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BLU Life Play vs Nokia E52

Compare recorded specifications, size and practical differences.

Nokia E52

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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.

  • WeightE52: 27 g lighterE52: 98 g · Life Play: 125 g
  • WidthE52: 19.4 mm narrowerE52: 49 mm · Life Play: 68.4 mm
  • Screen diagonalE52: 2.3 in smaller diagonalE52: 2.4 in · Life Play: 4.7 in
  • DepthLife Play: 2 mm thinnerLife Play: 7.9 mm · E52: 9.9 mm
  • HeightE52: 21 mm shorterE52: 116 mm · Life Play: 137 mm
  • Release year2013 / 2009Life Play: 2013 · E52: 2009

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.

Front
Life Play: 137 × 68.4 mm 1 E52: 116 × 49 mm 2
Side
Life Play: 137 × 7.9 mm 1 E52: 116 × 9.9 mm 2
  1. 1. Life Play
    Height
    137 mm
    Width
    68.4 mm
    Depth
    7.9 mm
    Weight
    125 g
  2. 2. E52
    Height
    116 mm
    Width
    49 mm
    Depth
    9.9 mm
    Weight
    98 g

Specifications

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Everyday essentials
Everyday essentials
SpecificationLife PlayE52
Dimensions (HxWxD)
  • 137 Х 68.4 Х 7.9 mm
  • 116 Х 49 Х 9.9 mm
Weight
  • 125 g
  • 98 g
Technology
  • LED-backlit IPS LCD
  • TFT
Screen size
  • 4.7" inch
  • 2.4" inch
Screen resolution
  • 720 x 1280 px
  • 240 x 320 px
Internal memoryRecorded storage / RAM variants. Entries are alternatives, not a combined maximum. Ambiguous formats stay as recorded.
  • 4 GB
  • 1 GB RAM
  • 60 MB
Memory card support
  • microSD
  • up to 32 GB (dedicated slot)
  • microSD
  • up to 16 GB (dedicated slot)
  • 1 GB included
BatteryCapacity is not battery life. No endurance test is implied.
  • 1800 mAh
  • Removable Li-Ion
  • 1500 mAh
  • Removable Li-Po
Operating system OS
  • Android 4.2 (Jelly Bean)
  • Symbian
  • S60 rel. 3.2
Chipset
  • Mediatek MT6589 (28 nm)
Unknown
Headphone jack
  • Yes
  • Yes
Display
Display
SpecificationLife PlayE52
Touchscreen
  • capacitive touchscreen
Unknown
Display colors
  • 16M
  • 16M
Screen area
  • 60.9 cm2
  • 17.8 cm2
Screen format
  • 16:9 (height:width)
  • 4:3 (height:width)
Screen to body ratio
  • 65.0%
  • 31.4%
PPI /points per inch/
  • 312 PPI
  • 167 PPI
Camera and Video
Camera and Video
SpecificationLife PlayE52
Rear camera, main
  • 8 MP
  • Single
  • 3.2 MP
  • Single
Camera specs
  • 8 MP
  • AF
  • 3.2 MP
Functions
  • LED flash
  • HDR
  • LED flash
Video
  • 1080p@30fps
  • 480p@15fps
Front camera, selfie
  • 2 MP
  • Single
  • 0.3 MP
  • Single
Specifications
  • 2 MP
  • QVGA videocall camera
Performance
Performance
SpecificationLife PlayE52
Processor CPU
  • Quad-core 1.2 GHz Cortex-A7
  • 600 MHz ARM 11
Graphics processor GPU
  • PowerVR SGX544
Unknown
Antutu 7 scoreLegacy recorded score. Test conditions are unspecified; no new testing is implied.
  • 5998
Unknown
GeekBench 4 Single CoreLegacy recorded score. Test conditions are unspecified; no new testing is implied.
  • 330
Unknown
GeekBench 4 Multi-CoreLegacy recorded score. Test conditions are unspecified; no new testing is implied.
  • 1149
Unknown
General specs
General specs
SpecificationLife PlayE52
Release date
  • 2013
  • March
  • 2009
  • May
Colors
  • Black
  • White
  • Metal Grey Aluminium
  • Golden Aluminium
  • Graphite Grey
  • Black
Historical recorded priceLegacy catalogue value; date unknown. Not a current offer.
  • 180 EUR
  • 110 EUR
Battery life
  • Stand by time- Up to 780 h (2G) / Up to 700 h (3G) Talking time- Up to 18 h (2G) / Up to 16 h (3G)
  • Stand by time- Up to 672 h (2G) / Up to 432 h (3G) Talking time- Up to 8 h (2G) / Up to 6 h (3G) Music play - Up to 40 h
Communication and Connectivity
Communication and Connectivity
SpecificationLife PlayE52
SIM card
  • Dual SIM (Mini-SIM and Micro-SIM
  • dual stand-by)
  • Mini-SIM
Network
  • Show all network frequencies: -2G - GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900 - SIM 1 & SIM 2
  • Show all network frequencies: -2G - GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900
Speed
  • HSPA 42.2/5.76 Mbps
  • HSPA 10.2/2 Mbps
GPRS
  • Class 12
  • Class 32
Edge
  • Class 12
  • Class 32
  • 296 / 178.8 kbits
Wi-Fi
  • Wi-Fi 802.11 b/g/n
  • Wi-Fi Direct
  • hotspot
  • Wi-Fi 802.11 b/g
  • UPnP & DLNA technology
GPS
  • Yes
  • with A-GPS
  • Yes
  • with A-GPS; Nokia Maps 3.0
USB
  • microUSB 2.0
  • microUSB 2.0
Bluetooth
  • 4.0
  • A2DP
  • 2.0
  • A2DP
Harmful irradiation Unknown
  • SAR - 1.04 W/kg (head) 0.70 W/kg (body) SAR EU - 1.20 W/kg (head)
Music and Audio
Music and Audio
SpecificationLife PlayE52
Radio
  • Stereo FM radio
  • Stereo FM radio
  • RDS
Others
  • Active noise cancellation with dedicated mic
Unknown
Other features
Other features
SpecificationLife PlayE52
Dop
  • Sensors Accelerometer
  • gyro
  • proximity
  • compass - Also known as BLU L100
  • Sensors Accelerometer
  • compass - WMV/RV/MP4/3GP player -MP3/WMA/WAV/RA/AAC/M4A player -Document editor (Word
  • Excel
  • PowerPoint
  • PDF) incl. MS Office 2007 support via free update -Organizer -Photo editor -Voice memo -Predictive text input