BLU Life One XL

  • Released 2015, April
    151g, 8.3mm thickness
    Android 4.4.2, up to 5.0
    8GB storage, microSD slot
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  • 5.5"
    720x1280 pixels
  • 13MP
    1080p
  • 1GB RAM
    Snapdragon 410
  • 2820mAh
    Li-Ion

BLU Life One XL - Specs

Network Technology GSM / HSPA / LTE
2G bands GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900 - SIM 1 & SIM 2
3G bands HSDPA 850 / 1700 / 1900 / 2100
4G bands LTE band 4(1700/2100), 7(2600), 17(700)
Speed HSPA 42.2/5.76 Mbps, LTE Cat4 150/50 Mbps
Launch Announced 2015, January
Status Available. Released 2015, April
Body Dimensions 156 x 78 x 8.3 mm (6.14 x 3.07 x 0.33 in)
Weight 151 g (5.33 oz)
SIM Dual SIM (Micro-SIM, dual stand-by)
Display Type IPS LCD capacitive touchscreen, 16M colors
Size 5.5 inches, 83.4 cm2 (~68.5% screen-to-body ratio)
Resolution 720 x 1280 pixels, 16:9 ratio (~267 ppi density)
Protection Corning Gorilla Glass 3
Platform OS Android 4.4.2 (KitKat), upgradable to 5.0 (Lollipop)
Chipset Qualcomm MSM8916 Snapdragon 410 (28 nm)
CPU Quad-core 1.2 GHz Cortex-A53
GPU Adreno 306
Memory Card slot microSD, up to 64 GB
Internal 8GB 1GB RAM
Main Camera Single 13 MP, AF
Features LED flash
Video 1080p@30fps
Selfie camera Single 5 MP
Video
Sound Loudspeaker Yes
3.5mm jack Yes
Comms WLAN Wi-Fi 802.11 b/g/n, Wi-Fi Direct, hotspot
Bluetooth 4.0, A2DP
GPS Yes, with A-GPS
Radio Stereo FM radio
USB microUSB 2.0
Features Sensors Accelerometer, gyro, proximity
Battery   Removable Li-Ion 2820 mAh battery
Stand-by Up to 710 h (2G) / Up to 660 h (3G)
Talk time Up to 28 h (2G) / Up to 17 h (3G)
Misc Colors Black, Blue, White, Gold, Pink

BLU Life One XL - User Reviews

  • My own blue life xl mobile was some virus attacked android and mobile upgraded is must please send How its solve the problam

  • My BLU Life XL phone just stop reading my chip just only 6 months after purchase. I Try turning on the sim slot but it wont turn on. I used the power button along with the down volume and run the test on the phone, it tells mi sim 1 slot recognized and passed. upon rebooting the phone it still don't come up... what can i do to get the sim slot active so i can start making calls and receiving calls again?

  • I'm using since one year..Blu life one xl...4.4.4 version..When I am trying to update..But I can't ...Pls anyone help me Thank you..

  • Is there blu life xl phone don't have memoir space to write in it ? If there are please show me how,because I want to writing thing before I forget, anyone kindly teach me how to get that page to write. Very apreciate for your help.

  • I am extremely upset with this phone. For the first year of use, it is absolutely amazing. If you actually want to use this phone for multiple years, I don't suggest it at all. The battery life was decent when I first got it, but now after a year and a half, the battery kife is absolutely terrible. You cannot send photos through the installed messaging app, or reply to group chats. The only option is to download a different messaging app,such as textra. The storage is also terrible!

  • could not able to connect to the 4G LTE in India

  • Gplus has info .. Qualcomm driver and QFIL software flash.. Factor ROM 5.0.2 is on needrom site. register for free. Happen to me... Power button and VOL down is the test screen POWER and VOL up is factor rest... XDA has little info

  • Easy to root using kingoroot...then swap for supersu. Put in a 64GB microSD card and Force2SD....then move all apps to SD card. Titanium backup to freeze unnecessary programs....and this phone becomes a sweet ride. Firewall it and disable google apps not in use and you can lock it down for privacy. Battery life is phenomenal, and the screen is beautiful...the specs do this phone a disservice. Best value out there fyi.

  • This is the worst phone I have ever bought it's slow as heck and kicks me off of web sites I can't ever download picture randomly send text messages and I got bars but sends y callers straight to voice mail wish I would have just keep y other one hanks blu products for screwing me

  • I bought a blu life one xl on amazon a year ago and just two days ago it got stuck on the BOLD LIKE US page. Nothing I do, it changes. WHAt to do!!!!

  • Had this phone for about a year and am still only getting 4.4.4 When I check for updates it sais that my phone has the latest software. I am in Seattle. Anyone know how to update it? THANKS

  • That's bs cause I have one and it's on 4g late right now. The second SIM card as far as I know can only do 2g speeds due to the settings

  • That's bs cause I have one and it's on 4g late right now. The second SIM card as far as I know can only do 2g speeds due to the settings

  • I just purchased the Blu life one xl on Amazon and as much as I hate to admit,this is the worst purchase ever. Just a waste of money. I can barely get a signal and I live in the city,the phone moves very slow and I have plenty of data, it hangs up my calls, I should've just kept the old phone I had,at least it worked but I needed a phone with a gyro sensor and it works but everything else sucks. I was hoping for better results. Im considering to update it. Heck what can I lose?

  • No, the T-Mobile guy is lying. I've had one for a while now, running 4g from both SIM cards.

  • I just got done chatting with a T-Mobile agent and he said my BLU Life One XL is only capable of 2g speeds. It doesn't have the frequency bands for 3g/4g. So whats written in the specs is wrong... This phone also has no way to change the design of the "Messaging". Its only one color and layout... Not that great of a phone...

  • Get a sd memory card ... duhhhhh??

  • AR mode work fine?

  • It actually does support Pokémon Go. I have it on mine and works just fine.

  • got one for my mom. phone is good, battery lasts literally forever. kinda slow on 3G. does not support pokemon go. otherwise, u can get a new unlucked for 80$ on ebay, and it's well worth it if ur not a power-user.

  • 9s blu life xl and blu life one xl the same phone and is blu xl compatible with 4g networks by t-mobile

  • So I got blue xl life about a month ago but every time I try to take a picture now it says storage full. I have backed up all my photos and deleted them but it still says 'storage full.'. Please help I don't know what to do.

  • is this phone good guy's just let me know

  • Good day! My Blu had the Lollipop.... Since yesterday it updated itself to Generic..... Is this normal?

  • Don't try to update the phone the kit kat is more fluid and establish, my advice for you its try to get different launcher for your phone

  • Why I cannot update it.. Its always says error ... What should I do .. Pls help me to update for lollipop 5.0.2

  • I dont know guys where did u get ur phones but i got mine half a year ago in walmart for 200$ and works great!love it

  • In settings, about my device, wireless update, you can check for the update availability. BUT.... Do not do it. Mine ran far more smoothly under 4.4 than it does under Lollipop. I get lags and stutters all the time, which never happened before.

  • Hi ! I bought one and it restarts every time ! it's driving me crazy ! I can't take it to the BLU service because i live in argentina and the take back sistem doesn't gve me a solution, do u know how i can fix it up?

  • is the 2nd sim slot open line eben if it is purchased in AT&T??

  • How did u get it rooted?

  • Yes

  • This phone is best but the problem arise is in hang up and lots of heat generating phone I used nearly one hour and the phone get's heated up soon and we can't use this phone as performance I bought an new blue life one xl and I was not happy with this phone

  • Please don't update. I update and have a lot lags and make very slow phone. Continue using 4.4 for great performance.

  • I just bought one, and found a few problems. The reception is not as good as my older HTC phone, it dropped several calls repeatedly in my normal office zone - this was already a no-go on the first day. I had trouble hearing the speaker phone in the car, although it has a nice warm sound, not tinny, but was about 30% quieter at max volume. A BIG problem was the power button being right next to the Up/Down volume buttons, and the same shape and size - I kept hitting OFF on the power when I wanted to turn down the audio. Another bad thing: the camera hides the flash on/off/auto setting (which I use a lot) inside a menu and down the page, very hard to get to quickly. It should be right there on the camera main screen. The camera was not that great, although 13MP. So.... I returned mine today and got the Sony C6 Experia for $100 more; it solved ALL these problems. It's really worth the difference and ALL the format and software problems are not on the Sony. I loved the dual-Sim option on the Blu, but it's not a daily issue, as these other things are...

  • I bought a Life one XL few months ago at Bestbuy in Boston MA, but it was with Android 4.4 even if it should be ready for Lollipop, It never upgraded. Anyone can help me?

  • In all phone this happen

  • I wish I had 5.0 ota..... nice phone ...size does matter .

  • got ota lollipop update on phone in trinidad yesterday,downloaded and everything working good.

  • 4.4.4. out of the box

  • Blu Life One XL selfie image are in reverse need correcting

  • The Zenefone 2 camera is crap otherwise I would agree with your comment.

  • My life one xl doesn't have the upgrade

  • This is one of the better phones that I have used. It took a little bit of trial and error, but I got it rooted and removed the SD card restriction put in place by KitKat. Literally the only thing I can think of that I have a problem with is the damn mic. It distorts while recording video at any volume (even in a silent room) and while using it with WhatsApp, it also distorts except it is much worse there. I made a recording while in a quiet room and about 1 1/2 seconds in, the mic just drops off like a badly designed limiter starts taking over. I have tried every modification I can think of with system files and still no dice. If it wasn't for the crap limiter being crap, this would be a phone I could easily choose over the AT&T Note 3.

  • The xl can be upgraded to lollipop but the normal life one cannot? They're practically the same phone. I mean take out the screen difference and the battery and the two are identical according to the specs. That's just wacky that one is upgradable now and the other is not

  • The blue life one xl can be upgraded.... the life one cannot

  • Gt if you go to the blhproducts site you will see that they redirect you to best buy.com to buy the life one xl. I think they just updated it this week. Previously they just sent you to the life one on amazon.com

  • I just got the blu life one 4G LTE today, I was looking all over for the life one 4G LTE XL, it's not even out, if it is, I can't find it. And after I cried, fussed with my friend who's a dealer to allow this purchase through his store, because he insisted that he doesn't sell these as they are more expensive to ship. I said, I still want it as all the others he sold came upgradable out of the box which, was updated in my presence but, I wanted the life one LTE . Now, I'm sitting in my couch wondering what to do been Because I feel stupid when I had enough choices that was upgraded to the 5.0 in my presence. Now, this phone, I'm here searching on the same place where the dealer found the update, to try to update this phone. I NEED IT UPDATED NOW. I shown spent too much money to me sitting down with this, I want it updated. This can't be because the dealer will not take back this phone to give me one that's ashtray updated. Please

  • The Blu Life One XL is currently selling at $199 (not on sale). So why would someone pick this over another 5.5" phone selling at the same price with much better specs? What am I missing? I mean the specs are OK for this phone. But for the same money you can get a zenfone2 with specs that blow this one away (for the most part). At $99 the Bu Life One (not the XL) was a great phone. Even at $149 its a decent phone for the price (when compared to other 5" phones). So what gives with the XL? How can a regular price for the Life One XL be $199?

  • does it support OTG?

  • does blu life one xl support OTG?

  • can the battery be remove form the phone

  • Blu said end of July.

  • Blu is full of it m wife's phone never got the update Blu doesn't update phones they are liars They did have decent phones for a while but I'd rather go with a phone that can actually be updated and further more none of these POS are for sale

  • Hi there. Does the BLU Life One XL could be upgrade to Android Lollipop (v5.0)? I haven't foud this software for my BLU Life One XL. Thank you very much;

  • Where do i get it srsly

  • when it goes on sale

  • Looks pretty cool. I tried to find a comparison with a name brand. Compare this to a Samsung Galaxy Note 2 and you will see it as comparible. I like BLU products simply because they are are cheap and given their build quality and specs they have more bang for you buck. I'm looking forward to purchasing this phone.

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  • Nice specs, but when do we see a VIVO series with 4G LTE? I've had several of your phones now (including Vivo V) and when I pay $400 bucks, I'd like to see something more competitive. Hopefully the quirky volume control issue is over. Each of my phones saw the volume significantly degrade within 24 hrs of ownership. I exchanged each several times and the same. My son's didn't show up nearly as quick as mine, but after about a month and a half it happened. I really like all of them!

  • Nice one blu