BLU Studio 5.5 Available for Only $179

Budget smartphone maker BLU recently announced its Studio 5.5 phablet. The main selling point of the Studio 5.5 is its large screen estate and its quad-core CPU, offered at a very affordable price. Measuring 157 mm x 79.5 mm x 9.5 mm and weighing 184 grams, it's not the sveltest of Android smartphones. It will run on Android 4.2 Jelly Bean out of the box.

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The BLU Studio 5.5, as its name implies, sports a 5.5" TFT display with a resolution of 480 x 854 pixels, which makes for a pixel density of 178 ppi. Under the hood, it packs a 1.2GHz quad-core Cortex-A7 CPU and a PowerVR SGX544 GPU on the MediaTek MTM6589 platform. There's 1GB RAM and 4GB of internal storage, which is expandable via the microSD card slot. At the back, there's a 5-MP primary shooter with an LED flash and capable of 1080p Full HD video recording, while at the front sits a VGA camera.

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Like many budget Android smartphones and phablets, the Studio 5.5 has two SIM card slots. It is powered by a 2,250 mAh Li-Ion battery, which BLU says is good for up to 300 hours of standby or 4 hours of 3G talk time. The Studio 5.5 phablet will be available in a number of bright colors including yellow, blue, red, blackm and white. It is expected to retail for $179 off-contract from Amazon and Best Buy in a couple of months.

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