Samsung has announced a new mid-range smartphone in its relatively-new J-series of phones with the new Galaxy J3. The smartphone stacks up with in terms of specs with the recently announced Galaxy J5 and the Galaxy On5.
The phone’s main selling point will be the display itself, which is a moderately-sized 5-inch screen with 720p HD resolution. Moreover, it has an AMOLED panel, so the colors should be quite punchy.
Under the hood, you’ll find a 1.2 GHz quad-core processor with 1.5 GB worth of RAM and 8 GB of storage. It is further expandable via microSD to 128 GB.
At the back is an 8-megapixel camera with LED Flash, with 1080p video recording capabilities. The front camera is a respectable 5-megapixel selfie shot taker.
The connectivity options for the J3 smartphone include 4G LTE, a bonus for a mid-ranger of a phone. Battery capacity is set at a respectable 2,600 mAh, which should please a lot of people with battery range anxiety. After all, you don’t see such capacities in many midrange phones today.
Pricing details are not known right now. The phone is available in China and should see a wider rollout in the coming few weeks.
Samsung J3 Specifications:
CPU:2 GHz quad-core
OS: Android 5.1.1 Lollipop, customized with TouchWiz UI
Supported Networks:2G, 3G, 4G LTE
Display:
5″ AMOLED display with 720p (720 x 1280) resolution
Memory:
RAM: 1.5 GB
Internal:8 GB
Card slot: yes, expandable by up to 128 GB
Camera:
Primary:8 megapixels with LED Flash, 1080p video
Secondary:5 megapixel
Battery:2,600 mAh, removable
