BLU announces Life Pro, the world's thinnest five-inch smartphone till date

A new smartphone is announced, take our words or not, but this handset is currently the world's thinnest one available in the five-inches line-up. The American based budget friendly smartphone manufacturer BLU have just went officially introducing their latest 'Size-0' smartphone crafted out of aluminium and dubbed as the Life Pro.

The BLU Life Pro sports a Quad-Core processor running at 1.5GHz and a PowerVR SGX554 Graphics Processing Unit (GPU), five-inches High Definition IPS display type of BLU Infinite View Technology, scoring 720 x 1280 resolution display marked at 293 pixels-per-inch, 16 gigabytes of internal memory, 1 gigabyte of Random Access Memory (RAM), 12 megapixels primary camera and five megapixels front facer both capable of recording 1080p videos, HSPA+ connectivity support, a 2,500mAh powered battery and Android 4.2 Jelly Bean on board.

As said by the Americans, the new record setting smartphone is to be compared to a pencil, where the unit is measured at 147 x 72.1 x 6.98 millimeters in it's dimensions and 165 grams in weight. The new slim boy is to be shortly available through online retailers like Amazon for a price of $299 off-contract.

Source: BLU

BLU announces Studio 5.5, another friend to the budget friendly

The American budget friendly unlocked smartphone manufacturer from Miami, Florida has announced their new handset with dual-SIM capabilities, the BLU Studio 5.5.

The Studio 5.5 will pack a Quad-Core Cortex A7 Central Processing Unit (CPU) clocked at 1.2GHz, PowerVR SGX544 MediaTek MTM6589 Graphics Processing Unit (GPU), as name suggests, a 5.5-inches Thin Film Transistor (TFT) screen of 480 x 854 resolution display of 178 pixels-per-inch, 4 gigabytes of on board storage (expandable via micro-SD card slot), 1 gigabyte of Random Access Memory (RAM), five megapixels primary shooter, LED flash light with 1080p video recording feature at 30 frames-per-second, image stabilization and VGA front facer, a 2,250mAh powered battery that powers the phone for 300 hours of standby, four hours of third generation (3G) talk time, dual-SIM card slots and running on Android version 4.2 Jelly Bean. The device measures about 157 x 79.5 x 9.5 millimeters in size and weighs around 184 grams. The smartphone also comes in various color options, from Neon-Yellow, Fashion-Fuchsia, Ceramic-White, Cyan-Blue and Slate-Grey.

You'll be able to grab one of your choice from Amazon or Best Buy in a couple of months at a really affordable price of $179 for the unlocked carrier free version.

Source: BLU, Engadget