Samsung Galaxy J5 Prime, Galaxy J7 Prime First Impressions

Samsung's Galaxy J-series smartphones have received decent response from the Indian market. The company registered a 10.9 percent growth over the previous quarter and 15 percent growth from the same period last year. According to a recent IDC data, updated versions of the Galaxy J2, J5, and J7 smartphones drove shipments in Q2 2016. The South Korean company, in an attempt to further cash in on the popularity of its J-series, has unveiled two new models - the Samsung Galaxy J7 Prime and Samsung Galaxy J5 Prime.

These two new devices do have a couple of new interesting features up it sleeves. But talking about the specs of these two devices, they do offer some interesting hardware for the price.

Before diving into the specifics of the new Galaxy J7 Prime and J5 Prime, we have to talk about the new S Power Planning & S Secure features that have been designed keeping Indian consumers in mind. S Power Planning makes its debut on the new J7 Prime and J5 Prime smartphones, and seems targeted at young users.

S Power Planning includes three features: Reserve Battery Capacity for calls, which allows the user to allocate a certain percentage of the battery for calls and messages; Extend Battery Time, which has three power-saving levels to choose from; and Forward Calls, which lets users forward calls to another number when the phone runs out of power. Extend Battery Time can give users up to twice the usual amount of battery life, as per a Samsung representative, but several phone features are disabled. S Power Planning could definitely come in handy for everyday use, as there will always be times when we forget or are unable to charge our phones ahead of a very busy day.

The second highlight feature is S Secure, which is focused on security and privacy. It includes options to lock and hide apps, secure folders with a fingerprint, and encrypt data being transferred over public Wi-Fi hotspots. The Secure Folder feature has been seen before, on the Galaxy Note 7.

Samsung has also included its S Bike mode on both the new smartphones.For user convenience, Samsung has placed the S Power Planning, S Secure, and S Bike mode toggles in the Quick Settings panel by default.

Specifications of the Galaxy J7 Prime include a 1.6GHz Exynos octa-core processor coupled with 3GB of RAM, a 5.5-inch Full HD (1920×1080 pixels) IPS display with 2.5D Corning Gorilla Glass 4 and dual-SIM card support. Other features include a 13MP rear camera with an f/1.9 aperture and LED flash, an 8MP front camera with an f/1.9 aperture, 16GB of inbuilt storage which is expandable via a microSD slot and accepts cards of up to 256GB in capacity.
There’s Android 6.0.1 Marshmallow, a fingerprint scanner embedded in the home button and a 3,300mAH battery. In the connectivity department the phone offers 4G LTE, Wi-Fi, GPS/ A-GPS, Bluetooth v4.1, microUSB with OTG, and a 3.5mm audio jack.
The J5 Prime is a smaller version of the J7 prime and features a more nimble quad-core processor, 2GB of RAM, 16GB of expandable storage, a 5-inch 720p display with a similar curved Gorilla Glass and a smaller 2,400mAH battery.

The smartphones are priced at Rs. 18,790 and Rs. 14,790 respectivelyWhile the Galaxy J7 Prime is officially available from Monday online, the Galaxy J5 Prime will go on sale from September-end.


According to Samsung, the smartphone will come with a special offer courtesy Vodafone where users get 10GB of 4G data at the price of 1GB for three months.

Source:gadget360|phoneradar|Samsung