The famous Gionee Marathon M5 Plus has been launched as the BLU Energy XL in the United States with a price tag of $300 (approximately Rs. 20,120) on Amazon. It is also available in India with a price tag of Rs. 26,999 ($402).

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The U.S.-based smartphone brand BLU is known for launching smartphones that are affordable. The company has previously launched the BLU Pure XL and BLU Life Pure XL, which are the rebranded versions of the Gionee Elife E8 and Elife E7 respectively, Phone Radar reported. The 6-inch BLU Pure XL is priced at Rs. 23,200 ($345) and the 5.5-inch BLU Life Pure XL at Rs. 21,582 ($321) in the US. On the other hand, the 6-inch Elife E8 is priced at Rs. 35,699 ($532) on Amazon India and the 5.5-inch Elife E7 at Rs. 25,575 ($381) on Snapdeal.

The BLU Energy XL has a 6-inch full high-definition Super AMOLED display with a resolution of 1920 x 1080 pixels and Corning Gorilla Glass 3 protection. It is powered by an octa-core MediaTek MT6753 chipset clocked at a speed of 1.3 GHz and runs on Android 5.1 Lollipop operating system. It comes with a 3 GB of RAM and a 64 GB of internal storage that can be expandable via a microSD card slot.

According to Droid Life, the BLU Energy XL also comes with pre-installed Amazon apps, a fingerprint scanner, and a fast charging adapter. It is packed with a massive 5000 mAh non-removable battery that delivers 72 hours of standard usage. The device features a 13-megapixel camera at the back with an LED flash and phase detection autofocus and a 5-megapixel front-facing camera for selfies.

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