Samsung has launched yet another entry-level smartphone in the Galaxy J series called the Galaxy J3 Prime. This budgeted smartphone comes with a Samsung Exynos processor and has a good size battery. There is a physical home button on the front panel of the device but looks like it doesn’t have the support of a fingerprint scanner on the physical home button.
The Galaxy J3 Prime is currently available in the US where its available from the retailer T-Mobile with a 24-month contract priced at $6 per month and $150 without any contract. The device is also available via Metro PCS priced at just $69. So you can buy it from these retailers at an eye-catching low price and with a Black colour option.
The Galaxy J3 Prime comes with a 5-inch HD display with 1280 × 720 pixels resolution and it’s powered by a 1.4 GHz quad-core Exynos 7570 14nm processor that also comes with the Mali-T720 GPU for a better gaming experience. It comes with 1.5GB of RAM along with 16GB internal storage capacity and this storage is also expandable with the help of a microSD card.
It runs on the Android 7.0 Nougat OS out of the box. It features a 5-megapixel camera with LED flash and also comes with a 2-megapixel front-facing selfie camera. It is backed up by a 2,600mAh battery and supports connectivity options such as 4G LTE, Wi-Fi 802.11 ac, Bluetooth 4.1 and GPS. It measures 139.7×69.85×8.89mm and weighs 148 grams.
To recall, the Galaxy J3 Pro was launched with a 5-inch HD Super AMOLED display with 1280 x 720 pixels resolution. It is powered by the 1.2 GHz quad-core Qualcomm Snapdragon 410 (MSM8916 ) 64-bit processor with Adreno 306 GPU. It has 2GB of RAM and 16GB of internal storage capacity with up to 128GB expandable storage with a microSD card slot.
It runs on the Android 5.1 (Lollipop) OS and features an 8-megapixel autofocus rear camera with LED flash and f/2.2 aperture and a 5-megapixel front-facing camera with f/2.2 aperture. It is backed up by a 2600mAh battery and connectivity options include 4G LTE / 3G HSPA+, Wi-Fi 802.11 b/g/n, Bluetooth 4.1, GPS, NFC, 3.5mm audio jack and FM Radio. It measures 142.2 x 71.3 x 8 mm and weighs 139 grams.