Phone Comparison - BLU Life Pure XL vs Motorola Nexus 6 vs Xiaomi Redmi Note 2

general General Info

Manufacturer BLU Motorola Xiaomi
Announced April 2014 October 2014 August 2015
Status Available - May 2014 Available - November 2014 Available - August 2015
Price - - Rs. 9,700 ($141.99) [Similarly Priced]
Colors Black, White Midnight Blue, Cloud White Black, White, Yellow, Mint Green, Blue
Form Factor Candybar Candybar Candybar
Dimension 150.6 x 75 x 9.5 mm
(5.93 x 2.95 x 0.37 in)
159.26 x 82.98 x 10.06 mm
(6.27 x 3.27 x 0.4 in)
152 x 76 x 8.3 mm
(5.98 x 2.99 x 0.33 in)
Weight 152 g (5.36 oz) 184 g (6.49 oz) 160 g (5.64 oz)
2G Network GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900 GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900 GSM 900 / 1800 / 1900 - SIM 1 & SIM 2
3G Network HSDPA 850 / 1900 / 2100 HSDPA 800 / 850 / 900 / 1700 / 1800 / 1900 / 2100 - XT1100
HSDPA 850 / 900 / 1700 / 1900 / 2100 - XT1103
HSDPA 850 / 900 / 1900 / 2100, TD-SCDMA
4G Network - LTE 700 / 800 / 850 / 900 / 1800 / 2100 / 2600 / TD-LTE 2500 - XT1100 (Bands 1, 3, 5, 7, 8, 9, 19, 20, 28, 41)
LTE 700 / 850 / 1700 / 1800 / 1900 / 2100 / 2600 TD-LTE 2500 - XT1103 (Bands 2, 3, 4, 5, 7, 12, 13, 17, 25, 26, 29, 41)
LTE band 1(2100), 3(1800), 7(2600), 38(2600), 39(1900), 40(2300), 41(2500)
Messaging SMS, MMS, Push Mail, EMail, IM SMS, MMS, EMail, IM SMS, MMS, EMail, IM
Build Features - Dual front-facing speakers, Water resistant -

hardware Hardware and OS

OS Android OS, v4.2.2 (Jelly Bean), upgradable to v4.4.2 (KitKat) Android OS, v5.0 (Lollipop) Android OS, v5.0 (Lollipop) based MIUI 7
Processor Quad-core 2.2 GHz Krait 400, Qualcomm MSM8274AB Snapdragon 800 Quad-core 2.7 GHz Krait 450, Qualcomm Snapdragon 805 Octa-core 2.0 GHz Cortex-A53, Mediatek MT6795
GPU Adreno 330 Adreno 420 PowerVR G6200
RAM 3 GB 3 GB 2 GB
Internal Memory 32 GB 32/64 GB 16 GB
External Memory No No Yes

display Display

Type LTPS LCD capacitive touchscreen AMOLED Capacitive Touchscreen, Corning Gorilla Glass 3 IPS LCD capacitive touchscreen
Colors 16M colors 16M colors 16M colors
Size 5.5 inches 5.96 inches 5.5 inches
Resolution 1080 x 1920 pixels (401 ppi) 1440 x 2560 pixels (493 ppi) 1080 x 1920 pixels (401 ppi)
Screen-to-Body Ratio 73.66% 74.05% 72.02%
Multi-Touch yes yes yes

multimedia Multimedia

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

camera Camera

Rear Camera 16 MP, 3456 x 4608 pixels 13 MP, 4128 x 3096 pixels 13 MP, 4128 x 3096 pixels
Flash LED flash Dual-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, Touch Focus, Face Detection, Photo Sphere, HDR, Dual Recording, OIS Phase Detection Auto focus (PDAF), Geo-tagging, Touch Focus, Face/smile Detection, HDR
Video Yes, 1080p@30fps 2160p@30fps, optical stabilization 1080p@30fps
Front Camera Yes, 8 MP, autofocus [Similar] 2 MP, 720p [Similar] 5 MP [Similar]

connectivity Connectivity and Data Rate

GPRS Class 12 (4+1/3+2/2+3/1+4 slots), 32 - 48 kbps Yes Yes
Edge Class 12 Yes Yes
3G HSDPA, 21 Mbps; HSUPA, 5.76 Mbps DC-HSDPA, 42 Mbps; HSDPA, 21 Mbps; HSUPA, 5.76 Mbps; LTE, Cat4, 50 Mbps UL, 150 Mbps DL TD-SCDMA
Bluetooth Yes, v4.0 v4.0, A2DP v4.0, A2DP, LE
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, Wi-Fi Direct, DLNA, Wi-Fi hotspot Wi-Fi 802.11 b/g/n, Wi-Fi Direct, hotspot
USB Yes, microUSB v2.0, USB On-the-go microUSB v2.0 (SlimPort), USB Host, USB On-the-go microUSB v2.0, USB Host
GPS Yes, with A-GPS support Yes, with A-GPS, GLONASS Yes, with A-GPS, GLONASS
Browser HTML5 HTML5 HTML5

memory User Memory

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

Apps Sensors

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

battery Battery

Type Non-removable Li-Po Battery Non-removable Li-Po battery Li-Po Battery
Capacity 2500 mAh 3220 mAh 3060 mAh
Stand by Up to 800 h (2G)
Up to 600 h (3G)
Up to 330 h -
Talk Time Up to 17 h (2G)
Up to 15 h (3G)
Up to 24 h -