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BLU Grand M Mobile Phone
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7 editorial reviews
A $60 phone that punches way above its price---if you don't mind the ads.Read more
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4.2 out of 5
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4.3 out of 5
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Hardware

Operating systemAndroid 6.0Android 6.0Android 4.4
CPU clock speed1.3 GHz1.3 GHz1.6 GHz
CPU coresQuad-coreQuad-core8-core
CPU modelMediatek MT6580Mediatek MT6735Samsung Exynos 5 Octa 5410
GPU modelARM Mali-400 MP2ARM Mali-T720 MP4PowerVR SGX544
RAM memory512 MB
  • 1 GB
  • 2 GB
2 GB

Display

Screen size6.0 in5.0 in5.0 in
Touchscreenyesyesyes
Number of colors16.7M16.7M16.7M
Resolution854 x 480 px1280 x 720 px1920 x 1080 px
Pixel density196.0 ppi294.0 ppi441.0 ppi
HDRnonono
3D supportnono
N/A
3D touchnono
N/A
Panel type
N/A
LCDOLED
Technology
N/A
IPS LCD
  • AMOLED
  • Super AMOLED
Screen material
N/A
Corning Gorilla Glass 3.0Corning Gorilla Glass 3.0
Dual screen support
N/A
noyes
Multi touch
N/A
yesyes
Scratch resistant display
N/A
N/A
yes

Rear camera

Number of rear cameras111
Primary sensor resolution5.0 Mpx8.0 Mpx13.0 Mpx
Autofocusyesyesyes
LED Flashyesyesyes
Primary lens aperture
N/A
2.0 f2.2 f
Video recording
N/A
yesyes
Highest video resolution
N/A
1920 x 1080 px1920 x 1080 px
Burst Mode
N/A
yesyes
Digital zoom
N/A
yesyes
Face detection
N/A
yesyes
Geo-tagging
N/A
yesyes
Gesture Shot
N/A
yes
N/A
HDR Capture
N/A
yesyes
Panorama
N/A
yesyes
Smile detection
N/A
yesyes
Touch focus
N/A
yesyes
Maximum FPS at the highest resolution
N/A
N/A
30.0 fps
Maximum FPS (regardless of res.)
N/A
N/A
30.0 fps
Max resolution (highest frame rate)
N/A
N/A
1920 x 1080 px
Digital Image Stabilization
N/A
N/A
yes
Optical zoom
N/A
N/A
10x
Slow-Mo
N/A
N/A
yes

Front camera

Number of front cameras111
Primary resolution3.15 Mpx5.0 Mpx2.0 Mpx

Storage

Internal storage8 GB
  • 16 GB
  • 8 GB
  • 16 GB
  • 32 GB
  • 64 GB
Memory card readeryesyesyes
Maximum card storage64GB64GB64GB
Types of memory card supportedmicroSDmicroSD
  • microSD
  • microSDHC
  • microSDXC

Design

Colour of product
  • Black
  • Grey
  • Silver
N/A
  • Black
  • Blue
  • Brown
  • Grey
  • Pink
  • Purple
  • Red
  • Silver
  • White
Water resistantnonono
Shock resistantnonono
Dust resistantnono
N/A
Fully waterproofnono
N/A
Material
N/A
MetalPlastic

Dimensions

Height5.7 in5.65 in5.38 in
Width2.84 in2.83 in2.75 in
Depth0.37 in0.34 in0.31 in
Weight6.03 oz5.01 oz4.59 oz

Sensors

Accelerometeryesyesyes
Ambient light sensornoyesyes
Fingerprintnono
N/A
Barometernonoyes
Pedometernonoyes
Hearth rate monitornono
N/A
Altimeternono
N/A
Humiditynono
N/A
Thermometernono
N/A
Magnetometernono
N/A
ANT+nonoyes
Face scannernono
N/A
Proximity
N/A
yesyes
Digital compass
N/A
no
N/A
Gyroscope
N/A
noyes

Other features

FM radioyesyesyes
IR
N/A
N/A
yes

Connectivity

Dual sim supportyesyesno
Bluetoothyesyesyes
Bluetooth version4.04.04.0
Bluetooth profileA2DPA2DP
  • A2DP
  • AVRCP
Sim card size
N/A
Micro-SIMMicro-SIM
Headphone connection
N/A
3.5 mm3.5 mm
Type of USB connector
N/A
Micro-USB
N/A
DLNA certified
N/A
N/A
yes
Bluetooth codec
N/A
N/A
  • aptX
  • SBC
NFC
N/A
N/A
yes
Charging connection
N/A
N/A
USB
USB version
N/A
N/A
2.0
USB On-The-Go (OTG)
N/A
N/A
yes
Video output
N/A
N/A
MHL

Cellular

Wireless network (Wi-Fi)yesyesyes
Wireless networking standard
  • 802.11b
  • 802.11g
  • 802.11n
  • 802.11b
  • 802.11g
  • 802.11n
  • 802.11a
  • 802.11ac
  • 802.11b
  • 802.11g
  • 802.11n
3G UMTSyes
N/A
yes
Mobile hotspotyesyesyes
Data transmission
N/A
HSPA+HSPA+
2G GSM
N/A
yesyes
GSM frequencies
N/A
  • 850 MHz
  • 900 MHz
  • 1800 MHz
  • 1900 MHz
  • 850 MHz
  • 900 MHz
  • 1800 MHz
  • 1900 MHz
UMTS frequences
N/A
  • 850 MHz
  • 1700 MHz
  • 1900 MHz
  • 2100 MHz
N/A
4G LTE
N/A
yes
  • no
  • yes
LTE frequencies
N/A
  • 700 MHz
  • 1700 MHz
  • 1900 MHz
  • 2100 MHz
  • 2600 MHz
Regional
Navigation system
N/A
N/A
GLONASS
Streaming standards
N/A
N/A
Miracast

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