BLU Life Play S

  • Released 2014, January
    109g, 7.8mm thickness
    Android 4.2
    4GB 1GB RAM storage, microSD slot
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  • 4.7"
    720x1280 pixels
  • 8MP
    1080p
  • 1GB RAM
    MT6582
  • 1800mAh
    Li-Ion

BLU Life Play S - Specs

Network Technology GSM / HSPA
2G bands GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900 - SIM 1 & SIM 2
3G bands HSDPA 850 / 1900 / 2100 - L150L
  HSDPA 850 / 1900 / 1700 - L150U
Speed HSPA 21.1/11.5 Mbps
Launch Announced 2014, January
Status Available. Released 2014, January
Body Dimensions 137.5 x 67.5 x 7.8 mm (5.41 x 2.66 x 0.31 in)
Weight 109 g (3.84 oz)
SIM Dual SIM (Micro-SIM, dual stand-by)
Display Type IPS LCD capacitive touchscreen, 16M colors
Size 4.7 inches, 60.9 cm2 (~65.6% screen-to-body ratio)
Resolution 720 x 1280 pixels, 16:9 ratio (~312 ppi density)
Platform OS Android 4.2 (Jelly Bean)
Chipset Mediatek MT6582 (28 nm)
CPU Quad-core 1.3 GHz Cortex-A7
GPU Mali-400MP2
Memory Card slot microSD, up to 64 GB (dedicated slot)
Internal 4GB 1GB RAM
Main Camera Single 8 MP, AF
Features LED flash, HDR
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, hotspot
Bluetooth 4.0, A2DP
GPS Yes, with A-GPS
Radio FM radio
USB microUSB 2.0
Features Sensors Accelerometer, proximity, compass
Battery   Non-removable Li-Ion 1800 mAh battery
Stand-by Up to 780 h (2G) / Up to 700 h (3G)
Talk time Up to 18 h (2G) / Up to 16 h (3G)
Misc Colors Blue, White
Price About 130 EUR

BLU Life Play S - User Reviews

  • Am having the same problem as well

  • You have to change your apn settings if you Google blu life one apn settings and your carrier names it'll tell you how to set it up. Mine didn't work either until I did this

  • this phone seems to b downloading apps by itself n couple weeks after restarts itself over n over what can i do to stop it

  • Hey this is probably really late, but I had the same problem with my phone too. You won't get it to work...need a new phone. But by this time you probably already got a new phone lol

  • I cant play games or even listen to music videos

  • sometimes it freezes then start to work back proper but all of a sudden it will gooff gets really hot then cools down and then repeats without being plugged in

  • Hello all, I bought one of these for my wife. Sent her some messages with photos attached. The Blu announces it is downloading and eventually states it can't open the pboto format.Have we not activated something? Manual is not very thorough. Thank you in advance.

  • My camera just stopped working it keeps saying can't connect to camera what can I do I'm really frustrated.is it me or anyone else have this problem.

  • Hey, I got a solution to your problem. Go into the PlayStore and download google camera. install it and launch the app, close the app after about 10 sec of use and then launch the stock camera, should work.

  • My videos keep freezing up aaaw so annoying!!! Can't upload photos from Facebook can't transfer photos can't locate selfie button buy cheap phones get bad features

  • I hard reset my phone and them camera still not working....itjus say ununfortunately gallery has stopped. What do I do?

  • Can you group chat on this phone I can't seem to figure it out!

  • Front camera doesn't come on....can anyone help me with that

  • I also have this problem....it it came on once and stop after that and never worked again

  • the phone kinda sucks when i tried to charge it ,it wouldnt turn on and blu will not send a replacement phone ,they want me to pay $90.anddddd if i happen to find the recipt it will take 20 days to get a insurance claim settled

  • After a factory reset the GPS doesn't fix. Any ideas how to solve this problem ?

  • can this phone be used in mexico???

  • i've had ths phone for 6 months and now the screen went blank all of a sudden. #worried

  • i have had this phone for 2 months now and my screen went blank and it wont come back on......there is no battery that i can find to turn it off and it wont go off manually......I HATE THIS PHONE

  • I bought this Smartphone looking for a new way to get all the best of top brands like Apple, Samsung, Sony, HTC, Etc... For a lower price... Of course... Because I didn't know the BLU brand and its products... I made the purchase assuming all the possible risks... Here is my review: PROS: .- The Smartphone has a very good desing... Really well made... Good manufacturing materials... It looks AWSOME. .- Aluminum back cover... What adds resistance and durability. .- It comes with a Screen Protector and a Rubber Case. .- It comes with an In-Ear Headphones (Flat cord, Different sizes of ear tips)... They look really well made although I haven't used them yet... I don't need them. .- Excellent screen size. .- GREAT front and rear camera. Excellent flash light. .- Dual Sim... It has a Standard SimCard Slot (Primary) and a Micro SimCard Slot (Secondary). .- It works with the Venezuelan carriers (Service Providers)... Movilnet (2G - 3G), Movistar (2G - 3G) and Digitel (2G). .- Good ringing volume... Not too loud... But good enough. .- No problem at all with the sound system of the Smartphone. CONS: .- No Kitkat update for the moment. .- Not for HEAVY users... If you are one of those persons that like to keep open Facebook, Twitter, Whatsapp, Instagram, BBM, Internet, Games, Documents, Email, Etc... All at the same time... This phone is not for you. .- Battery life runs out quickly... If you are one of those users that I mentioned before... The battery will last you about 5 hours maybe... Because the screen consumes a lot of energy. .- It has some connectivity problems (MTP USB Device --- Failed)... I couldn't be able to transfer my media files (Music, Videos, Pictures) from my PC to the Smartphone via USB... The Smartphone comes with no drivers at all... So I had to find new ways to transfer my media files to the device. .- It has some compatibility problems (Beats In-Ear Headphones --- Useless)... I tried to use my brand new Beats In-Ear Headphones with the device and They're not compatible... As I mentioned before... I had to find a new way to use them with the device... But I can only listening to music with my Beats... All the other features of my In-Ear Headphones are useless with this Smartphone. .- The LED indicator light is pretty weird... It's inside of the earphone slot to the left... And It's very small... Almost imperceptible... That makes difficult to see from the distance if you have a new notification. Well people... That has been my experience with this new Smartphone... I hope that my review be helpful to you... Partly Recommended... Good Luck. Observación (Venezuela): .- El Teléfono Inteligente es Dual Sim... Posee una ranura para tarjeta SimCard Standard (Primaria) y una para Micro SimCard (Secundaria). .- Funciona con las Operadoras Venezolanas (Proveedores de Servicio)... Movilnet (2G - 3G), Movistar (2G - 3G) and Digitel (2G). Saludos... Buena Suerte.

  • Yes, you can connect to wifi without having service. However, you need service to activate the hotspot

  • Can I connect to home WiFi network or will I always need service? The specs states that it only has a WiFi hotspot feature so I'm not sure.

  • Anyone else have the same issue i previously posted about the front face camera?

  • Try holding down the volume control buttons and the power button at the same time. Hope this helps.

  • I own two of these phones (me and my wife) and so far I have been very impressed with them. This is the first smart phone for my wife and my second, I had a Samsung Mini SIII. For light usage, txt, phone calls, facebook, web browsing it works great. For moderate usage all of the above plus through in some gaming and music it's okay. If you are heaving user and multi-tasker you should so get something with a little more RAM. It does lag a little when playing some games. As for Blu products I'm very impressed with price and new product lines. I would recomend trying Blu over the higher priced name brands. And I'm using this on Straight Talks Unlimited Plan. In short, worth the money for higher end averge phone.

  • My phone had froze for over 4 hours. I held down the volume control buttons and the power button and it totally worked for unfreezing! Thanks dude

  • When it freezes try holding down the volume control buttons and the power button at the same time and that should hard reset the phone.

  • the freezing is becoming a big issue, the phone freezes for no reason and takes forever to unfreeze. right now im looking at it frozen in stby mode with a full charge being frozen for the past 38 minutes.If it had a removable battery it wouldnt be so bad but its doesn't so i'm just gonna have to wait untill when ever it decides to resume or the battery dies. it's a great phone besides this but i think this is reason enough not to get one.

  • This phone sucks. The power button is in the wrong place. Everytime I'm on the phone I end up on the time and date screen and it changes. Hell half the time I don't know what time or what day it is cause of it. I've only had this phone for 2 months now and it won't keep charge and now my phone is frozen and I can't do nothing about it. I hate this phone because I've had nothin but trouble out of it. I do not recommend this phone anymore...

  • I love everything about this phone. I had the galaxy s4 and then the life play and the S makes all the difference in the world. However, when I had the life play showed the option on the screen above the flash to switch to front face camera. Now, with the S I have a lot more photo options but I cannot seem to find the option for the front face camera, even with snapchat. Anyone else have this proble, or anyone that can tell me where this very easy option can be activated? Thanks for the help

  • I love everything about this phone. I had the galaxy s4 and then the life play and the S makes all the difference in the world. However, when I had the life play showed the option on the screen above the flash to switch to front face camera. Now, with the S I have a lot more photo options but I cannot seem to find the option for the front face camera, even with snapchat. Anyone else have this proble, or anyone that can tell me where this very easy option can be activated? Thanks for the help

  • Does the compass work on this phone for anyone else? CPU-Z confirms it's presence, but it doesn't output any data.

  • PROS: * Really great value (price vs hardware) * Really thin and lightweight * Nice size screen 4.7" and hd resolution: 1280 x 720 * Gorilla glass!!!! * Dual sim * Includes screen protector and rubber case * Good camera quality, the front one for selfies is 5MP! * Loud speaker * Size is perfect for one hand use for most people. * great first sim antenna/signal * 4GB internal and micro sd card slot SO-SO: * only 1GB of RAM. * not that great second sim antenna/signal (but this is usual in many dual-sim phones) * Not that good battery life, but it will last 8 to 10 hours of casual use. * not user replaceable battery, we will find out it the battery is a problem or not later. CONS: * No KitKat update at the moment * sporadic hangs * no lte / 4g OTHERS: * included headphones we're really good looking and with good sound, but it seems the built quality is not, after 1 week one of the earbuds stop working. * I bought it just some days after Life Play 8 was released on Amazon! Oh man!!!! Octacore 1.7ghz vs Quadcore 1.3ghz!

  • Have had one for the past 2 weeks and it works pretty well, though an additional Gig of RAM would have helped. So far its froze twice for a few seconds while loading and app but no other problem so far.The forward facing camera is great as well as the rear.All in all i'm pleased with my purchase so far, ill update if any other issues come up.

  • What is your experience with the permanent batteries vs at removable ones?

  • Quel est son prix

  • yes there is, just go to applications on configuration then move to the sd tab,you should see a list of apps select the app that you want to move to your sd, then you should see a button that will give you the option to migrate the app to your sd card

  • YES. It is a good phone because there are many ways to compete it to MOTOROLA MOTO G.

  • Yes, you can move it. The phone must be root to move all you want

  • is there an option app to sd?

  • is it a good choice?

  • It would make more sense to buy this over regular Life Play as it's similar (or even the same) when it comes to price and you get upgraded specs (front camera, body and processor).

  • How good is the front facing camera images?

  • High Quality materials, includes 1700 band for T-Mobile. Very responsive, Gorilla glass, metal body. Same as 700$ phone. Sound very good and loud enough, excellent screen

  • Have Gorillas Glass???

  • You are completely right

  • This phone has better specs than that of Micromax turbo mini in respect of talk time -almost 3 times and more 3G bands supported.

  • This phone is copy of micromax canvas turbo mini

  • Needs.. MT6588.. to succeed.