BLU Pure XL vs Huawei Mate 8 Comparison and Differences

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BLU Pure XL

BLU Pure XL

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Huawei Mate 8

Huawei Mate 8

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BLU Pure XL or Huawei Mate 8 Specs Comparison

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Common specs

Brand and model BLU Pure XL Huawei Mate 8
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Release date 2015, September 2015, November
Dimensions (HxWxD) 164 x 82.2 x 9.3 mm | 6.46 x 6.46 x 3.24 in 157.1 x 80.6 x 7.9 mm | 6.19 x 6.19 x 3.17 in
Weight 207 g | 7.3 oz 185 g | 6.53 oz
Body Build Front glass, aluminum body
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Colors Black, Gold Champagne Gold, Moonlight Silver, Space Gray, Mocha Brown
Battery 3500 mAh,  Non-removable Li-Po 4000 mAh,  Non-removable Li-Po
Battery life Stand by time - Up to 800 h (2G) / Up to 725 h (3G)
Talking time - Up to 38 h (2G) / Up to 24 h (3G)
Stand by time - Up to 528 h (3G)
Music play - Up to 98 h
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Screen

Technology AMOLED IPS-NEO LCD
Touchscreen capacitive touchscreen capacitive touchscreen
Display colors 16M 16M
Screen size 6" in 6" in
Screen area 99.2 cm2 98.7 cm2
Screen format 16:9 (height:width) 16:9 (height:width)
Screen to body ratio 73.6% 78.0%
Screen resolution 1440 x 2560 px 1080 x 1920 px
Screen PPI /points per inch/ 490 PPI 368 PPI
Screen protection Corning Gorilla Glass 3 Corning Gorilla Glass 3
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Camera and Video

Rear camera, main 24 MP, Single 16 MP, Single
Camera specs -24 MP, 1/2.3'', OIS, PDAF -16 MP, f/2.0, 27mm (wide), 1/2.8'', OIS, PDAF
Functions Dual-LED dual-tone flash, panorama, HDR Dual-LED dual-tone flash, panorama, HDR
Video 2160p@30fps 1080p@60fps, 1080p@30fps, 720p@120fps
Front camera, selfie 8 MP, Single 8 MP, Single
Specifications 8 MP, AF 8 MP, f/2.4, 26mm (wide)
Video 1080p@30fps

Performance

Operating system - OS Android 5.1 (Lollipop) Android 6.0 (Marshmallow), upgradable to 7.0 (Nougat); EMUI 4
Chipset - Mediatek MT6795 Helio X10 (28 nm) - HiSilicon Kirin 950 (16 nm)
CPU - Octa-core 2.0 GHz Cortex-A53 - Octa-core (4x2.3 GHz Cortex-A72 & 4x1.8 GHz Cortex A53)
GPU PowerVR G6200 Mali-T880 MP4
External memory microSD, up to 128 GB (dedicated slot) microSD, up to 256 GB (uses SIM 2 slot)
Internal memory 64 GB, 3 GB RAM 32 GB, 3 GB RAM - NXT-L09, NXT-L29
64 GB, 4 GB RAM - NXT-L29

Benchmark

Antutu 7 Total
GeekBench 6 Single Core 363
GeekBench 6 Multi Core 1131
GeekBench 5 Single Core 339
GeekBench 5 Multi-Core 1273
GeekBench 4 Single Core 920 1683
GeekBench 4 Multi-Core 4684 5282
GeekBench 4 RenderScript 3812

Communication and Connectivity

SIM card Dual SIM (Micro-SIM, dual stand-by) Nano-SIM - NXT-L09Hybrid Dual SIM (Nano-SIM, dual stand-by) - NXT-L29
Network GSM / HSPA / LTE GSM / HSPA / LTE
Bands -2G - GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900 - SIM 1 & SIM 2
-3G - HSDPA 850 / 1700(AWS) / 1900 / 2100
-4G - LTE band 2(1900), 4(1700/2100), 7(2600), 17(700)
-2G - GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900 - SIM 1 & SIM 2 (optional)
-3G - HSDPA 800 / 850 / 900 / 1700(AWS) / 1900 / 2100 - NXT-L29, NXT-L09
-4G - LTE band 1(2100), 2(1900), 3(1800), 4(1700/2100), 5(850), 6(900), 7(2600), 8(900), 12(700), 17(700), 18(800), 19(800), 20(800), 26(850), 38(2600), 39(1900), 40(2300) - NXT-L29 
LTE band 1(2100), 2(1900), 3(1800), 4(1700/2100), 5(850), 6(900), 7(2600), 8(900), 12(700), 17(700), 18(800), 19(800), 20(800), 26(850), 28(700), 38(2600), 39(1900), 40(2300) - NXT-L09
Speed HSPA 42.2/5.76 Mbps, LTE Cat4 150/50 Mbps HSPA 42.2/5.76 Mbps, LTE-A (2CA) Cat6 300/50 Mbps
GPRS Yes Yes
Edge Yes Yes
Wi-Fi Wi-Fi 802.11 b/g/n Wi-Fi 802.11 a/b/g/n/ac, dual-band, DLNA, WiFi Direct, hotspot
GPS Yes, with A-GPS Yes, with A-GPS, GLONASS, BDS
NFC Yes Yes
USB microUSB 2.0, USB Host microUSB 2.0, USB Host
Bluetooth 4.0, A2DP, EDR 4.2, A2DP, EDR, LE
Harmful irradiation SAR - 1.49 W/kg (head)     0.32 W/kg (body)    
SAR EU - 1.46 W/kg (head)     0.21 W/kg (body)    

Music and Audio

Radio FM radio, recording FM radio
Headphone jack Yes Yes
Others - 24-bit/192kHz audio
-DTS sound
-Active noise cancellation with dedicated mic
- 24-bit/192kHz audio
-Active noise cancellation with dedicated mic

Other features

Sensors - Fingerprint (rear-mounted), accelerometer, gyro, proximity, compass - Fingerprint (rear-mounted), accelerometer, gyro, proximity, barometer, compass
Other extras
- Fast battery charging: 37% in 30 min
Versions
- Also known as Huawei Ascend Mate8

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