BLU R1 HD vs Samsung Galaxy S23 FE Specs Comparison

Availability

Officially announced
	Oct 04, 2023
Prices (MSRP)
	8GB/128GB - $599

Design

Dimensions
5.65 x 2.83 x 0.34 inches 143.5 x 72 x 8.7 mm	6.22 x 3.01 x 0.32 inches 158 x 76.5 x 8.2 mm
Weight
5.01 oz / 142.0 g	7.37 oz / 209.0 g
Materials
Back: Aluminum	Back: Glass (Corning Gorilla Glass 5) Frame: Aluminum
Resistance
	Water, Dust; IP68
Biometrics
	Optical in-screen fingerprint
Keys
Right: Volume control, Lock/Unlock key	Right: Volume control, Lock/Unlock key
Colors
Black

Display

Size
5.0-inch, 66.81% screen-to-body	6.4-inch, 83.24% screen-to-body
Type
IPS LCD, 420 nits	Dynamic AMOLED, 120Hz, HDR, 1450 nits
Resolution
1280x720px, 294 PPI	2340x1080px, 29.5:9 ratio, 403 PPI
Colors
16 777 216
Protection
Corning Gorilla Glass 3	Corning Gorilla Glass 5

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Bright Max (20% APL)
Untested	Untested
Bright Min
Untested	1.5 (Good)

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Hardware

System chip
MediaTek MT6735 (28 nm)	Snapdragon 8 Gen 1 SM8450 (4 nm)
Processor
Quad-core 1300 MHz ARM Cortex-A53	Octa-core 1x2.8GHz Cortex-X2 3x2.50G​Hz Cortex-A710 4x1.8​GHz Cortex-A510
GPU
Mali-T720 MP2	Adreno 730
Memory
2GB (LPDDR3)/16GB	8GB/128GB 8GB/256GB
Storage expansion
microSDHC up to 64 GB	not expandable
OS
Android (6.0 Marshmallow)	Android (14, 13)

PhoneArena Performance Test

GeekBench 6 Single
Untested	1566
GeekBench 6 Multi
Untested	3839
3D Mark High
Untested	2208
3D Mark Low
Untested	1208

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Battery

Type
2500 mAh, Li - Polymer	4500 mAh, Li - Ion
Charging
	Fast charging Qi wireless charging, Reverse wireless charging
Charge speed
	Wired: 25.0W Wireless: 15.0W

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Battery Life Estimate

Untested

Browsing

Untested

Video

Untested

Gaming

Untested

Battery Life Estimate

6h 18min

Browsing

16h 15min

Video

8h 3min

Gaming

8h 50min

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Camera

Rear
Single camera	Triple camera
Main camera
8 MP (Autofocus) Aperture size: F2.0 Sensor size: 1/4" Pixel size: 1.12 μm	50 MP (OIS, PDAF) Aperture size: F1.8 Pixel size: 1.0 μm
Second camera
	12 MP (Ultra-wide) Aperture size: F2.2 Pixel size: 1.12 μm
Third camera
	8 MP (Ultra-wide) Optical zoom: 3.0x Aperture size: F2.4 Pixel size: 1.0 μm
Flash
LED	LED
Video recording
1080p (30 fps) Video calling	8K UHD (24 fps), 4K UHD (60 fps)
Front
5 MP (Wide Angle, Flash)	10 MP

PhoneArena Camera Tests

N/A

Overall

N/A

Photo

N/A

Video

137

Overall

146

Photo

128

Video

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Connectivity & Features

Bluetooth
4.0	5.3
WLAN
b,g,n Hotspot 802.11 b, g, n	a,b,g,n,ac,Wi-Fi 6,Wi-Fi 6E Wi-Fi Direct, Hotspot 802.11 a, b, g, n, ac, ax
USB
microUSB, USB 2.0	Type-C
Sensors
Accelerometer, Ambient light sensor, Proximity sensor	Accelerometer, Gyroscope, Compass, Ambient light sensor, Proximity sensor
Location
GPS, A-GPS	GPS, A-GPS, Glonass, Galileo, BeiDou, 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

Cellular

5G Bands
	n1, n2, n3, n5, n7, n8, n20, n28, n38, n40, n41, n66, n77, n78, 5G Ready
4G (FDD) Bands
2, 4, 7, 12, 17	1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 7, 8, 12, 13, 17, 20, 26, 28, 66
4G (TDD) Bands
	38, 40, 41
3G Bands
5, 4, 2, 1
Data Speed
LTE Cat 4 (150/50 Mbit/s), HSDPA+ (4G) 42.2 Mbit/s	LTE-A, HSDPA+ (4G) 42.2 Mbit/s
Dual SIM
Yes
SIM type
Micro SIM	Nano SIM, eSIM
VoLTE
Yes

Phone Features

Notifications
Haptic feedback, Music ringtones (MP3), Polyphonic ringtones, Vibration, Flight mode, Silent mode, Speakerphone
Other features
Voice dialing, Voice commands, Voice recording

Alternative variants

With 256GB internal storage

Memory	256GB

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