BLU Mobile's new Life Line of smartphones

  The new top-of-the-line for the Blu Life line is the Life One X, a 5-inch smartphone with a 1080p LCD display from Sharp. Inside it has a quad-core 1.5GHz processor, 2GB of RAM, dual SIM slots, a 5MP front-facing camera, and a 13MP rear-facing camera.

  Like the Blu Life View before it, the Life One X has an all aluminum body that comes in either White or Steel Blue. The Blu Life One X comes with either 16GB of storage for $269 or 32GB for $299. There are options for different GSM bands, but unfortunately the phone, like all the new Blue devices, doesn’t support LTE.

  The Blu Life One M is very similar to the Life One X with the same processor and front-facing camera in a very similar aluminum body that comes in White and Steel Blue. To keep costs down the Life One M uses a 5-inch 720p IPS display, 1GB of RAM, and a 12MP rear-facing camera. Instead of storage options, the Life One M has just one 4GB model that costs $199 with a microSD card slot for expanded storage.

  Blu also upgraded its Life Play smartphone with the new Life Play X and Life Play S. Both phones have a 4.7-inch 720p display, but have very different specs.

  The Life Play X uses a quad-core 1.5GHz processor, 5MP front-facing camera, 8MP rear-facing camera, and 1GB of RAM. The $219 smartphone comes with 16GB of storage with a microSD card slot for expanding the storage.

  The Life Play S has a slightly slower quad-core 1.3GHz processor, the same cameras as the Life Play X, and the same 1GB of RAM. The phone costs $199, and only comes with 4GB of storage with a microSD card slot.

  Last but not least, Blu announced a new tablet alongside the four new handsets. The new Blu Life View Tab is an 8-inch tablet with a 768×1024 display. The tablet uses a quad-core 1.2GHz processor, 5MP front-facing camera, 8MP rear-facing camera, and 16GB of storage. Like the Life One X, the Life View Tab comes in Steel Blue and White and two different GSM models.

  All of the new devices from Blu run Android 4.2 Jelly Bean out of the box, but Blue promises that upgrades to Android 4.4 KitKat are on the way soon.

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BLU the first Latin-Owned Manufacturer

  BLU Products, the first Latin-owned mobile manufacturer and the fastest-growing in the region, announced its presence at CTIA Wireless 2011, the country's premier wireless event. 

  BLU Products was founded by two Latin American entrepreneurs Samuel Ohev-Zion and Luis Sosa who, after 16 years distributing mobile devices, recognized the consumer's readiness for change and their own ability to challenge and re-shape market dynamics. The change comes in the form of the BLU line of mobile devices, which offer consumers top-quality handsets that exemplify creativity and design innovation.

  "A revolution has occurred in the industry and, for the first time in 20 years, the technology which was previously only accessible to traditional brands such as Nokia, is now available to us directly," said Samuel Ohev-Zion, President and CEO of BLU Products LLC. "We can now manufacture BLU devices with identical quality standards as the market leaders, using the same technology, hardware, and software. Quality manufacturing, coupled with a keen sense of design, is what is driving consumers to choose BLU over the competition in Latin America."  

  The brand's continued growth and wide appeal results from the dedication and passion of its founders, who design innovative devices that are appealing to customers worldwide. Because of their hands on approach, they can bring new designs to market in a shorter time frame and with less overhead costs than traditional manufacturers.  BLU Products also has a firm commitment to provide the best service in terms of rapid delivery due to the large inventories housed in their state of the art facilities and distribution center in Miami.  This center, the largest of any distributor or manufacturer in the East Coast, gives the company a competitive edge as they can guarantee stock and immediate availability.  In this way, carriers and distributors inLatin America and the U.S. carry zero inventory risk.

Introducing the BLU Studio 5.0 Mobile Phone

BLU Studio 5.0 Mobile Phone  

Unlike many other models on the market, the BLU Studio 5.0 boasts a lot of the premium features which can be found on pricier models at an affordable cost of roughly $150.  The BLU Studio 5.0 has the following specifications:

D530 - Single SIM

D520 - Dual SIM

GENERAL	2G Network	GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900 - SIM 1 & SIM 2
	3G Network	HSDPA 850 / 1900 / 2100
	SIM	Dual SIM (Mini-SIM, dual stand-by)
	Announced	2013, April
	Status	Available. Released 2013, May

BODY	Dimensions	144 x 74 x 10.7 mm (5.67 x 2.91 x 0.42 in)
	Weight	170 g (6.00 oz)

DISPLAY	Type	LCD capacitive touchscreen, 16M colors
	Size	480 x 800 pixels, 5.0 inches (~187 ppi pixel density)
	Multitouch	Yes

SOUND	Alert types	Vibration, MP3 ringtones
	Loudspeaker	Yes
	3.5mm jack	Yes

MEMORY	Card slot	microSD, up to 32 GB
	Internal	4 GB ROM, 512 MB RAM

DATA	GPRS	Class 12 (4+1/3+2/2+3/1+4 slots), 32 - 48 kbps
	EDGE	Class 12
	Speed	HSDPA, 7.2 Mbps; HSUPA, 5.76 Mbps
	WLAN	Wi-Fi 802.11 b/g/n, Wi-Fi Direct, Wi-Fi hotspot
	Bluetooth	Yes, v3.0
	USB	Yes, microUSB v2.0

CAMERA	Primary	5 MP, 2592х1944 pixels, autofocus, LED flash
	Features	Geo-tagging, touch focus, image stabilization, face and smile detection
	Video	Yes, 720p@30fps
	Secondary	Yes, VGA

FEATURES	OS	Android OS, v4.1 (Jelly Bean)
	Chipset	Mediatek MT6577
	CPU	Dual-core 1 GHz Cortex-A9
	GPU	PowerVR SGX531u
	Sensors	Accelerometer, gyro, proximity, compass
	Messaging	SMS(threaded view), MMS, Email, Push Email, IM
	Browser	HTML5, Adobe Flash
	Radio	Stereo FM radio
	GPS	Yes, with A-GPS support
	Java	Yes, via Java MIDP emulator
	Colors	Black, White
		- SNS integration - MP3/AAC/WMA/WAV player - MP4/DivX/XviD/WMV/H.264/H.263 player - Organizer - Document viewer - Photo viewer/editor - Voice memo/dial - Predictive text input

BATTERY		Li-Ion 2000 mAh battery
	Stand-by	Up to 900 h (2G) / Up to 750 h (3G)
	Talk time	Up to 24 h (2G) / Up to 10 h (3G)

Follow this basic tutorial to better understand the initial operation of your BLU Studio 5.0 device.

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