BLU Pure XR
The Pure XR handset that BLU teased a
couple of weeks or so ago is now official. The device is
already on sale at Amazon and Best Buy, priced at US$ 299.99 unlocked.
What do you get for that amount of
cash? A 5.5-inch 1080p AMOLED touchscreen, a 16 MP rear camera with phase
detection and laser autofocus and LED flash, an 8 MP selfie shooter, MediaTek's
Helio P10 chipset at the helm (with a 2 GHz octa-core Cortex-A53 CPU and
Mali-T860 GPU), 4 GB of RAM, 64 GB of expandable storage, a fingerprint scanner,
LTE Cat.6 support, and a 3,000 mAh battery. The phone runs Android 6.0
Marshmallow. Its dimensions are 154.3 x 74.9 x 7 mm, and it weighs 147 grams.
It's available in gold and grey, and
there are no unsightly plastic bits in its full metal body. The display has
2.5D curved Gorilla Glass 3 on top. Apple-like 3D Touch functionality is
provided, and the bundled charger is a 9V/2A unit (so 18W) with quick charging
up to 50% from 0 in 30 minutes.
