The Blue Pure XL: A Massive Smartphone that Defies Trends
If you think the trend for massive smartphones is over, you're wrong. The Blue Pure XL is a 6-inch touch screen behemoth that's absolutely gigantic. As you can see, it's quite large, and as the camera pans out, it becomes clear just how massive this phone really is. In fact, if you take another massive phone of the moment, like the Nexus 6p, you'll see that the Blue Pure XL is larger than the 6p. And despite being more expensive, at around $350, it's a significant departure from its competitors.
The Phone's Design and Features
One of the first things you notice about the Blue Pure XL is the large 6-inch touch screen on the front. While this makes for an impressive display, it also presents some challenges in terms of usability. With such a massive screen, tapping away on a passcode can be fairly difficult, which may require a bit of fiddling to get right. However, don't worry – there's a fingerprint sensor on the rear that's quite recessed in this panel on the back, which may look like metal but is actually plastic. The phone itself has a metal chassis, but this can sometimes make it difficult to get your finger just right.
The side of the phone features three buttons: top volume control, sleep, and B key. However, there's also another button at the bottom that serves as a quick access key to the camera. Hold down on this button for a few seconds, and you'll be straight into the camera app. It's quite handy to have little additional features like this, especially with the size of the phone in mind.
One thing that's clear from watching the video is that the Blue Pure XL is indeed massive – considerably larger than its competitors, such as the OnePlus 2. But despite being more expensive, it doesn't quite live up to expectations. One major drawback is the short battery life for a device with a 3,500mAh battery.
The Android Experience
One of the most notable features of the Blue Pure XL is its operating system. It uses a custom version of Android that's different from what OnePlus offers with Oxygen OS. This means that while the software is still capable, it doesn't quite have the same polish and refinement as some other Android devices on the market.
But one little thing that really stood out to me was when you swipe down to bring down the notification train. Normally, this takes up a significant portion of the screen, but in this case, Blue has decided to move the brightness slider to the bottom instead. And I have to say, it's not annoying at all – in fact, it's quite brilliant. It's little touches like these that make me wish there was more attention paid to the user experience.
The Screen and Display
One of the standout features of the Blue Pure XL is its screen – which is a Quad HD resolution that's excellent for the price point. The camera also boasts 24 megapixels, taking pretty good photos. However, it's worth noting that the processor isn't particularly well optimized, which can result in some worryingly short battery life.
Overall, while the Blue Pure XL has its moments, it's not quite the best Android smartphone we've tried. But if you're interested in reading more about this massive phone, you can check out our full review on Digital Trends.
"WEBVTTKind: captionsLanguage: enif you think the trend for massive smartphones is over you're wrong this is the blue pure XL and it's absolutely gigantic this is a 6in touchcreen on the front of this phone and as you'd imagine and as you can see it is pretty large I can't manage to get my finger across to the other side so tapping away on a passcode here would be fairly difficult so don't worry there's a fingerprint sensor on the rear it is quite recessed in this panel on the back which may look metal but it's actually plastic the phone has a metal chassis though and it is a bit of a pain sometimes to get your finger in just the right place used to be a bit of an issue blue has improved the sensor with the software update so it has got a little bit better than what it started at moving on to the side right here you'll see there's three buttons a top volume control sleep b key and this button at the bottom and then what that is is a quick access key to the camera hold it down for a few seconds and you'll straight into the camera app and another clip there just takes a photo so it's quite good it's not super fast I think that there are faster examples out there of quick access buttons but again because of the size of the phone it's quite handy to have little additional features like that if you're wondering exactly how massive this phone is if you take another massive phone of the moment the Nexus 6p you'll see that it is larger than the 6p the 6p is more expensive the blue pure XL retails for around $350 that puts it against this the one 2 and you'll see the difference in size is considerable against the OnePlus 2 and we would say the OnePlus 2 is a considerably better buy than the pure XL why mainly because OnePlus has an excellent version of Android install oxygen OS blue however uses something very different it uses its own version now the big thing that annoyed me with this is when you swipe down to bring down the notification train you get notifications but I really wanted to do something with the brightness of the screen except there's nothing here instead what blue has done let's move it down the bottom brilliant thanks very much it's not annoying at all to have it down there instead of every other Android phone I've ever used it's all up here so little things like that are a bit frustrating the screen uh is a very very high point of the phone it has a Quad HD resolution which is excellent for the price point the camera has 24 megapixels and takes pretty good photos the processor is a mediatech chip and isn't particularly well optimized we get worryingly short battery life for such a for a 3,500 mAh battery stuffed inside this phone um it's not the best Android smartphone we've tried you can read all of the details in the full review of the blue pure XL on Digital Trends right nowif you think the trend for massive smartphones is over you're wrong this is the blue pure XL and it's absolutely gigantic this is a 6in touchcreen on the front of this phone and as you'd imagine and as you can see it is pretty large I can't manage to get my finger across to the other side so tapping away on a passcode here would be fairly difficult so don't worry there's a fingerprint sensor on the rear it is quite recessed in this panel on the back which may look metal but it's actually plastic the phone has a metal chassis though and it is a bit of a pain sometimes to get your finger in just the right place used to be a bit of an issue blue has improved the sensor with the software update so it has got a little bit better than what it started at moving on to the side right here you'll see there's three buttons a top volume control sleep b key and this button at the bottom and then what that is is a quick access key to the camera hold it down for a few seconds and you'll straight into the camera app and another clip there just takes a photo so it's quite good it's not super fast I think that there are faster examples out there of quick access buttons but again because of the size of the phone it's quite handy to have little additional features like that if you're wondering exactly how massive this phone is if you take another massive phone of the moment the Nexus 6p you'll see that it is larger than the 6p the 6p is more expensive the blue pure XL retails for around $350 that puts it against this the one 2 and you'll see the difference in size is considerable against the OnePlus 2 and we would say the OnePlus 2 is a considerably better buy than the pure XL why mainly because OnePlus has an excellent version of Android install oxygen OS blue however uses something very different it uses its own version now the big thing that annoyed me with this is when you swipe down to bring down the notification train you get notifications but I really wanted to do something with the brightness of the screen except there's nothing here instead what blue has done let's move it down the bottom brilliant thanks very much it's not annoying at all to have it down there instead of every other Android phone I've ever used it's all up here so little things like that are a bit frustrating the screen uh is a very very high point of the phone it has a Quad HD resolution which is excellent for the price point the camera has 24 megapixels and takes pretty good photos the processor is a mediatech chip and isn't particularly well optimized we get worryingly short battery life for such a for a 3,500 mAh battery stuffed inside this phone um it's not the best Android smartphone we've tried you can read all of the details in the full review of the blue pure XL on Digital Trends right now\n"
