Samsung has launched the company’s latest smartphone in the J-series – Galaxy J5 (2016) and Galaxy J7 (2016) in India at a price tag of Rs. 13,990 & Rs. 15,990 respectively. Both the smartphone comes in Gold, White and Black colour and will go on sale exclusively on Flipkart starting from midnight. In addition to this, both the phone comes with double data data offer from Airtel for 6 months. Originally, both the phone announced in China in the month of March.
Mr Manu Sharma, Vice President, Mobile Business, Samsung India Electronics, said,
“The Galaxy J Series has received a tremendous response from consumers. We are proud to share that owing to our consumer-centric approach and ability to bring valuable and meaningful innovations to the Indian consumers, J series has become India’s largest selling series of smartphones. Given the tremendous success of the J Series, we are happy to announce the expansion of the portfolio with the addition of Galaxy J7 and Galaxy J5 2016 that will elevate consumer experience to the next level.”
On the specifications, both the smartphone comes comes with metal frames and are the successor of the Samsung Galaxy J5 and Galaxy J7, which were launchd in India in July last year. Both the smartphone has 2GB of RAM and 16GB in-built memory which can be expanded further up to 129GB via microSD card. Bot the smartphone runs on Android 6.0.1 Marshmallow with Samsung Ui on top of it. Both the smartphone features 13-megapixel rear-camera with LED flash and 5-megapixel front-facing camera for selfie & video-calling. Both the smartphone comes with S Bike mode that was introduced in Galaxy J3 (2016) and ultra data saving (UDS) mode that is powered by Opera Max which compresses cellular data across all contents. Both the smartphone has dual SIM support and 4G LTE connectivity.
The Samsung Galaxy J5 (2016) features 5.2-inch HD Super AMOLED display with a resolution 1280 x 720 pixels and it is powered by quad-core processor which clocks at 1.2GHz. It packs 3100mAh battery. It measures 145.8×72.3×8.1mm and weigh 158 grams.
The Samsung Galaxy J7 (2016) features 5.5-inch HD Super Amoled display with a resolution of 1280 x 720 pixels and it is powered by an Exynos (model unspecified) octa-core processor clocked which clocks at 1.6GHz. It packs 3300mAh battery. It measures 151.7x76x7.8mm and 169 grams.