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  • Blu's latest smartphones include one with a giant four-day battery

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    Jon Fingas
    Jon Fingas
    01.07.2015

    You might not need to swap batteries (or lean on an external battery pack) again. Blu Products has unveiled a deluge of Android smartphones at CES that includes the Studio Energy, a 5-inch device with a whopping 5,000mAh battery pack -- even the Droid Turbo's 3,900mAh looks modest by comparison. You can reportedly expect four days of "standard" use at a time, or enough to get through a long weekend without plugging in. The Energy will even charge up other devices, much like Huawei's Ascend Mate 7. Don't expect much more than longevity, however. That epic battery life is partly owed to the low-end 1.3GHz MediaTek processor and 720p screen -- and the HSPA+ data, 1GB of RAM, 8GB of storage, 8-megapixel rear camera and 2-megapixel front shooter won't impress others. Mind you, the Studio Energy will cost just $179 unlocked when it ships in late January. It might be a good backup phone to take with you on camping trips and other excursions where wall outlets are few and far between.