  Samsung has announced the Galaxy J5 and Galaxy J7 smartphones in Europe and are priced at EUR 279 and EUR 339 respectively. The main highlights of these devices are its metal design, fingerprint sensor, VoLTE support, and Android 7.0 Nougat OS. Samsung has also confirmed that the Galaxy J3 will be made available in Europe as well. In Europe it will be priced at EUR 219.
The Galaxy J3 was launched earlier in the US by AT&T. There are several differences between the AT&T variant and the Europe variant includes - 2GB RAM, 13 megapixel rear camera, 5 megapixel front camera, and 2400 mAh battery. The dimensions are at 143.2x70.3x8.2mm. The Samsung Galaxy J3 will be made available sometime in August in Europe.
Samsung Galaxy J5 runs on Android 7.0 Nougat and supports a dual-SIM slot. It features a 5.2 inch HD Super AMOLED display with 720 x 1280 pixels resolution and is powered by the 1.6GHz Exynos 7870 octa-core processor with Mali T830 GPU and 2GB RAM. It will come with 16GB internal storage that is further expandable up to 256GB using microSD card.
Galaxy J5 sports a 13 megapixel rear and front camera with LED flash on both sides. The smartphone is power backed by a 3000 mAh battery. Foe connectivity, Galaxy J5 includes - 4G VoLTE, Wi-Fi 802.11 b/g/n, Bluetooth 4.1, Micro USB port, and GPS. The device measures 146.3×71.3×7.9mm.
Samsung Galaxy J7 sports a 5.5 inch full-HD display with 1080 x 1920 pixels resolution, a USB Type-C port, 3GB RAM, and IP54 rated splash resistance. It is power backed by a 3600 mAh battery.
The Samsung Galaxy J5 and Samsung Galaxy J7 will be made available in Black and Gold colour variants. The J5 will be available by the end of June while the J7 will arrive sometime in July. The back sports a new curved antenna design, and a vertical camera capsule at the top. The fingerprint scanner is housed underneath the Home Button situated right below the display. The navigation buttons are capacitive in nature and the power button and volume keys are situated on the left and right edge respectively. |