BLU Studio G Max vs Google Pixel 8a Specs Comparison

Availability

Officially announced
	May 07, 2024
Prices (MSRP)
	$499 | €549

Design

Dimensions
5.84 x 2.91 x 0.34 inches 148.4 x 73.9 x 8.55 mm	5.99 x 2.84 x 0.35 inches 152.1 x 72.2 x 8.9 mm
Weight
5.15 oz / 146.0 g	6.63 oz / 188.0 g
Materials
Back: Aluminum	Back: Plastic Frame: Aluminum
Resistance
	Water, Dust; IP67
Biometrics
	Fingerprint (touch)
Keys
Right: Volume control, Lock/Unlock key	Right: Volume control, Lock/Unlock key
Colors
Black, Gold, Pink	Obsidian, Porcelain, Bay, Aloe

Display

Size
5.2-inch, 67.99% screen-to-body	6.1-inch, 81.28% screen-to-body
Type
IPS LCD	OLED, 120Hz, HDR, 2000 nits
Resolution
1280x720px, 282 PPI	2400x1080px, 20:9 ratio, 431 PPI
Colors
16 777 216
Protection
	Corning Gorilla Glass 3

Hardware

System chip
MediaTek MT6580 (28 nm)	Google Tensor G3 (4 nm)
Processor
Quad-core 1300 MHz ARM Cortex-A7	Nona-core 1x3.0GHz Cortex-X3 4x2.45G​Hz Cortex-A715 4x2.1​5GHz Cortex-A510
GPU
Mali-400 MP2	Immortalis-G715s MC10
Memory
1GB/8GB	8GB (LPDDR5X)/128GB (UFS 3.1) 8GB/256GB
Storage expansion
microSDHC up to 64 GB	not expandable
OS
Android (6.0 Marshmallow)	Android (15, 14)

Battery

Type
2300 mAh, Li - Polymer	4492 mAh, Li - Polymer
Charging
	Fast charging Qi wireless charging
Charge speed
	Wired: 18.0W Wireless: 7.5W

PhoneArena Battery Tests

Battery Life Estimate

Untested

Browsing

Untested

Video

Untested

Gaming

Untested

Battery Life Estimate

5h 51min

Browsing

13h 53min

Video

8h 34min

Gaming

7h 16min

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Camera

Rear
Single camera	Dual camera
Main camera
8 MP (Autofocus)	64 MP (OIS, PDAF) Aperture size: F1.9 Focal length: 26 mm Sensor size: 1/1.73" Pixel size: 0.8 μm
Second camera
	13 MP (Ultra-wide) Aperture size: F2.2 Pixel size: 1.12 μm
Flash
Yes	LED
Video recording
1080p (30 fps) Video calling, Video sharing	4K UHD (60 fps)
Front
8 MP (Flash)	13 MP

PhoneArena Camera Tests

N/A

Overall

N/A

Photo

N/A

Video

134

Overall

142

Photo

127

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, USB 3.2
Sensors
Accelerometer, Ambient light sensor, Proximity sensor	Accelerometer, Gyroscope, Compass, Barometer, Ambient light sensor, Proximity sensor
Location
GPS, A-GPS	GPS, A-GPS, Glonass, Galileo, BeiDou, QZSS, NavIC, 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, n2, n3, n5, n7, n8, n20, n28, n48, n66, n71, n77, n78, n260, n261, SA, NSA, Sub-6, mmWave
4G (FDD) Bands
	1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 7, 8, 12, 13, 14, 17, 20, 25, 26, 28, 29, 30, 66, 71
4G (TDD) Bands
	38, 41
3G Bands
5, 4, 2, 1	1, 2, 4, 5, 6, 8
Data Speed
HSDPA+ (4G) 21.1 Mbit/s, HSPA, UMTS	LTE-A, HSDPA+ (4G) 42.2 Mbit/s
Dual SIM
Yes
SIM type
Micro SIM	Nano SIM, eSIM

Phone Features

Notifications
Haptic feedback
Other features
Voice dialing, Voice commands, Voice recording

Regulatory Approval

FCC approval
Date approved: Nov 21, 2016 FCC ID value: YHLBLUSTGMAX
Measured SAR
Head: 0.43 W/kg Body: 1.38 W/kg Simultaneous Transmission: 1.56 W/kg Wireless Router: 1.56 W/kg

Alternative variants

With 256GB internal storage

Memory	256GB

Links

Full specifications
BLU Studio G Max Specs	Google Pixel 8a Specs
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