BLU Pure XR vs Samsung Galaxy A36 5G Specs Comparison

Availability

Officially announced
	Mar 01, 2025
Prices (MSRP)
	$399

Design

Dimensions
6.07 x 2.95 x 0.28 inches 154.3 x 74.9 x 7 mm	6.41 x 3.08 x 0.29 inches (~0.34 inches with camera bump) 162.9 x 78.2 x 7.4 mm (~8.7 mm with camera bump)
Weight
5.19 oz (147.2 g)	6.88 oz (195.0 g)
Materials
Back: Metal	Back: Glass (Corning Gorilla Glass Victus+) Frame: Plastic
Resistance
	Water, Dust; IP67
Biometrics
Fingerprint (touch)	Optical in-screen fingerprint
Keys
	Right: Volume control, Lock/Unlock key
Colors
Gold, Gray	Lavender, Black, White, Lime

Display

Size
5.5-inch, 72.19% screen-to-body	6.7-inch, 86.51% screen-to-body
Type
Super AMOLED	Super AMOLED, 120Hz, HDR, 1900 nits
Resolution
1920x1080px, 401 PPI	2340x1080px, 19.5:9 ratio, 385 PPI
Protection
Corning Gorilla Glass 3	Corning Gorilla Glass Victus+

Hardware

System chip
MediaTek Helio P10 MT6755 (28 nm)	Snapdragon 6 Gen 3 (4 nm)
Processor
Octa-core 2000 MHz ARM Cortex-A53	Octa-core 4x2.4GHz Cortex-A78 4x1.8G​Hz Cortex-A55
GPU
Mali-T860 MP2	Adreno 710
Memory
4GB/64GB	6GB (LPDDR4)/128GB (UFS 2.2) 8GB/128GB 8GB/256GB 12GB/256GB
Storage expansion
microSDHC up to 64 GB	not expandable
OS
Android (6.0 Marshmallow)	Android (15)

Battery

Type
3000 mAh, Li - Polymer	5000 mAh, Li - Ion
Charging
	Fast charging
Charge speed
	Wired: 45.0W

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Battery Life Estimate

Untested

Browsing

Untested

Video

Untested

Gaming

Untested

Battery Life Estimate

6h 26min

Browsing

16h 53min

Video

8h 0min

Gaming

9h 8min

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Camera

Rear
Single camera	Triple camera
Main camera
16 MP (Laser and PDAF) Aperture size: F1.8	50 MP (OIS, PDAF) Aperture size: F1.8 Sensor size: 1/1.96"
Second camera
	8 MP (Ultra-wide) Aperture size: F2.2 Sensor size: 1/4" Pixel size: 1.12 μm
Third camera
	5 MP (Macro) Aperture size: F2.4
Flash
LED	LED
Video recording
1080p (30 fps) Video calling, Video sharing	4K UHD (30 fps)
Front
8 MP	12 MP Video capture: 4K UHD (30 fps)

PhoneArena Camera Tests

N/A

Overall

N/A

Photo

N/A

Video

120

Overall

126

Photo

114

Video

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Connectivity & Features

Bluetooth
4.0	5.4
WLAN
a,b,g,n Wi-Fi Direct, Hotspot 802.11 a, b, g, n	a,b,g,n,ac,Wi-Fi 6 Wi-Fi Direct, Hotspot 802.11 a, b, g, n, ac, ax
USB
Type-C, USB 2.0	Type-C
Sensors
Accelerometer, Ambient light sensor, Proximity sensor	Accelerometer, Gyroscope, Compass, Hall (for flip covers), Ambient light sensor, Proximity sensor
Location
GPS, A-GPS	GPS, A-GPS, Glonass, Galileo, BeiDou, QZSS, Cell ID, Wi-Fi positioning
Other
Tethering, Computer sync, OTA sync	NFC

Multimedia

Headphones
3.5mm jack	No 3.5mm jack
Speakers
Earpiece, Loudspeaker	Earpiece, Multiple speakers
Features
Album art cover, Background playback
Screen mirroring
	Wireless screen share
Radio
FM
Additional microphone(s)
	Noise cancellation

Cellular

5G Bands
	n1, n3, n5, n7, n8, n20, n28, n38, n40, n41, n66, n77, n78, 5G Ready
4G (FDD) Bands
2, 4, 7	1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 7, 8, 12, 17, 20, 25, 26, 28, 32, 66
4G (TDD) Bands
	38, 40, 41
3G Bands
5, 4, 2, 1	1, 2, 4, 5, 8
Data Speed
LTE-A Cat 6 (300/50 Mbit/s), HSDPA+ (4G) 42.2 Mbit/s, UMTS	LTE-A, HSDPA+ (4G) 42.2 Mbit/s
Dual SIM
Yes	Yes
SIM type
Nano SIM, Micro SIM	Dual Nano SIM + eSIM

Alternative variants

With 8GB RAM

Memory	8GB

With 8GB RAM and 256GB internal storage

Memory	8GB/256GB

With 12GB RAM and 256GB internal storage

Memory	12GB/256GB

Links

Full specifications
BLU Pure XR Specs	Samsung Galaxy A36 5G Specs
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