Samsung Galaxy J5 (2016) and J7

(2016) prices finally revealed

Recently, we saw new 2016 models of the Galaxy

J5 and the Galaxy J7 series that were announced

in China. What was not revealed back then, were

the price tags. These are mid-range smartphones

that pack in quite a punch when it comes to their

hardware, and now we know their price tags as

well. Samsung Korea has put out a release, which

reveals that KT Corporation, Korea’s largest

telephone company will be selling both devices

and in the process, revealed their price tags for

China too.

The Samsung Galaxy J5 (2016) is priced

at KRW 290,000 (approximately Rs

17,000), while the Samsung Galaxy J7

(2016) has been priced at KRW 363,000

(approximately Rs 21,000).

Both smartphones pack in some interesting

hardware and also a new design that features a

metal frame. The bigger Galaxy J7 (2016)

packs in a 5.5-inch Full HD Super AMOLED

display sporting a pixel density of 402ppi. The

same is powered by an octa-core processor

(make not specified in the listing) and clocked

at 1.6GHz with 3GB RAM and 16GB of

internal storage. The smartphone supports

microSD cards of up to 128GB in capacity.

There is a 13MP camera on the back and

a 5MP front-facing camera. Both cameras

feature an f/1.9 aperture lens and an LED

flash. Coming to connectivity, we get 4G

LTE bands, NFC, Wi-Fi and Bluetooth

V4.1. The smartphone weighs in at 170

grams and packs in a 3300mAh battery.

Coming to the smaller Samsung Galaxy

J5 (2016), it sports a 5.2-inch HD Super

AMOLED display and comes powered

by a 1.2GHz quad-core processor with

2GB of RAM. There is a 13MP camera

on the back and a 5MP camera up front.

The phone weighs 159 grams and packs

in a 3,100 mAh battery.

Last year, Samsung launched the 2015

models of the Galaxy J5 and Galaxy J7 in

India at Rs 11,999 and Rs 14,999

respectively.