Acer Allegro vs BLU Life Play Mini

Compare recorded specifications, size and practical differences.

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Key differences

Calculated from recorded specifications using minimum difference thresholds. These are differences, not an overall ranking. For three phones, numeric highlights compare the two extremes.

  • Weight

    Life Play Mini: 20 g lighter

    Allegro:
    126 g
    Life Play Mini:
    106 g
  • Width

    Allegro: 5.4 mm narrower

    Allegro:
    59 mm
    Life Play Mini:
    64.4 mm
  • Screen diagonal

    Allegro: 0.4 in smaller diagonal

    Allegro:
    3.6 in
    Life Play Mini:
    4 in
  • Depth

    Life Play Mini: 3.6 mm thinner

    Allegro:
    13 mm
    Life Play Mini:
    9.4 mm
  • Height

    Allegro: 11 mm shorter

    Allegro:
    116 mm
    Life Play Mini:
    127 mm
  • Release year

    Allegro:
    2011
    Life Play Mini:
    2014

Physical size

Relative size, not calibrated actual size. Front and side outlines share one scale and a bottom baseline. Generic outlines use recorded body dimensions, excluding camera bumps.

  1. 1. Allegro

    Height:
    116 mm
    Width:
    59 mm
    Depth:
    13 mm +3.6 mm versus Life Play Mini
  2. 2. Life Play Mini

    Height:
    127 mm +11 mm versus Allegro
    Width:
    64.4 mm +5.4 mm versus Allegro
    Depth:
    9.4 mm

Weight

Bars start at zero and share a scale within this chart.

  1. 1. Allegro

    126 g

    +20 g versus Life Play Mini

  2. 2. Life Play Mini

    106 g

Screen size

Approximate rectangular screens calculated from recorded diagonal and aspect ratio at one relative scale. Rounded corners and cutouts are not subtracted. These are not phone outlines or calibrated actual sizes.

  1. 1. Allegro

    Screen diagonal:
    3.6 in
    Aspect ratio (height:width):
    5:3
    Approximate rectangular screen area:
    36.9 cm²
  2. 2. Life Play Mini

    Screen diagonal:
    4 in
    Aspect ratio (height:width):
    5:3
    Approximate rectangular screen area:
    45.5 cm²

Life Play Mini has approximately 23.5% more rectangular screen area than Allegro.

Memory variants

Each row compares the same storage capacity. Cells show recorded RAM alternatives, not combined maxima. Not recorded does not mean unavailable in every market.

No unambiguous storage/RAM pairings are recorded. See the original specifications below.

Allegro: Original memory entry

8 GB

Life Play Mini: Original memory entry

4 GB · 512 MB RAM

Practical features

Explicit Yes and No values are shown directly. Qualified or regional records retain their details. Unknown means the record is missing.

1. Allegro

NFC:
See details Super AMOLED
Headphone jack:
Yes
Memory card support:
See details panorama

2. Life Play Mini

NFC:
Unknown
Headphone jack:
Yes
Memory card support:
See details microSD · up to 32 GB

Battery capacity

Capacity is not battery life. No endurance test is implied.

Recorded battery capacity

Bars start at zero and share a scale within this chart.

  1. 1. Allegro

    1300 mAh

  2. 2. Life Play Mini

    1400 mAh

    +100 mAh versus Allegro

Specifications

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1. Allegro2. Life Play Mini

Everyday essentials
Everyday essentials — specifications for Allegro, Life Play Mini.
SpecificationAllegroLife Play Mini
Dimensions (HxWxD)
  • 116 Х 59 Х 13 mm
  • 127 Х 64.4 Х 9.4 mm
Weight
  • 126 g
  • 106 g
Technology
  • TFT
  • IPS LCD
Screen size
  • 3.6" inch
  • 4" inch
Screen resolution
  • 480 x 800 px
  • 480 x 800 px
Internal memory Recorded storage / RAM variants. Entries are alternatives, not a combined maximum. Ambiguous formats stay as recorded.
  • 8 GB
  • 4 GB
  • 512 MB RAM
Memory card support
  • panorama
  • microSD
  • up to 32 GB
Battery Capacity is not battery life. No endurance test is implied.
  • 1300 mAh
  • Removable Li-Ion
  • 1400 mAh
  • Removable Li-Ion
Operating system OS
  • Microsoft Windows Phone 7.5 Mango
  • Android 4.4.2 (KitKat)
Chipset
  • Qualcomm MSM8255 Snapdragon S2
Unknown
NFC
  • Super AMOLED
Unknown
Headphone jack
  • Yes
  • Yes
Display
Display — specifications for Allegro, Life Play Mini.
SpecificationAllegroLife Play Mini
Touchscreen
  • capacitive touchscreen
  • capacitive touchscreen
Display colors
  • 16M
  • 16M
Screen area
  • 36.9 cm2
  • 45.5 cm2
Screen format
  • 5:3 (height:width)
  • 5:3 (height:width)
Screen to body ratio
  • 53.9%
  • 55.7%
PPI /points per inch/
  • 259 PPI
  • 233 PPI
Camera and Video
Camera and Video — specifications for Allegro, Life Play Mini.
SpecificationAllegroLife Play Mini
Rear camera, main
  • 5 MP
  • Single
  • 3.15 MP
  • Single
Camera specs
  • 5 MP
  • AF
  • 3.15 MP
Functions Unknown
  • LED flash
Video
  • Yes
  • 720p@30fps
Front camera, selfie
  • 0 MP,
  • 0.3 MP
  • Single
Specifications
  • Super AMOLED
  • VGA
Performance

Scores marked * are historical catalogue entries. Test conditions are unspecified; no new testing is implied.

Performance — specifications for Allegro, Life Play Mini.
SpecificationAllegroLife Play Mini
Processor CPU
  • 1.0 GHz Scorpion
  • Dual-core 1.0 GHz Cortex-A7
Graphics processor GPU
  • Adreno 205
  • Mali-400
Antutu 7 score *
  • 586
Unknown
GeekBench 4 Single Core * Unknown
  • 226
GeekBench 4 Multi-Core * Unknown
  • 341
General specs
General specs — specifications for Allegro, Life Play Mini.
SpecificationAllegroLife Play Mini
Release date
  • 2011
  • October
  • 2014
  • October
Colors
  • Black
  • White
  • Grey
  • White
  • Blue
  • Pink
  • Yellow
Historical recorded price Legacy catalogue value; date unknown. Not a current offer.
  • 140 EUR
  • 70 EUR
Battery life
  • Talking time- Up to 6 h (3G)
  • Stand by time- Up to 700 h (2G) / Up to 500 h (3G) Talking time- Up to 17 h (2G) / Up to 12 h (3G)
Communication and Connectivity
Communication and Connectivity — specifications for Allegro, Life Play Mini.
SpecificationAllegroLife Play Mini
SIM card
  • Single SIM (Mini-SIM)Dual SIM (Mini-SIM/Micro-SIM
  • Dual SIM (Mini-SIM
  • dual stand-by)
Network
  • Show all network frequencies: -2G - GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900 - SIM 1 & SIM 2-3G - HSDPA 900 / 2100-4G - LTE
  • Show all network frequencies: -2G - GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900 - SIM 1 & SIM 2
Speed
  • HSPA 42.2/5.76 Mbps
  • HSPA 21.1/5.76 Mbps
GPRS
  • Yes
  • Yes
Edge
  • Yes
  • Yes
Wi-Fi
  • Wi-Fi 802.11 b/g/n
  • DLNA
  • Wi-Fi 802.11 b/g/n
  • hotspot
GPS
  • Yes
  • with A-GPS
  • Yes
  • with A-GPS
USB
  • microUSB 2.0
  • microUSB 2.0
Bluetooth
  • Wi-Fi 802.11 a/b/g/n/ac
  • A2DP
  • EDR
  • 4.0
  • A2DP
Music and Audio
Music and Audio — specifications for Allegro, Life Play Mini.
SpecificationAllegroLife Play Mini
Radio
  • panorama
  • FM radio
Other features
Other features — specifications for Allegro, Life Play Mini.
SpecificationAllegroLife Play Mini
Dop
  • Sensors Accelerometer
  • proximity
  • compass - MP3/WAV/WMA/eAAC+ player -MP4/WMV/H.264 player -Document viewer -Voice memo -Predictive text input - Also known as Acer W4
  • Acer M310
  • Sensors Accelerometer
  • proximity