SpecEagle review · Lava

Lava Blaze 2 review: Made-in-India budget with glass back and clean Android.

SpecEagle Editorial·Jun 2023·$110
Overall
50/100
Class rank
#4 of 6
Tier
Budget
Buy?
Look elsewhere
The verdict, up front

India's home-grown budget.

Lava Blaze 2 leaned on a glass back, clean stock Android and the "Made in India" service network to differentiate from Chinese rivals in the sub-$110 tier — local manufacturing and free upgrades as the pitch.

01Display

64/100

64/100 trails the 69-point cohort average for budget phones of 2023.

TypeIPS LCD, 90Hz
Size6.5 inches
Resolution720 x 1600 px

02Camera

56/100

56/100 trails the 59-point cohort average for budget phones of 2023.

Main50 MP, f/1.8
Depth2 MP
Selfie8 MP

03Performance

46/100

46/100 is one of the weaker performance results among budget phones of 2023 — 10 points under the average. Check the rows below before buying for this.

ChipsetHelio G37 (12nm)
GPUPowerVR GE8320

04Battery

80/100

80/100 — right at the average for budget phones of 2023.

Capacity5000 mAh
Charging18W

05Build

64/100

64/100 — right at the average for budget phones of 2023.

What works
  • Glass back + clean Android at $110
  • Made-in-India service network
  • 5000 mAh + microSD + jack
What doesn't
  • Helio G37 slow
  • 720p only
  • 2 MP depth filler

How this review is built: every section score, spec row and comparison on this page comes from SpecEagle's tracked catalogue — scores weight measured specs against the 6-phone cohort of budget devices released around the same time. We don't publish invented lab anecdotes. Spot an error? .