It is funny how Blu names a smartphone series after another series of Wiko’s smartphone. The Blu Studio View XL is a low budget 18:9 smartphone just like the Wiko View XL smartphone. Inspired by the recent release of premium smartphones that adopts this aspect ratio alongside the bezel-less display trend. Like the name suggests the Blu Studio View XL comes with a large viewing screen to body ratio thanks to the reduced bezels.
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Design and Display
The idea here is to have a smartphone with a maximal display and that is exactly what the smartphone offers. Although it is made of plastic, the smartphone has nice aesthetics and well polished chamfer. This is a smartphone designed to look like a premium smartphone, however, touching the smartphone gives it away due to the plastic body.
Even for a look alike budget smartphone nothing much is offered in terms of display. The Blu Studio View XL offers a full HD 5.7-inch display which considering the phone size itself is impressive.
Battery and CameraThe Blu Studio View XL might not be considered as a battery juggernaut but it offers enough power to keep the phone on all day. With that said, the smartphone features a 3, 000mAh non removable Li-Po battery.
It is always nice when both the rear and selfie camera have their own flash light. This makes taking pictures to an extent more better in not too bright places. That aside, the Blu Studio View XL ships with a 13MP rear camera and a 5MP front camera.
Hardware and SoftwareIn the case of performance, the smartphone has a rather low grade hardware. That being, there is a Quad-core MediaTek MT6580A SoC running at 1.3GHz and a Mali-400 MP2 GPU taking care of graphics.
Blu also equips the smartphone with a 1GB RAM and 16GB of internal storage expandable up to 64GB using a MicroSD card. Unlike some other 2018 smartphones rolling out with Android 8.0 Oreo, the smartphone comes with an Android 7.0 Nougat.
Pricing and AvailabilityThe Blu Studio View XL was released earlier this year and sells for about 42, 000 naira to 56. 000 naira depending on your location and the deal.
Here are a few specs of the Blu Studio View XL:
General Features Platform: Android 7.0 Nougat Processor: Quad-core MediaTek MT6580 GPU: ARM Mali-400 MP2 Memory: 1GB Colours: Black, Gold, Rose Gold, Silver Dimension: 160.1 x 74.3 x 9.3 mm Weight: 174g SIM Type: Micro sim SIM Count: Dual sim Display Display: 5.7-inch, IPS LCD capacitive touchscreen, 1440 x 720 pixels (282 ppi) Screen Protection: – Camera Rear Camera: 13MP camera, 1080p Video @30fps Rear Camera Features: Autofocus, LED flash, Geo-tagging, touch focus, face detection, HDR, panorama Front Camera: 5MP camera, 720p Video @30fps Storage Built-in Storage: 16GB Memory Card Support: Yes, up to 64GB Bundled Cloud Storage: – Network Support 2G GSM: Yes 2G CDMA 1X: – 3G WCDMA: Yes 3G CDMA EVDO: – 4G LTE: – Internet & Connectivity GPRS: Yes EDGE: Yes 3G/WCDMA/HSPA: Yes HSPA+: Yes 42.2/5.76Mbps CDMA EVDO: – 4G LTE: – WLAN: Yes, Wi-Fi 802.11 b/g/n Wi-Fi Hotspot: Yes Bluetooth: Yes, v4.0 with A2DP NFC: – Infrared Blaster: – USB Port: MicroUSB 2.0 Messaging SMS/MMS: Yes Instant Messaging: Yes Push Emails: Yes Email Protocol: – Entertainment Music Player: MP3/WAV/eAAC+ player Video Player: MP4/H.264 player FM Radio: Yes Loudspeaker: Yes 3.5mm Jack: Yes Navigation Navigation: Yes, with A-GPS, GPS Maps: Yes Sensors & Control Digital Compass: – Accelerometer: Yes Proximity Sensor: Yes Light Sensor: Yes Barometer: – SpO2: – Pedometer: – Heart Rate Monitor: – Gyroscope: – Fingerprint Scanner: Yes, (front) Iris Scanner: – Face Unlock: – Intelligent Digital Assistant: – Motion Sensing / Gesture Control: – Voice Control: – Other Features Video Streaming: Yes Active Noise Cancellation: – Wireless Charging: – Built-in Mobile Payment: – Water Resistant: – Dust Resistant: – Image Editor: Yes Video Editor: Yes Document Viewer: Yes Document Editor: Yes Battery Battery: 3, 000mAh non removable Li-Po battery Talktime: – Standby Time: – Fast Charging: –The post Blu Studio View XL Specs and Price appeared first on Nigeria Technology Guide.
The Blu S1 comes has one of Blu’s latter smartphones which deviated from the basic low budget smartphones s we are used to from the American OEM. Although the smartphone is very much still a budget device, it offers more than the conventional android phones from Blu. Some of the features offered by the smartphone includes a fingerprint sensor, 4G LTE and a nice metallic unibody.
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With a budget smartphone, not much effort is put in the design. However, in this case, the smartphone has a nice metallic and plastic build with solid ergonomics. Although the design is lacks that wow touch and takes a typical smartphone design. It also features a fingerprint sensor just below the screen that doubles as a home button.
Like the majority of its budget mates, the Blu S1 sports only an HD display which might not be colourful as can be but pretty much gets the work done. In that regard what you have here is a 5.2-inch 1280 X 720 pixels display with a 282 ppi density.
Battery and CameraThe Blu S1 ticks the box when it comes to an ideal battery capacity despite being a mediocre one at that. That being said, the smartphone is juiced up by a 2, 800mAh Li-ion battery. This will serve you for about a day provided usage is normal.
For optics the smartphone is supplied with a 13MP rear camera with flash and a 5MP front camera. Although looking at the price, not much can be expected.
Hardware and SoftwareThe Blu S1 us powered by a decent Octa-core MeduaTek MT6750 SoC clocking at 1.5GHz . There’s also a Mali-T860 MP2 handling the graphics on the smartphone. With this, the smartphone should run smoothly, however, a fast performance cannot be guaranteed.
In the same vein, the Blu S1 features a 2GB internal memory and the 16GB internal storage space expandable up to 64GB. Also, it has Android 7.0 Nougat pre-installed.
Pricing and AvailabilityThe smartphone is on sale in various online stores and smartphone retail outlets for about 57, 000 naira to 67, 000 naira depending on your location and the deal.
Here are a few specs of the Blu S1:
General Features Platform: Android 7.1 Nougat Processor: Octa-Core 4 x 1.5GHz ARM Cortex-A53, 4 x 1.0GHz ARM Cortex-A53 (MediaTek MT6750 GPU: -ARM Mali-8620 MP2 Memory: 2GB Colours: Grey, Black Dimension: 142 x 72.7 x 7.2 mm Weight: 154g SIM Type: Nano sim SIM Count: Single sim Display Display: .2-inch, IPS LCD capacitive touchscreen, 1280 x 720 pixels (282 ppi) Screen Protection: – Camera Rear Camera: 13MP camera, 1080p Vidy@30fps Rear Camera Features: Autofocus, LED flash, Geo-tagging, touch focus, face detection, HDR, panorama Front Camera: 5MP camera, 780p Video @30fps Storage Built-in Storage: 16GB Memory Card Support: yes, up to 64GB Bundled Cloud Storage: – Network Support 2G GSM: Yes 2G CDMA 1X: – 3G WCDMA: Yws 3G CDMA EVDO: – 4G LTE: LTE : 800 / 900 / 1800 / 2100 / 2600 MHz Internet & Connectivity GPRS: Yes EDGE: Yes 3G/WCDMA/HSPA: Yes HSPA+: Yes, 42.2/5.76 Mbps CDMA EVDO: – 4G LTE: Yes, LTE Cat 4 50/150Mbps WLAN: Yes, Wi-Fi 802.11 b/g/n, Wi-Fi Direct Wi-Fi Hotspot: Yes Bluetooth: Yes, v4.2 with A2Dl NFC: – Infrared Blaster: – USB Port: MicroUSB 2.0 Messaging SMS/MMS: Yes Instant Messaging: Yes Push Emails: Yes Email Protocol: Yes Entertainment Music Player: MP3/WAV/eAAC+ player Video Player: MP4/H.264 player FM Radio: Yes Loudspeaker: Yes 3.5mm Jack: Yes Navigation Navigation: Yes, with A-GPS, GPS Maps: Yes Sensors & Control Digital Compass: Yes Accelerometer: Yes Proximity Sensor: Yes Light Sensor: Yes Barometer: – SpO2: – Pedometer: – Heart Rate Monitor: – Gyroscope: – Fingerprint Scanner: Yes, (front) Iris Scanner: – Face Unlock: – Intelligent Digital Assistant: – Motion Sensing / Gesture Control: – Voice Control: – Other Features Video Streaming: Yes Active Noise Cancellation: – Wireless Charging: – Built-in Mobile Payment: – Water Resistant: – Dust Resistant: – Image Editor: Yes Video Editor: Yes Document Viewer: Yes Document Editor: Yes Battery Battery: 2, 800mAh non removable Li-ion battery Talktime: – Standby Time: – Fast Charging: –The post Blu S1 Specs and Price appeared first on Nigeria Technology Guide.
