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Samsung Galaxy J7 (2016) and Galaxy J5 (2016) Launched In India

Samsung has launched the two much awaited Galaxy smartphones in India. It has rolled out the latest edition of Galaxy J7 and Galaxy J5 smartphones. The Galaxy J series had the most loved Samsung smartphones last year, and the company has yet again promised to impress the consumers with its mid-range offerings.

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As far as the specs are concerned, both the smartphones offer beefed up hardware this time. On the software front, it has the latest Android 6.0 Marshmallow with Samsung’s TouchWiz UI on top. Both the phones have same cameras, both sport a 13 MP rear camera with f/1.9 aperture and LED flash, both also feature 5 MP front cameras that also has f/1.9 aperture.

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The Galaxy J7 (2016), has a 5.5 inch Super AMOLED HD (720×1280 pixels)  display with a 1.6 GHz octa-core processor under the hood. It has 2 GB of RAM with 16 GB of inbuilt storage that can further be increased up to 128 GB. It is backed by a 3300 mAh battery and weighs just 168 grams.

On the other hand the Samsung Galaxy J5 (2016) has a 5.2-inch HD (720×1280 pixels) Super AMOLED display and the processing is done by a quad-core processor clocked at 1.2GHz. It is also short of 1 GB RAM if compared to the elder sibling but the inbuilt storage is the same 16 GB, expandable up to 128. It is backed by a 3100mAh battery and weighs 158 grams.


Price and Availability

The Galaxy J7 (2016) has been priced at INR 15,990 and the J5 will cost INR 13,990. The smartphones are available exclusively on Flipkart and will go on sale on May 10, midnight. Airtel users will be given 30 GB free internet data with the smartphone.

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Abhishek Bhatnagar

Abhishek Bhatnagar, a known technology blogger & YouTuber from India. A Software Engineer by qualification, now he works as the editor-In-Chief, Webmaster, & Managing Director at Gadgets To Use. He runs a number of other technology websites as well.