Phone Comparison - BLU Life Pure XL vs Amazon Fire Phone

BLU Life Pure XL
blu life pure xl
Amazon Fire Phone
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general General Info

Manufacturer BLU Amazon
Announced April 2014 June 2014
Status Available - May 2014 Available - July 2014
Colors Black, White Black
Form Factor Candybar Candybar
Dimension 150.6 x 75 x 9.5 mm
(5.93 x 2.95 x 0.37 in)
139.2 x 66.5 x 8.9 mm
(5.48 x 2.62 x 0.35 in)
Weight 152 g (5.36 oz) 160 g (5.64 oz)
2G Network GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900 GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900
3G Network HSDPA 850 / 1900 / 2100 HSDPA 850 / 900 / 1700 / 1900 / 2100
4G Network - LTE 700 / 800 / 850 / 900 / 1700 / 1800 / 1900 / 2100 / 2600
Messaging SMS, MMS, Push Mail, EMail, IM SMS, MMS, EMail, IM
Build Features - - 3D Dynamic Perspective UI
- System Wide Tilt, Auto-scroll, Swivel and Peek Functions

hardware Hardware and OS

OS Android OS, v4.2.2 (Jelly Bean), upgradable to v4.4.2 (KitKat) Fire OS 3.5.0
Processor Quad-core 2.2 GHz Krait 400, Qualcomm MSM8274AB Snapdragon 800 [Similar] Quad-core 2.2 GHz Krait 400, Qualcomm Snapdragon 800 [Similar]
GPU Adreno 330 [Similar] Adreno 330 [Similar]
RAM 3 GB [Browse Similar] 2 GB [Browse Similar]
Internal Memory 32 GB 32/64 GB
External Memory No No

display Display

Type LTPS LCD capacitive touchscreen IPS LCD Capacitive Touchscreen, Corning Gorilla Glass 3 (front and back)
Colors 16M colors 16M colors
Size 5.5 inches [Similar] 4.7 inches [Similar]
Resolution 1080 x 1920 pixels (401 ppi) [Similar] 720 x 1280 pixels (312 ppi) [Similar]
Screen-to-Body Ratio 73.66% 65.98%
Multi-Touch yes yes

multimedia Multimedia

3.5mm Jack yes yes
Radio Stereo FM radio No
Games Yes + Downloadable Yes + Downloadable
Loud Speaker yes yes

camera Camera

Rear Camera 16 MP, 3456 x 4608 pixels [Similar] 13 MP, 4128 x 3096 pixels [Similar]
Flash LED flash LED Flash
Features Auto focus, 1.34 µm Pixel Size, 1/2.3' Sensor Size, Geo-tagging, Touch Focus, Face Detection, Image Stabilization, HDR, Panorama Auto-focus, Geo-tagging, HDR, OIS
Video Yes, 1080p@30fps Yes, 1080p@30fps
Front Camera Yes, 8 MP, autofocus [Similar] Yes, 2.1 MP, 1080p@30fps [Similar]

connectivity Connectivity and Data Rate

GPRS Class 12 (4+1/3+2/2+3/1+4 slots), 32 - 48 kbps Yes
Edge Class 12 Yes
3G HSDPA, 21 Mbps; HSUPA, 5.76 Mbps HSPA+, LTE
Bluetooth Yes, v4.0 Yes, v3.0
Wi-Fi Wi-Fi 802.11 a/b/g/n/ac, dual-band, Wi-Fi Direct, DLNA, Wi-Fi hotspot Wi-Fi 802.11 a/b/g/n/ac, dual-band
USB Yes, microUSB v2.0, USB On-the-go Yes, microUSB v2.0
GPS Yes, with A-GPS support Yes, with A-GPS support and GLONASS
Browser HTML5 HTML5

memory User Memory

Internal 32 GB, 3GB RAM (L260L)/ 16 GB, 2 GB RAM (L259L) 32/64 GB, 2 GB RAM
Expandable Storage No No
USB OTG Supported -

Apps Sensors

Fingerprint fingerprint not supported fingerprint not supported
Proximity Sensor proximity sensor present proximity sensor present
Accelerometer Sensor accelerometer sensor present accelerometer sensor present
NFC NFC supported NFC supported

battery Battery

Type Non-removable Li-Po Battery Non-removable Li-Ion Battery
Capacity 2500 mAh 2400 mAh
Stand by Up to 800 h (2G)
Up to 600 h (3G)
Up to 285 h
Talk Time Up to 17 h (2G)
Up to 15 h (3G)
Up to 22 h