Blu Products launches BLU Studio Energy 2 and BLU Energy X

Blu Products, a company who focuses on making unlocked smartphones, just announced the Blu Studio Energy 2 and Blu Energy X as a part of their incredible lineup of devices. The main focus of both of the latest release is long battery life and 30 days of standby is a result of their incredible efforts(and are aptly named Energy). Blu also claims you can get up to three full days of standard usage on a single charge. This is something I would love to see tested for our readers.

Both are available today at Amazon.com, with the Studio Energy 2 being priced at $179.00 while the Energy X comes in at an unbelievable low price of $109.

The Studio Energy 2 packs a massive 5,000mAh battery into a premium design. The super popular Samsung Galaxy Note 5 and Moto X Pure only come with a 3000mAh battery, so clearly at 2,000 mAh bigger with lesser hardware to drive, this Blu device should get incredible battery life.

Studio Energy 2 (PRNewsFoto/BLU Products)

Blu Products also realize that customers are demanding more for their money, not just spec wise, but design wise. The Studio Energy 2 comes in an aircraft grade aluminum body, with minimal plastic, and sand blasted edges for a premium look and grippable form factor. It will come powered by a 64-bit Mediatek quad-core processor, 1.5GB RAM and 16GB of memory, with a 5 inch 720x1080P Gorilla Glass 3 covered display. Not bad for $179.00 and unlocked with no hidden fees.

The Energy X also comes in a premium package with a 4,000mAh battery. It comes with a 5 inch display covered in Gorilla Glass 3, dual-SIM slots, Android 5.1, Mediatek quad-core processor, 1GB of RAM and 8GB of internal memory. Again the main focus of this phone is that increible battery which should allow you to stay disconnected from a wall outlet for three full days.

Energy X (PRNewsFoto/BLU Products)

Blu continues to push the limits of low priced phones as evidenced by the Blu Studio Energy 2 and Energy X. They see where the industry lacks and fills those gaps with great devices at low prices.

Additionally, 4G LTE is supported nationwide on T-Mobile and AT&T network which includes Metropcs, Straight Talk, Simple Mobile, Cricket, and others.

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A swarm of alien satellites may explain one star’s strange behavior

There’s something extremely odd about KIC 8462852, a star 1,481 light-years away from Earth. It demonstrates irregular, seemingly unnatural, flickering patterns — usually, scientists detect a faraway planet by measuring the regular drops in brightness that occur as it passes in front of its sun, but KIC 8462852 is different. It exhibits extreme drops in brightness, up to 22 percent at one moment, and there appears to be no pattern to the light show. For comparison, a planet the size of Jupiter normally drops in brightness by just 1 percent as it crosses the sun, according The Washington Post. The star’s weird behavior remains unexplained, but scientists have a few ideas about its origins — including a massive alien structure.

The alien theory is a long-shot, according to Yale University astronomer Tabetha Boyajian and Penn State University researcher Jason Wright, but they think it’s worth considering in KIC 8462852’s case. Wright helped develop a protocol for spotting alien civilizations, The Washington Post reports, and he says the flickering around this star could be “a swarm of megastructures” built to collect solar energy.

“Aliens should always be the very last hypothesis you consider, but this looked like something you would expect an alien civilization to build,” Wright says.

Researchers are considering other natural explanations for KIC 8462852’s dimming, including monstrous crashes along the asteroid belt or another giant collision in the star’s neighborhood, resulting in unpredictable debris patterns. Or, a group of comets orbiting the star could have been disrupted by another star passing by, sending ice and rocks flying and explaining the dips in light. There are issues with all of these explanations — for example, it would be nearly impossible for us to catch the comet theory in action on a telescope that’s only been active since 2009. Nearly impossible, a lot like spotting an alien megastructure orbiting a planet. And remember, the light we receive is old, meaning any potential structures around KIC 8462852 were there back in Earth’s 6th century, The Washington Post says.

Wright, Boyajian and Andrew Siemion (director of the SETI Research Center at the University of California, Berkeley) plan to aim a huge radio dish at KIC 8462852 to see if it emits radio waves indicative of technological activity, The Atlantic reports. The first observation is scheduled for January, with a second next fall.

[Image credit: ESO/M. Kornmesser]

Source: The Washington Post, The Atlantic