BLU Advance 5.2 HD is the new kid on the block of the BLU company, having been released in the month of November 2018. However, that is not to say it is the only one. There are also other smartphones released by the company in very recent times. However, if you don’t appreciate a smartphone devoid of 4G internet network, this phone is not for you. You may want to consider another BLU product like the one reviewed HERE.
In this review, we will pay attention on such things as price, design, display, camera, hardware, battery, and other salient features of BLU Advance 5.2 HD.
Design and Display of BLU Advance 5.2 HD
Design body type in this rugged smartphone is mainly plastic. Dimensions are 144.9 x 72.1 x 9.4 mm and it weighs 160 grams. Furthermore, it comes only in black color. This device is not water resistant, no fingerprint reader, and has no secondary display.
Display type is TFT capacitive touch screen of 16 million colors. The screen size is 5.2 inches, pixel density is 282 ppi, pixels resolution is 1280 x 720, and aspect ratio is 16:9. There is no display protection for BLU Advance 5.2 HD
Camera Features
The primary camera is a single 8 MP lens which comes with LED flash technology. It is able to produce less than quality images and videos of FHD recording option. The video comes out in 720p@30fps.
At the front there is a 5 MP selfie camera that has front flash option.
Other important camera features are geotagging, touch focus, face detection, panorama, auto focus, and HDR.
Hardware and Software
Android OS v7.0 Nougat is the operating system in the device and we can’t tell if this version of OS will be able to update to the latest Android 9 Pie. Also, there is MediaTek MT6580 chipset with process technology 28nm provides adequate support. There are 1.3 GHz Quad core Cortex A7 CPU, and Mali 400 MP2 GPU in the smartphone hardware department as well. These work with 32-bit architecture.
Storage Capacity and Sensors in BLU Advance 5.2 HD
Provision is made for 1GB internal memory which cannot be expanded. However, the internal storage of 8GB can be expanded up to 64GB with microSD card.
Sensors in the BLU Advance 5.2 HD include accelerometer, proximity, and ambient light.
Network and Connectivity
BLU Advance 5.2 HD has internet connectivity of 2G and 3G. Furthermore, it is able to handle GSM HSPA networks. This is operated through the use of two SIM cards in dedicated slots.
Other connectivity features are Bluetooth, GPS, A-GPS, BDS, GLONASS, Wi-Fi, mobile hotspot, microUSB 2.0, 3.5mm headphone jack. However, there is no HDMI, NFC, or infrared in this device.
Battery Life in BLU Advance 5.2 HD
Powering this device is a Li-Po 2600 mAh removable battery which has no wireless charging and no fast charging technology. Also, the talk time and standby time have not been specified.
Price and Availability
BLU Advance 5.2 HD price is $79. That is the best price we can specify for now. However, things may change regarding that soon. Regarding the availability, this mobile device will soon arrive in various online stores as it was just released in the month of November 2018.
BLU Advance 5.2 HD Full Technical Specification
General
- Device Type
Smartphone
- Model
BLU Advance 5.2 HD
- Announced
Nov-2018
- Released
Nov-2018
- Status
Available
Design
- Type
Bar
- Dimensions
144.9 mm x 72.1 mm x 9.4 mm (5.7 x 2.84 x 0.37 inches)
- Weight
160 g (5.64 oz)
- Colors
Black
- Waterproof No
- Fingerprint No
- Face Recognition
No
- Dedicated Keys
Volume, Power
- Device Security
Pin, Pattern, Password, Slide
- Features
-Plastic body
Display
- Display Type
TFT, Capacitive touch screen
- Size
5.2-inch
- Secondary Display
No
- Touch Screen
Yes, Multi touch
- Pixel Density
~282 PPI
- Resolution
1280 x 720 Pixels
- Display Colors
16 M
- Display Protection No
- Features
-16:9 aspect ratio
Network
- Supported Network
GSM/ HSPA
- 2G Network
GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900 MHz
- 3G Network
GSM 850/ 900/ 1700 / 1900/ 2100 MHz
- 4G Network
N/A
- SIM
Micro SIM
- Hybrid Sim No
- Dual SIM
Yes
Hardware
- Chipset
MediaTek MT6580, 28nm, 32 bit
- CPU
1.3 GHz quad core Cortex A7
- GPU
Mali 400 MP2
- RAM (Memory)
1 GB, 533 MHz
- Internal Storage
8 GB
- Card Slot
Upto 64 GB (microSD)
- Dedicated slot
No Data
- Sensors
Accelerometer
Proximity
Light
Software
- Operating System
Android OS v7.0 Nougat
- Java Support No
- Youtube Yes
- Facebook Yes
Messaging
- SMS
Yes (threaded view)
- MMS Yes
Yes
- IM Yes
Camera
- Primary
8 MP
- Flash
LED
- Front
5 MP
- Front Flash
LED
- Video
720p@30fps
- Camera Features
Geotagging
Autofocus
HDR
Touch focus
Face detection
Panorama
Connectivity
- Bluetooth
Yes, v4.0, A2DP
- Infrared No
- Wi-fi
Yes, Wi-Fi 802.11 b/g/n
- Wi-fi Hotspot Yes
- GPS
Yes, A-GPS
- NFC No
- Wireless Charging
No
- Headphone Jack Yes
- HDMI No
- USB
Micro USB 2.0
Data
- GPRS Yes
- EDGE Yes
- Speed
21.1 Mbps (HSDPA), 5.76 Mbps;(HSUPA)
- Web Browser
HTML 5
Media
- Video Format
3GP, M4V, H.263, H.264, MOV, AVI, xVID, WMV, FLV, MP4, H.265
- Audio Format
MP3, eAAC+, WAV, Flac player
- FM Radio
Yes
- Alert Types
Vibration, MP3
- Ring Tones
Wav ring tones
- Loudspeaker
Yes
Battery
- Battery Type
Li-Poly (Lithium Polymer)
- Capacity
2600mAh
- Placement
Removable
MISC
- Features
- Document viewer
2. Photo and video editor
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Pls.i want to know whether you can use 4000 mah or 5000amh battery to replace Blu advance a6 battery which is using 2600amh battery?
I have no ideea on such