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BLU Studio 5.0 vs Samsung Galaxy A9

General Info

Manufacturer
BLU Samsung
Announced
April 2013 December 2015
Status
Available - May 2013 Coming Soon - January 2016
Price
- Rs. 33,000 ($499.00) [Similarly Priced]
Colors
Black, White Pearl White, Midnight Black, Champagne Gold
Form Factor
Candybar Candybar
Dimension
144 x 74 x 10.7 mm
(5.67 x 2.91 x 0.42 in)
161.7 x 80.9 x 7.4 mm
(6.37 x 3.19 x 0.29 in)
Weight
170 g (6 oz) 200 g (7.05 oz)
2G Network
GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900 - SIM 1 & SIM 2 GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900 - SIM 1 & SIM 2 (optional)
3G Network
HSDPA 850 / 1900 / 2100 HSDPA 850 / 900 / 1900 / 2100
4G Network
- LTE
Messaging
SMS, MMS, Push Mail, EMail, IM SMS, MMS, EMail, IM

Display

Type
LCD capacitive touchscreen Super AMOLED capacitive touchscreen
Colors
16M colors 16M colors
Size
5.0 inches [Similar] 6.0 inches [Similar]
Resolution
480 x 800 pixels (187 ppi) [Similar] 1080 x 1920 pixels (367 ppi) [Similar]
Screen-to-Body Ratio
66.48% 75.93%
Multi-Touch

Hardware and OS

OS
Android OS, v4.1 (Jelly Bean) Android OS, v5.1.1 (Lollipop), planned upgrade to v6.0 (Marshmallow)
Processor
Dual-core 1 GHz Cortex-A9, MTK 6577 [Similar] Quad-core 1.8 GHz Cortex-A72 & quad-core 1.2 GHz Cortex-A53, Qualcomm MSM8976 Snapdragon 652 [Similar]
GPU
PowerVR SGX531 [Similar] Adreno 510 [Similar]
RAM
512 GB [Browse Similar] 3 GB [Browse Similar]
Internal Memory
4 GB ROM 32 GB
External Memory
microSD, up to 32 GB microSD, up to 128 GB

Camera

Rear Camera
5 MP, 2592х1944 pixels [Similar] 13 MP, 4128 x 3096 pixels [Similar]
Flash
LED flash LED Flash
Features
Auto focus, Geo-tagging, Touch Focus, Image Stabilization, Face And Smile Detection Auto focus, f/1.9, OIS, 1/3'' sensor size, 1.12 µm pixel size, geo-tagging, touch focus, face detection, panorama, HDR
Video
Yes, 720p@30fps 1080p@30fps
Front Camera
Yes, VGA [Similar] 8 MP, f/1.9, 1080p [Similar]

Multimedia

3.5mm Jack
Radio
Stereo FM radio FM radio with RDS; recording
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, 7.2 Mbps; HSUPA, 5.76 Mbps HSPA 42.2/5.76 Mbps, LTE Cat7 350/50 Mbps
Bluetooth
Yes, v3.0 v4.1, 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, dual-band, WiFi Direct, hotspot
USB
Yes, microUSB v2.0 microUSB v2.0
GPS
Yes, with A-GPS support Yes, with A-GPS, GLONASS/ BDS (market dependant)
Browser
HTML5, Adobe Flash HTML5

User Memory

Internal
4 GB ROM, 512 GB RAM 32 GB, 3 GB RAM
Expandable Storage
microSD, up to 32 GB microSD, up to 128 GB

Sensors

Fingerprint
Proximity Sensor
Accelerometer Sensor
NFC

Battery

Type
Li-Ion Battery Non-removable Li-Ion Battery
Capacity
2000 mAh 4000 mAh
Stand by
Up to 900 h (2G)
Up to 750 h (3G)
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Talk Time
Up to 24 h (2G)
Up to 10 h (3G)
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