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BLU Grand M2 LTE

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BLU Grand M2 LTE vs Sonim XP8

BLU Grand M2 LTE

BLU Grand M2 LTE

Sonim XP8

BLU Grand M2 LTE

Sonim XP8

Network
2G network

GSM 850, 900, 1800, 1900

GSM 850, 900, 1800, 1900; CDMA 800, 1900
3G network

HSDPA 850, 1700(AWS), 1900, 2100

HSDPA 850, 900, 1700(AWS), 1900, 2100; CDMA2000 1xEV-DO
4G network

LTE frequency band 2(1900), 4(1700/2100), 5(850), 7(2600), 12(700), 17(700)

LTE frequency band 1(2100), 2(1900), 3(1800), 4(1700/2100), 5(850), 7(2600), 8(900), 12(700), 13(700), 14(700), 20(800), 25(1900), 26(850), 28(700), 29(700), 30(2300), 38(2600), 40(2300), 41(2500), 66(1700/2100)
HSDPA speed

42.2 Mbps

42.2 Mbps
HSUPA speed

11.5 Mbps

5.76 Mbps
LTE speed

LTE, Cat4, 150 Mbps download, 50 Mbps upload

-
LTE-A speed

-

LTE-A, (3CA) Cat12, 600 Mbps download, 150 Mbps upload
GPRS

Yes

Yes
EDGE

Yes

Yes

Availability
Oficially announced

2017-10

2018-4
Status

2017-10

2018-5

Design
SIM

Dual SIM (Nano-SIM, dual stand-by)

Dual SIM (Nano-SIM, dual stand-by)
Height

144.9 mm

152 mm
Width

72.1 mm

79.5 mm
Thickness

9.4 mm

18 mm
Weight

160 g

335 g
Waterproof

-

IP69, 1m and 30 minutes
Dust proof

-

IP69
MIL-STD-810G

-

Yes
Colors

Black, Gold, Rose Gold, Silver

Black

Display
Display type

IPS LCD capacitive touchscreen

IPS LCD capacitive touchscreen
Physical size

5.2 inches

5.0 inches
Resolution

480 x 854 pixels

1080 x 1920 pixels
Pixel density

188 ppi

441 ppi
Display colors

16777216

16777216
Protection

-

Corning Gorilla Glass 3
Multitouch

Yes

Yes

Hardware
CPU

Quad-core 1.1 GHz

Octa-core 2.2 GHz ARM Cortex-A53
Chipset

Mediatek MT6737

Qualcomm SDM630 Snapdragon 630
GPU

Mali-T720

Adreno 508
Memory RAM

1 GB

4 GB
Internal storage

8 GB

64 GB
Memory card

microSD

microSD
Memory card max

64 GB

128 GB

OS
OS

Android 7.0 (Nougat)

Android 7.0 (Nougat)

Main camera
Main camera

5 MP

12 MP
Primary camera resolution

-

4032 x 3024 pixels
Primary camera video

1080p@30fps

1080p@30fps
Primary camera Autofocus

-

phase detection autofocus
Primary camera flash

LED flash

LED flash
Camera features

Geo-tagging, face detection, touch focus

Geo-tagging, HDR, face detection, panorama, touch focus

Selfie camera
Flash

LED flash

-
Selfie camera

5 MP

8 MP
Selfie camera resolution

-

3264 x 2448 pixels

Sound
3.5mm jack

Yes

Yes
Loudspeaker

Yes

Yes
Notifications

Vibration; MP3, WAV ringtones

Vibration; MP3, WAV ringtones

Multimedia
Radio FM

FM radio

FM radio

Connectivity
WLAN

Wi-Fi 802.11b, 802.11g, 802.11n

Wi-Fi 802.11a, 802.11b, 802.11g, 802.11n, 802.11ac
WLAN WiFi Hotspot

Yes

Yes
WLAN WiFi Direct

-

Yes
WLAN WiFi Dual Band

-

Yes
USB

microUSB 2.0

Type-C 1.0 reversible connector
USB connector

-

magnetic connector
Bluetooth

v4.0

v5.0
Bluetooth A2DP

Yes

Yes
bluetooth LE

-

Yes
Bluetooth EDR

-

Yes
NFC

-

Yes
GPS

Yes, with A-GPS

Yes, with A-GPS
GLONASS

-

Yes

Features
Messaging SMS

SMS(threaded view)

SMS(threaded view)
Messaging MMS

MMS

MMS
Messaging Email

Email

Email
Messaging IM

IM

IM
Messaging Push Email

Push Email

Push Email
Java

No

-
Sensors

Accelerometer

Accelerometer, barometer, compass, gyro, proximity

Browser
HTML

HTML5

HTML5

Battery
Battery type

Li-Po

Li-Ion
Battery capacity

2600 mAh

4900 mAh
Battery removable

Non-removable

Removable
Fast battery charging

-

Qualcomm Quick Charge 4.0
Talk time

-

30 h
Talk time 2G

22 h

-
Talk time 3G

16 h

-
Standby time

-

720 h
Standby time 2G

725 h

-
Standby time 3G

625 h

-

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