BLU C5L vs Samsung Galaxy Note 8

Network
2G network

GSM 850, 900, 1800, 1900

GSM 850, 900, 1800, 1900
3G network

HSDPA 850, 1700(AWS), 1900 - C0050UU; HSDPA 850, 900, 2100 - C0050LL

HSDPA 850, 900, 1900, 2100
4G network

LTE frequency band 2(1900), 4(1700/2100), 5(850), 7(2600), 12(700), 17(700) - C0050UU; LTE frequency band 1(2100), 3(1800), 4(1700/2100), 5(850), 7(2600), 28(700) - C0050LL

LTE
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, (4CA) Cat16, 1024 Mbps download, 150 Mbps upload
GPRS

Yes

Yes
EDGE

Yes

Yes

Design
Build

Plastic

Corning Gorilla Glass 5 back panel
SIM

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

Single SIM (Nano-SIM) or Hybrid Dual SIM (Nano-SIM, dual stand-by)
Height

144.3 mm

162.5 mm
Width

72.5 mm

74.8 mm
Thickness

10.3 mm

8.6 mm
Weight

153 g

195 g
Stylus

-

Yes
Payment

-

Samsung Pay(Visa, Mastercard)
Waterproof

-

IP68 - 1.5 m and 30 minutes
Dust proof

-

Yes, IP68
Colors

Black, Blue

Deep Sea Blue, Maple Gold, Midnight Black, Orchid Grey

Display
Display type

IPS LCD capacitive touchscreen

Super AMOLED capacitive touchscreen
Physical size

5.0 inches

6.3 inches
Resolution

480 x 854 pixels

1440 x 2960 pixels
Pixel density

196 ppi

521 ppi
Display colors

16777216

16777216
Protection

2.5D curved glass screen

Corning Gorilla Glass 5
Multitouch

Yes

Yes
Always on display

-

Yes
3D touch

-

home button only
HDR display

-

HDR10

Main camera
Camera type

-

Dual
Main camera

5 MP

12 MP, f/1.7 , 26 mm, 2x optical zoom
12 MP, f/2.4 , 52 mm
Primary camera video

1080p@30fps

2160p@30fps, 1080p@60fps, 720p@240fps
Primary camera Autofocus

-

phase detection autofocus
Primary camera flash

LED flash

dual-LED (dual tone) flash
Primary camera optical image stabilization

-

optical image stabilization
Primary camera video dual video

-

dual-video record
Primary camera video hdr

-

HDR
Camera features

Autofocus, continuous shooting, digital zoom, geotagging, panorama, HDR, touch focus, face detection, white balance settings, ISO settings, exposure compensation, self-timer, scene-mode

1.0 µm pixel size @ 52 mm, geo-tagging, 1.4 µm pixel size @ 26 mm, 1/3.6" sensor size, 1/2.55" sensor size, Auto HDR, face/smile detection, panorama, simultaneous 4K video and 9MP image recording, touch focus
DxOMark photo

-

100
DxOMark video

-

84
DxOMark camera score

-

94

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

Yes
WLAN WiFi Dual Band

-

Yes
USB

microUSB 2.0

Type-C 1.0 reversible 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
GALILEO

-

Yes
BDS

-

Yes

Features
Messaging SMS

-

SMS(threaded view)
Messaging MMS

-

MMS
Messaging Email

-

Email
Messaging IM

-

IM
Messaging Push Mail

-

Push Mail
Java

-

No
Sensors

Accelerometer

Iris scanner, SpO2, accelerometer, barometer, compass, fingerprint (rear-mounted), gyro, heart rate, proximity