SAMSUNG GALAXY J7 - SPECIFICATIONS, PROS AND CONS

Samsung has now presented in China their models of  entry-level smartphone series Galaxy J. As expected, these are the Samsung Galaxy J5 SM-J500 with 5 inches and the Galaxy J7 SM-J700 with 5.5 inches.

Both smartphones offer each a HD resolution of 1280 x 720 pixels and as a special front a 5MP Selfiecam with LED flash and wide-angle lens. In this post we are going to review about all new samsung galaxy j7.


Galaxy j7's features start with the 5.5" Super AMOLED screen (Samsung's latest units have all had accurate colors and great sunlight legibility). There's also a 64-bit octa-core processor, a selfie camera with a dedicated LED flash and a main camera with a wide f/1.9 aperture and Pro mode.

Samsung launches the Galaxy J7 and J5 Galaxy in China in the color options, black and white. The Galaxy J5 is for around 1,400 yuan (~ 200 Euro) and the Galaxy J7 for 1,800 yuan (256 euros).

     PROS OF GALAXY J7

• Good camera and battery life
• 720p display, 
• Supports 4G LTE
• Android 5.1 lollipop with good processor

     CONS OF GALAXY J7

• 1080p screen would have been better 
• No fingerprint, no NFC on some models and certainly no Samsung Pay
• No MHL (but USB OTG is supported)

SPECIFICATIONS

BODY
Dimensions 152.2 x 78.7 x 7.5 mm (5.99 x 3.10 x 0.30 in)
Weight 171 g (6.03 oz)
SIM Optional Dual SIM (Micro-SIM, dual stand-by)

DISPLAY
Type Super AMOLED capacitive touchscreen, 16M colors
Size 5.5 inches (~69.6% screen-to-body ratio)
Resolution 720 x 1280 pixels (~267 ppi pixel density)
Multitouch Yes

HARDWARE AND SOFTWARE
OS Android OS, v5.1 (Lollipop)
Chipset Qualcomm Snapdragon 615
Exynos 7580
CPU   Quad-core 1.4 GHz Cortex-A53 & quad-core 1.0 GHz Cortex-A53 Octa-core 1.5 GHz
GPU Adreno 405
Mali-T720MP2

MEMORY
Card slot microSD, up to 128 GB
Internal 16 GB, 1.5 GB RAM

CAMERA
Primary 13 MP, 4128 x 3096 pixels, autofocus, LED flash, check quality
Features Geo-tagging, touch focus, face detection, panorama
Video 1080p@30fps, check quality
Secondary 5 MP, LED flash

OTHER  FEATURES
Sensors Accelerometer, proximity
Messaging SMS(threaded view), MMS, Email, Push Mail, IM
Browser HTML5
Java No
 - ANT+ support
- Active noise cancellation with dedicated mic
- MP4/WMV/H.264 player
- MP3/WAV/WMA/eAAC+/FLAC player
- Photo/video editor
- Document viewer

CONNECTIVITY
WLAN Wi-Fi 802.11 b/g/n, Wi-Fi Direct, hotspot
Bluetooth    v4.1, A2DP
GPS    Yes, with A-GPS, GLONASS
NFC    Yes (Snapdragon model only)
Radio FM radio with RDS; recording
USB  microUSB v2.0

BATTERY
Li-Ion 3000 mAh battery
Stand-by
Talk time Up to 18 h (3G)
Music play Up to 76 h

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