

The 16-megapixel camera has just about every bell and whistle Samsung can throw at it, from basics like autofocus and the bright LED flash, to a variety of modes including Shot and more - burst shots with effects - and Dual camera - which incorporates shots taken simultaneously with the Note's two cameras. Read more: Gallery: Samsung Galaxy Note 4 review Samsung Galaxy Note 4 test photo Dave Oliver You can resize the window for each and now you can open little pop-up windows too which you can move around the screen. Good to see that the Multi Window mode is still here, so you can keep your web browser open at the same time as you're reading your emails - very handy. Helpfully, many of the features and apps that used to come preinstalled whether you wanted them or not, have now been consigned to the Galaxy Apps store, which is where you'll also now find Kids Mode, Dropbox (with 50GB free storage for two years for new users) and Kindle for Samsung. There's an S Health widget that displays the data garnered from your exercise, heart rate and now blood oxygen level too (the heart rate monitor on the back measures that too).

And if it all gets too much, you can always switch to the stripped-down Easy mode. There are still plenty of features to play with, including the shortcut menu that slides in from the right, but they're designed to enhance your experience rather than get in the way - you don't have to use them. To see how the R1 Plus performs before plunking down your hard-earned cash on one, you can check out our video review at the top of this post.The My Magazine news and message aggregator now appears as Flipboard (which was behind it anyway) and the S5's Toolbox feature seems to have disappeared altogether.

Best Buy is expected to offer the R1 Plus, too, but the retailer’s site currently shows the R1 Plus as being out of stock. Pricing is set at $159.99, but BLU says that it’ll be available for $109.99 for 24 hours starting tomorrow, April 29. If the BLU R1 Plus sounds like a device that you’d like to add to your arsenal, you can buy one right this very second from Amazon. BLU also notes that the R1 Plus supports VoLTE on T-Mobile, but not Wi-Fi Calling. The BLU R1 Plus is an unlocked GSM smartphone that’s compatible with AT&T and T-Mobile in the US.

The R1 Plus comes preloaded with Android 6.0 Marshmallow, but BLU says that an upgrade to Android 7.0 Nougat is planned. Other features of the BLU R1 Plus include 13-megapixel rear and 5-megapixel front cameras, 3GB of RAM, 32GB of built-in storage, a microSD slot, and a MediaTek 6737 quad-core processor. The screen is now larger, measuring in at 5.5 inches and with a resolution of 1280x720, while the battery has gotten an upgrade to 4000mAh. The new device is called the BLU R1 Plus, because many of its features are beefed up compared to last year’s R1 HD. BLU today launched the follow-up to the R1 HD.
