Phone Comparison - HTC Butterfly vs HTC Butterfly S vs BLU Life Pure

general General Info

Manufacturer HTC HTC BLU
Announced December 2012 June 2013 December 2013
Status Available - January 2013 Available - July 2013 Available - December 2013
Colors Black Black, White, Red, Gray Black, White
Form Factor Candybar Candybar Candybar
Dimension 143 x 70.5 x 9.08 mm
(5.63 x 2.78 x 0.36 in)
144.5 x 70.5 x 10.6 mm
(5.69 x 2.78 x 0.42 in)
142 x 69.4 x 7.7 mm
(5.59 x 2.73 x 0.3 in)
Weight 140 g (4.94 oz) 160 g (5.64 oz) 128 g (4.52 oz)
2G Network GSM 850/900/1800/1900 MHz GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900 GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900
3G Network HSDPA 850/2100 MHz HSDPA 850 / 900 / 1900 / 2100 HSDPA 850 / 1900 - L240a
HSDPA 850 / 2100 - L240i
Messaging SMS, MMS, Push Mail, EMail SMS, MMS, Push Mail, EMail SMS, MMS, Push Mail, EMail, IM

hardware Hardware and OS

OS Android OS, v4.1 (Jelly Bean) Android OS Android OS, v4.2 (Jelly Bean)
Processor Dual-core 1.5 GHz Krait, Qualcomm Snapdragon S4 Pro APQ8064 Quad-core 1.9 GHz Krait 300, Qualcomm APQ8064T Snapdragon 600 Quad-core 1.5 GHz Cortex-A7, Mediatek MT6589T
GPU Adreno 320 Adreno 320 PowerVR SGX544
RAM 2 GB 2 GB 2 GB
Internal Memory 16 GB 16 GB 32 GB
External Memory microSD, up to 32 GB microSD, up to 64 GB No

display Display

Type Super LCD 3 with Corning® Gorilla® Glass 2 Super LCD3 capacitive touchscreen, Corning Gorilla Glass 3 IPS LCD Capacitive Touchscreen, OGS, Full Lamination Scratch Resistant Touch Panel
Colors 16M colors 16M colors 16M colors
Size 5 inches 5.0 inches 5.0 inches
Resolution 1920 x 1080 pixels (440 ppi) 1080 x 1920 pixels (441 ppi) 1080 x 1920 pixels (441 ppi)
Screen-to-Body Ratio 68.54% 67.52% 69.80%
Multi-Touch yes yes yes

multimedia Multimedia

3.5mm Jack yes yes yes
Radio No - FM Radio with Recording
Games Yes + Downloadable Yes + Downloadable Yes + Downloadable
Loud Speaker yes yes yes

camera Camera

Rear Camera 8 MP, 3264x2448 pixels 4 MP, 2688 x 1520 pixels 13 MP, 4032 x 3224 pixels
Flash 5 Level LED flash LED flash LED flash
Features Simultaneous HD video and image recording, Auto focus, Touch Focus, Geo-tagging, Image Stabilization, Face Detection, Slow motion video capture, Continuous shooting Auto focus, 1/3' Sensor Size, 2�m Pixel Size, Simultaneous HD Video And Image Recording, Geo-tagging, Face And Smile Detection Auto focus, Geo-tagging, Touch Focus, Face Detection, Panorama, HDR, Image Stabilization, BSI Sensor
Video Yes, 1080p@30fps HD recording, video stabilization Yes Yes, 1080p@30fps
Front Camera Yes, 2.1 MP, 1080p [Similar] Yes, 2.1 MP [Similar] Yes, 5 MP [Similar]

connectivity Connectivity and Data Rate

GPRS Yes Yes Class 12 (4+1/3+2/2+3/1+4 slots), 32 - 48 kbps
Edge Yes Yes Class 12
3G HSPA+; LTE, Cat3, 50 Mbps UL, 100 Mbps DL HSDPA, HSUPA HSDPA, 42.2 Mbps; HSUPA, 11 Mbps
Bluetooth Yes, v4.0 with aptX™ enabled Yes, v4.0 with A2DP Yes, v4.0
Wi-Fi Wi-Fi 802.11 a/b/g/n, dual-band, DLNA, Wi-Fi hotspot; WiMAX 802.16 e Wi-Fi 802.11 a/b/g/n/ac, dual-band, Wi-Fi Direct, DLNA, Wi-Fi hotspot Wi-Fi 802.11 b/g/n, Wi-Fi Direct, Wi-Fi hotspot
USB Yes, microUSB v2.0 Yes, microUSB v2.0 Yes, microUSB v2.0
GPS Yes, with A-GPS support Yes, with A-GPS support and GLONASS Yes, with A-GPS support
Browser HTML5 HTML5 HTML5

memory User Memory

Internal 16 GB, 2 GB RAM 16 GB, 2 GB RAM 32 GB, 2 GB RAM
Expandable Storage microSD, up to 32 GB microSD, up to 64 GB No

Apps Sensors

Fingerprint fingerprint not supported fingerprint not 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-Po Battery Non-removable, Li-Po Battery Non-removable Li-Ion Battery
Capacity 2020 mAh 3200 mAh 2000 mAh
Stand by - Up to 659 h (2G)
Up to 544 h (3G)
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Talk Time - Up to 25 h (2G)
Up to 19 h (3G)
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