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BLU Studio 5.0 S vs Amazon Fire Phone

General Info

Manufacturer
BLU Amazon
Announced
April 2013 June 2014
Status
Available - May 2013 Available - July 2014
Colors
Black, White Black
Form Factor
Candybar Candybar
Dimension
143 x 72 x 8.9 mm
(5.63 x 2.83 x 0.35 in)
139.2 x 66.5 x 8.9 mm
(5.48 x 2.62 x 0.35 in)
Weight
170 g (6 oz) 160 g (5.64 oz)
2G Network
GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900 - SIM 1 & SIM 2 GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900
3G Network
HSDPA 850 / 1900 - D570a
HSDPA 850 / 2100 - D570i
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

Display

Type
LED-backlit IPS LCD capacitive touchscreen IPS LCD Capacitive Touchscreen, Corning Gorilla Glass 3 (front and back)
Colors
16M colors 16M colors
Size
5.0 inches [Similar] 4.7 inches [Similar]
Resolution
540 x 960 pixels (220 ppi) [Similar] 720 x 1280 pixels (312 ppi) [Similar]
Screen-to-Body Ratio
67.11% 65.98%
Multi-Touch

Hardware and OS

OS
Android OS, v4.1.2 (Jelly Bean) Fire OS 3.5.0
Processor
Quad-core 1.2 GHz Cortex-A5, Qualcomm MSM8225Q Snapdragon [Similar] Quad-core 2.2 GHz Krait 400, Qualcomm Snapdragon 800 [Similar]
GPU
Adreno 203 [Similar] Adreno 330 [Similar]
RAM
1 GB [Browse Similar] 2 GB [Browse Similar]
Internal Memory
4 GB ROM 32/64 GB
External Memory
microSD, up to 32 GB No

Camera

Rear Camera
8 MP, 3264 x 2448 pixels [Similar] 13 MP, 4128 x 3096 pixels [Similar]
Flash
dual-LED flash LED Flash
Features
Auto focus, Geo-tagging, Touch Focus, Image Stabilization, Face And Smile Detection Auto-focus, Geo-tagging, HDR, OIS
Video
Yes, 720p@30fps Yes, 1080p@30fps
Front Camera
Yes, 2 MP [Similar] Yes, 2.1 MP, 1080p@30fps [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, 7.2 Mbps; HSUPA, 5.76 Mbps HSPA+, LTE
Bluetooth
Yes, v3.0 Yes, v3.0
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
USB
Yes, microUSB v2.0 Yes, microUSB v2.0
GPS
Yes, with A-GPS support Yes, with A-GPS support and GLONASS
Browser
HTML5, Adobe Flash HTML5

User Memory

Internal
4 GB ROM, 1 GB RAM 32/64 GB, 2 GB RAM
Expandable Storage
microSD, up to 32 GB No

Sensors

Fingerprint
Proximity Sensor
Accelerometer Sensor
NFC

Battery

Type
Li-Ion Battery Non-removable Li-Ion Battery
Capacity
2000 mAh 2400 mAh
Stand by
Up to 900 h (2G)
Up to 750 h (3G)
Up to 285 h
Talk Time
Up to 24 h (2G)
Up to 10 h (3G)
Up to 22 h
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