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BLU Life One vs Samsung Galaxy S5 LTE-A

General Info

Manufacturer
BLU Samsung
Announced
March 2013 June 2014
Status
Available - April 2013 Available - August 2014
Colors
Black, White Charcoal Black, Shimmering White, Electric Blue, Copper Gold, Sw
Form Factor
Candybar Candybar
Dimension
144 x 73 x 8.9 mm
(5.67 x 2.87 x 0.35 in)
142 x 72.5 x 8.1 mm
(5.59 x 2.85 x 0.32 in)
Weight
145 g (5.11 oz) 145 g (5.11 oz)
2G Network
GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900 - SIM 1 & SIM 2 GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900
3G Network
HSDPA 850 / 1900 / 2100 TD-SCDMA / HSDPA
4G Network
- LTE-A
Messaging
SMS, MMS, Push Mail, EMail, IM SMS, MMS, EMail, IM
Build Features
- - Fingerprint sensor (PayPal certified)
- IP67 certified - dust and water resistant
- Water resistant up to 1 meter and 30 minutes

Display

Type
LED-backlit IPS LCD capacitive touchscreen Super AMOLED capacitive touchscreen
Colors
16M colors 16M colors
Size
5.0 inches [Similar] 5.1 inches [Similar]
Resolution
720 x 1280 pixels (294 ppi) [Similar] 1440 x 2560 pixels (576 ppi) [Similar]
Screen-to-Body Ratio
65.44% 69.63%
Multi-Touch

Hardware and OS

OS
Android OS, v4.2 (Jelly Bean) Android OS, v4.4.2 (KitKat)
Processor
Quad-core 1.2 GHz Cortex-A7, MTK MT6589 [Similar] Quad-core 2.5 GHz Krait 450, Qualcomm Snapdragon 805 [Similar]
GPU
PowerVR Series 5XT [Similar] Adreno 420 [Similar]
RAM
1 GB [Browse Similar] 3 GB [Browse Similar]
Internal Memory
16 GB ROM 16/32 GB storage
External Memory
microSD, up to 32 GB microSD, up to 128 GB

Camera

Rear Camera
13 MP, 4032 x 3224 pixels [Similar] 16 MP, 5312 x 2988 pixels [Similar]
Flash
LED flash phase detection auto
Features
Auto focus, Geo-tagging, Touch Focus, Image Stabilization, Face And Smile Detection, HDR 1/2.6' Sensor Size, 1.12 �m Pixel Size, Dual Shot, Simultaneous HD Video And Image Recording, Geo-tagging, Touch Focus, Face And Smile Detection, Image Stabilization, HDR
Video
Yes, 1080p@30fps Yes, 2160p@30fps, 1080p@60fps, 720p@120fps, HDR, video stabilization, dual-video rec.
Front Camera
Yes, 5 MP [Similar] Yes, 2 MP, 1080p@30fps, dual video call [Similar]

Multimedia

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

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, 42 Mbps; HSUPA, 21 Mbps HSDPA, 42.2 Mbps; HSUPA; LTE-A, 255 Mbps DL
Bluetooth
Yes, v4.0 Yes, v4.0 with A2DP, EDR, LE
Wi-Fi
Wi-Fi 802.11 b/g/n, Wi-Fi Direct, Wi-Fi hotspot Wi-Fi 802.11 a/b/g/n/ac, dual-band, DLNA, Wi-Fi Direct, Wi-Fi hotspot
USB
Yes, microUSB v2.0 Yes, microUSB v3.0 (MHL 2.1), USB On-the-go, USB Host
GPS
Yes, with A-GPS support Yes, with A-GPS support, GLONASS, Beidou
Browser
HTML5 HTML5

User Memory

Internal
16 GB ROM, 1 GB RAM 16/32 GB storage, 3 GB RAM
Expandable Storage
microSD, up to 32 GB microSD, up to 128 GB
USB OTG
- Supported

Sensors

Fingerprint
Proximity Sensor
Accelerometer Sensor
NFC

Battery

Type
Li-Ion Battery Li-Ion Battery
Capacity
2000 mAh 2800 mAh
Stand by
Up to 850 h (2G)
Up to 760 h (3G)
-
Talk Time
Up to 25 h (2G)
Up to 20 h (3G)
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