Rs. 10,999. Lava Blaze 5G camera samples (tap to see full size) Night mode camera sample shot on Lava Blaze 5G The Lava Blaze 5G can record up to 2K videos using the rear camera, whereas the front camera can capture 1080p videos. Overall, the Lava Blaze 5G videos offer some boosted colours with decent details. The device also has an excellent dynamic range, which I did not expect. Verdict The Lava Blaze 5G gets it right regarding a budget 5G smartphone. Even though the camera is its weakest point, it gets good marks for its looks and work. While decent with actual usage, battery life underperformed in our video drain test. There are also as many as eight 5G bands on the device in India. The display is also better than average for a smartphone in this price range. Lava's target customer for the Blaze 5G is someone who wants to try 5G without spending too much. There are some problems, but the price is so low that it's hard to complain too much. Affiliate links may be made automatically. For more information, check out our ethics statement. Read the full article