Phone Comparison - BLU Vivo 5 vs Samsung Galaxy J5 (2017) vs Samsung Galaxy J3 (2018)

general General Info

Manufacturer BLU Samsung Samsung
Announced January 2016 June 2017 June 2018
Status Coming Soon - February 2016 Available - June 2017 Coming Soon - July 2018
Price Rs. 13,630 ($199.99) [Similarly Priced] Rs. 19,500 ($300.00) [Similarly Priced] Rs. 10,999 ($175.00) [Similarly Priced]
Colors Silver, Gold Blue, Black, Gold Black
Form Factor Candybar Candybar Candybar
Dimension 151.9 x 74.6 x 6.9 mm
(5.98 x 2.94 x 0.27 in)
146.3 x 71.3 x 7.9 mm
(5.76 x 2.81 x 0.31 in)
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Weight 142.6 (5.01.0.21) - -
SIM Type - Dual-SIM Single SIM (Nano-SIM), Dual SIM (Nano-SIM, dual stand-by)
2G Network GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900 - SIM 1 & SIM 2 GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900 - SIM 1 & SIM 2 (dual-SIM model only) GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900 - SIM 1 & SIM 2 (dual-SIM model only)
3G Network HSDPA 850 / 1700(AWS) / 1900 / 2100 HSDPA 850 / 900 / 1900 / 2100 - J710F, J710H
HSDPA 850 / 900 / 1700(AWS) / 1900 / 2100 - J710M
HSDPA 850 / 900 / 1900 / 2100
4G Network LTE band 2(1900), 4(1700/2100), 7(2600) LTE band 1(2100), 3(1800), 5(850), 7(2600), 8(900), 20(800), 40(2300) - J710F LTE
Messaging SMS, MMS, Push Mail, EMail, IM SMS, MMS, EMail, IM SMS, MMS, Push Mail, EMail, IM
Build Features - DTS Sound - Fingerprint Sensor -
Notification LED - Yes No

hardware Hardware and OS

OS Android OS, v5.1 (Lollipop), planned upgrade to v6.0 (Marshmallow) Android OS, v7.0 (Nougat) Android 8.0 (Oreo)
Processor Octa-core 1.3 GHz Cortex-A53, Mediatek MT6753 Octa-core 1.6 GHz Cortex-A53, Exynos 7870 Octa 1.4 GHz Quad-core, Exynos 7570
GPU Mali-T720MP3 Mali-T830MP2 Mali-T720 MP1
RAM 3 GB 2 GB 2 GB
Internal Memory 32 GB 16 GB 16 GB
External Memory microSD, up to 64 GB microSD, up to 256 GB microSD, up to 256 GB

display Display

Type AMOLED Capacitive Touchscreen, Corning Gorilla Glass 3 Super AMOLED capacitive touchscreen, 2.5D Gorilla Glass IPS LCD Capacitive Touchscreen
Colors 16M colors 16M colors 16M colors
Size 5.5 inches 5.2 inches 5.0 inches
Resolution 720 x 1280 pixels (267 ppi) 720 x 1280 pixels (282 ppi) 720 x 1280 pixels (294 ppi)
Screen-to-Body Ratio 73.60% 71.68% -
Multi-Touch yes yes yes

multimedia Multimedia

3.5mm Jack yes yes yes
Radio FM radio FM radio, RDS, recording FM radio
Games Yes + Downloadable Yes + Downloadable Yes + Downloadable
Loud Speaker yes yes yes

camera Camera

Rear Camera 13 MP, 4160 x 3120 pixels 13 MP 8 MP
Flash LED flash LED Flash LED Flash
Features Phase Detection Autofocus, Geo-tagging, Touch Focus, Face Detection, Panorama, HDR Autofocus, f/1.7, 28mm, Geo-tagging, Touch Focus, Face Detection, Panorama, HDR Autofocus, f/1.9, Geo-tagging, Touch Focus, Face Detection, HDR
Video 1080p@30fps 1080p@30fps 1080p@30fps
Front Camera 5 MP [Similar] 13 MP, f/1.9 [Similar] 5 MP, f/2.2 [Similar]

connectivity Connectivity and Data Rate

GPRS Yes Yes Yes
Edge Yes Yes Yes
3G HSPA 42.2/11.5 Mbps, LTE Cat4 150/50 Mbps HSPA, LTE Cat4 150/50 Mbps HSPA, LTE
Bluetooth v4.0 v4.1, A2DP 4.2, A2DP, LE
Wi-Fi Yes Wi-Fi 802.11 b/g/n, Wi-Fi Direct, hotspot Wi-Fi 802.11 b/g/n, WiFi Direct, hotspot
USB v2.0, Type-C 1.0 reversible connector microUSB v2.0, USB OTG microUSB 2.0
GPS Yes, with A-GPS Yes, with A-GPS, GLONASS Yes, with A-GPS
Browser HTML5 HTML5 HTML5

memory User Memory

Internal 32 GB, 3 GB RAM 16 GB, 2 GB RAM 16 GB, 2 GB RAM
Expandable Storage microSD, up to 64 GB microSD, up to 256 GB microSD, up to 256 GB
USB OTG - Supported Not Supported

Apps Sensors

Fingerprint fingerprint not supported fingerprint supported fingerprint not supported
Proximity Sensor proximity sensor present proximity sensor present proximity sensor present
Accelerometer Sensor accelerometer sensor present accelerometer sensor present accelerometer sensor present
NFC NFC not supported NFC supported NFC not supported

battery Battery

Type Non-removable Li-Ion Battery Non-removable Li-Ion Battery Li-Ion battery
Capacity 3150 mAh 3000 mAh 2500 mAh
Stand by Up to 725 h (2G)
Up to 625 h (3G)
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Talk Time Up to 26 h (2G)
Up to 16 h (3G)
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