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Blu Vivo XI

by Matthew John AlexSeptember 21, 2018

BLU Products, is an American consumer electronics company founded in 2009 and headquartered in Miami, Florida. The company designs re-branded, low-cost mobile devices, and primarily sells smartphones that run on Android software. The company’s name stands for Bold Like Us.

Blu released their latest product of smartphone “Blu Vivo XI and Blu Vivo XI+ “. This smartphones are beautifully crafted and made of both glass and metals. The back cover is made of mirror like metal plus a metallic coating and they are available in quick silver and midnight black The devices are made to offer large display to body ratio.

NB: This article is only about Vivo XI

DISPLAY

Blu Vivo XI features a large 5.9″ inch HD+ full screen notch display, 720 x 1520 pixel in resolution, 415 Nits of brightness, 19:9 aspect ratio and up to 77% screen to body ratio. The surface is well curved using 2D curved glass plus it has a narrow bezel.

HARDWARE & MEMORY

Blu Vivo XI houses a LPDDR4X 3GB RAM with up to 1600MHz memory speed along side 32GB internal storage which can be further expanded up to 128GB using memory card. It runs on Android version 8.1 Oreo operating system with pre-installed apps like: Google Maps, YouTube, Facebook, Gmail, Google Apps, Vas Apps, Notes, Chrome and it will receive the Android version 9.0 Pie OS in 2019.

The device is powered by 12nm Mediatek Helio P22 chipset with the advantage of AI-accelerated experience with an Octa-core clocked at 2.0 GHz Cortex-A53.

CAMERA

Blu Vivo XI is equipped with dual back camera of 16MP (aperture-f/2.0) + 5MP (aperture-f/1.5) with 4608 x 3456 pixels image dimension. It support full HD recording and a video resolution of 1080p@30fps. The device camera supports auto focus, touch focus, ISO Settings, Optical Zoom, Panorama, Scene Mode, Self-Timer and many more.

The selfie camera is 16MP and it uses a 4-cell technology, which makes up 4 pixels into one sensor unit, for the purpose of capturing 4 times the amount of light, which improves the image quality, especially in low light environments.

POWER & ID SYSTEM

Blu Vivo XI houses a 3,000mAh Lithium Polymer non-removable battery and it supports fast charging (full charge in 2.5hrs).

This device does not support the face ID system, just an encrypted fingerprint sensor.

Check out Blu Vivo XI+ specs and price

Blu Vivo XI Full Specs, Features and Price

Display
Type	IPS Display
Size	5.9″ Inch HD+ display
Resolution	720 x 1520p
Pixel density	~285.07 PPI
Colors	16M
Display Protection	No
Screen to body ratio	77%

Camera
Type	Tripple camera (2 back + 1 front)
Back Camera	16MP + 5MP
Front Camera	16MP
cameara features	Continuous Shooting Digital Zoom Dual Camera Exposure Compensation Auto-focus Face Detection Geo-tagging HDR Scene Mode Pixel Size 1.10µm 1.12µm Depth Sensor Self-Timer Touch Focus White balance settings Phase detection ISO Settings Second camera features- 1/3 Optical Zoom, Panorama

Hardware and Memory
Chipset	Mediatek MT6762 Helio P22
Processoor	Octa-Core 2.0 GHz Cortex-A53
GPU	PowerVR GE8320 GPU
RAM	3GB
ROM	32GB
Memory Speed	1600MHz
Available Memory
Memory slot	Yes, up to 128GB
Sensors	Proximity Accelerometer Ambient Light Compass Gyroscope Fingerprint Sensor
OS	Android 8.1 Oreo (will receive Android 9.0 Pie)

Power
Type	Lithium Polymer
Capacity	3,000mAh
Technology	Fast charge

Network & Connectivity
Network	2G \| 3G \| 4G
Volte	No
WLAN	Wi-Fi 802.11 a/b/g/n, 802.11 n 5GHz
SIM type	Dual SIM (Nano)
Bluetooth	v4.1 with A2DP (Advanced Audio Distribution Profile)
USB type	Micro USB v2.0
Audio jack	3.5mm