Phone Comparison - BLU Vivo XL vs Apple iPhone 7 Plus vs Samsung Galaxy A12

Price Comparison (India) - -

general General Info

Manufacturer BLU Apple Samsung
Announced January 2016 September 2016 2020, November 24
Status Available - January 2016 Available - September 2016 Coming Soon - January 2021
Price Rs. 10,200 ($149.99) [Similarly Priced] Rs. 72,000 ($999.99) [Similarly Priced] Rs. 12,999 ($0.00) [Similarly Priced]
Colors Gold, Silver, Blue, Pink Jet Black, Black, Silver, Gold, Rose Gold Black, White, Blue, Red
Form Factor Candybar Candybar Candybar
Dimension 155.3 x 76.7 x 7.5 mm
(6.11 x 3.02 x 0.3 in)
158.2 x 77.9 x 7.3 mm
(6.23 x 3.07 x 0.29 in)
164 x 75.8 x 8.9 mm
(6.46 x 2.98 x 0.35 in)
Weight 154 g (5.43 oz) 188 g (6.63 oz) 205 g (7.23 oz)
SIM Type - Nano SIM Single SIM (Nano-SIM), Dual SIM (Nano-SIM, dual stand-by)
2G Network GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900 - SIM 1 & SIM 2 GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900
CDMA2000 1xEV-DO
GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900 - SIM 1 & SIM 2 (dual-SIM only)
3G Network HSDPA 850 / 1700(AWS) / 1900 / 2100 HSDPA 850 / 900 / 1700 / 1900 / 2100 HSDPA 850 / 900 / 1900 / 2100
4G Network LTE band 2(1900), 4(1700/2100), 7(2600), 12(700), 17(700) LTE band 1(2100), 2(1900), 3(1800), 4(1700/2100), 5(850), 7(2600), 8(900), 12(700), 13(700), 17(700), 18(800), 19(800), 20(800), 25(1900), 26(850), 28(700), 29(700), 30(2300) LTE (unspecified)
SAR US - W/kg (head)
- W/kg (body)
1.19 W/kg (head)
1.19 W/kg (body)
- W/kg (head)
- W/kg (body)
SAR EU - W/kg (head)
- W/kg (body)
1.24 W/kg (head)
1.00 W/kg (body)
- W/kg (head)
- W/kg (body)
Messaging SMS, MMS, Push Mail, EMail, IM SMS, MMS, Push Mail, EMail, IM
Build Features - DTS Sound - Fingerprint with Force Touch
- IP67 certified - dust and water resistant
- Water resistant up to 1 meter and 30 minutes
- Apple Pay (Visa, MasterCard, AMEX certified)
- Fingerprint Sensor (side-mounted)

hardware Hardware and OS

OS Android OS, v5.1 (Lollipop), planned upgrade to v6.0 (Marshmallow) iOS 10 Android 10
Processor Octa-core 1.3 GHz Cortex-A53, Mediatek MT6753 Quad-core, Apple A10 Fusion Octa-core (2.3 GHz, 1.8 GHz)
GPU Mali-T720MP3 6 core -
RAM 2 GB 2 GB 4 GB
Internal Memory 16 GB 32/128/256 GB 128 GB
External Memory microSD, up to 64 GB No microSDXC

display Display

Type AMOLED Capacitive Touchscreen, Corning Gorilla Glass 3 LED-backlit IPS LCD Capacitive Touchscreen, 3D Touch Display, Ion-strengthened Glass, Oleophobic Coating HD+ TFT display
Colors 16M colors 16M colors 16M Colour
Size 5.5 inches 5.5 inches 6.5 inches
Resolution 720 x 1280 pixels (267 ppi) 1080 x 1920 pixels (401 ppi) 720 x 1560 pixels (264 ppi)
Screen-to-Body Ratio 70.02% 67.51% 83.64%
Multi-Touch yes yes yes

multimedia Multimedia

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

camera Camera

Rear Camera 13 MP, 4160 x 3120 pixels Dual 12 MP 48 MP + 5 MP + 2 MP + 2 MP
Flash LED flash Quad-LED (dual tone) LED flash
Features Phase Detection Autofocus, Geo-tagging, Touch Focus, Face Detection, Panorama, HDR Phase Detection Autofocus, (f/1.8, 28mm & f/2.8, 56mm, 2x optical zoom, OIS, Geo-tagging, simultaneous 4K video and 8MP image recording, touch focus, face/smile detection, HDR (photo/panorama) 48 MP, f/2.0, (wide), AF
5 MP, f/2.2, 115˚ (ultrawide)
2 MP, f/2.4, (macro)
2 MP, f/2.4, (depth)
panorama, HDR
Video 1080p@30fps 2160p@30fps, 1080p@60fps,1080p@120fps, 720p@240fps 1080p@30fps
Front Camera 5 MP [Similar] 7 MP, 1080p@30fps, 720p@240fps, face detection, HDR, panorama [Similar] 8 MP, f/2.2
1080p@30fps [Similar]

connectivity Connectivity and Data Rate

GPRS Yes Yes Yes
Edge Yes Yes Yes
3G HSPA 42.2/11.5 Mbps, LTE Cat4 150/50 Mbps HSPA 42.2/5.76 Mbps, LTE Cat6 300/50 Mbps, EV-DO Rev.A 3.1 Mbps HSPA 42.2/5.76 Mbps, LTE Cat4 150/50 Mbps
Bluetooth v4.0 v4.2, A2DP, LE Yes
Wi-Fi Yes Wi-Fi 802.11 a/b/g/n/ac, dual-band, hotspot Yes
USB v2.0, Type-C 1.0 reversible connector v2.0, reversible connector USB Type-C 2.0
GPS Yes, with A-GPS Yes, with A-GPS, GLONASS Yes, with A-GPS, GLONASS, GALILEO, BDS
Browser HTML5 HTML5 (Safari) Yes

memory User Memory

Internal 16 GB, 2 GB RAM 32/128/256 GB, 2 GB RAM 128 GB, 4 GB RAM or 64 GB, 4 GB RAM or 64 GB, 3 GB RAM or 32 GB, 3 GB RAM
Expandable Storage microSD, up to 64 GB No microSDXC
USB OTG - - Not Supported

Apps Sensors

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

battery Battery

Type Removable Li-Ion Battery Non-removable Li-Ion battery Non-removable Li-Po Battery
Fast battery charging 15W
Capacity 3150 mAh 2700 mAh 5000 mAh
Stand by Up to 725 h (2G)
Up to 625 h (3G)
Up to 384 h -
Talk Time Up to 26 h (2G)
Up to 16 h (3G)
Up to 21 h -