Samsung has made sure its promise to serve fans who cherish affordable smartphones. Here is Samsung Galaxy J3 Aura, a mobile phone without all the frills and fanfare of a high-end Samsung smartphone. Everything in the mobile phone is reduced to the barest minimum that one will be wondering if this is another schoolboy dream.
The Samsung Galaxy J3 Aura was released in the early days of November 2018. In this review, we will examine areas such as design, display, price, camera, performance, and other features of Samsung Galaxy J3 Aura.
Design and Display of Samsung Galaxy J3 Aura
Design body type in this Samsung smartphone is mainly ceramic. Dimensions are 142.2 x 71.1 x 8.89 mm and it weighs 152 grams. However, it comes only in black color. This device is not water resistant, has no fingerprint reader, and has no secondary display. Even face recognition tech is not found herein.
Display type is TFT capacitive touch screen of 16 million display colors. The screen size is 5 inches, pixel density is 294 ppi, pixels resolution is 1280 x 720, and aspect ratio is 16:9. On a positive note, there is display protection for Samsung Galaxy J3 Aura. It comes in 2.5D curved glass screen.
Camera Features
The primary camera is a single 8 MP lens which comes with LED flash technology. It is able to produce less than quality images and videos of FHD recording option. The video comes out in 720p@30fps.
At the front there is a 5 MP selfie camera that is devoid of front flash option.
Other important camera features are geotagging, touch focus, face detection, panorama, auto focus, and HDR.
Hardware and Software
Android OS v8.0 Oreo is the operating system in the device. This should be able to update to the latest Android 9 Pie. However, the chipset is Samsung Exynos 7 Quad 7570 processor, Quad-core 1400 MHz, ARM Cortex A53, running on 64-bit. But the GPU is Mali T720 MP1.
Storage Capacity and Sensors in Samsung Galaxy J3 Aura
Provision is made for 2GB internal memory which cannot be expanded. However, the internal storage of 16GB can be expanded up to 400GB with microSD card.
Sensors include accelerometer, proximity, ambient light, compass, and gyro.
Network and Connectivity
Samsung Galaxy J3 Aura has internet connectivity of 2G, 3G and 4G. Furthermore, it is able to handle GSM, HSPA, LTE networks. This is operated through the use of a single SIM card in a dedicated slot.
Other connectivity features are Bluetooth, GPS, A-GPS, GLONASS, Wi-Fi, mobile hotspot, microUSB 2.0 with OTG, 3.5mm headphone jack. However, there is no HDMI, NFC, or infrared in this device.
Battery Life
Powering this device is a Li-Ion 2600 mAh removable battery which has no wireless charging and no fast charging technology. Also, the talk time and standby time have not been specified. However, the movie playback time is up to 15 hours.
Price and Availability
The device price is unclear at the moment. We will keep you updated on that soon. Regarding the availability, Samsung Galaxy J3 Aura will soon arrive in various online stores towards the end of the month of November 2018.
Samsung Galaxy J3 Aura Full Technical Specification
General
- Device Type
Smartphone
- Model
Samsung Galaxy J3 Aura (US Cellular)
- Announced
Nov-2018
- Released
Nov-2018
- Status
Available
Design
- Type
Bar
- Dimensions
142.2 mm x 71.1 mm x 8.89 mm (
- Weight
152 g (5.36 oz)
- Colors
Black
- Waterproof No
- Fingerprint No
- Face Recognition
No
- Dedicated Keys
Volume, Power
- Device Security
Power, Pin, Password, Pattern, Slide
- Features
-Ceramic body
Display
- Display Type
TFT, Capacitive touch screen
- Size
5-inch
- Secondary Display
No
- Touch Screen
Yes, Multi touch
- Pixel Density
~294 PPI
- Resolution
1280 x 720 Pixels
- Display Colors
16 M
- Display Protection Yes
- Features
-2.5D curved glass
-16:9 aspect ratio
Network
- Supported Network
GSM/ HSPA/ LTE
- 2G Network
GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900 MHz
- 3G Network
GSM 850 / 900 / 1900 / 2100 MHz
- 4G Network
LTE Band 2, 4, 5, 12
- SIM
Nano SIM
- Hybrid Sim Yes
- Dual SIM
No, Single Sim
Hardware
- CPU
1.3 GHz Quad-core
- GPU
–
- RAM (Memory)
2 GB
- Internal Storage
16 GB
- Card Slot
Upto 400 GB (micro SD)
- Dedicated slot
Yes
- Sensors
Accelerometer
Proximity
Light
Compass
Gyro
Software
- Operating System
Android OS v8.0 Oreo
- Java Support No
- Youtube Yes
- Facebook Yes
Messaging
- SMS
Yes (threaded view)
- MMS Yes
Yes
- IM Yes
Camera
- Primary
8 MP
- Flash
LED
- Front
5 MP
- Front Flash
No
- Video
720p@30fps
- Camera Features
Geotagging
Touch focus
Face detection
Panorama
Autofocus
HDR
Connectivity
- Bluetooth
Yes, v4.2, A2DP
- Infrared No
- Wi-fi
Yes, Wi-Fi 802.11 b/g/n, WiFi direct, dual band
- Wi-fi Hotspot Yes
- GPS
Yes, A-GPS, GLONASS
- NFC No
- Wireless Charging
No
- Headphone Jack Yes
- HDMI No
- USB
Micro USB 2.0 with OTG
Data
- GPRS Yes
- EDGE Yes
- Speed
42.2 Mbps (HSDPA), 5.76 Mbps;(HSUPA), LTE 150/ 50 Mbps
- Web Browser
HTML 5
Media
- Video Format
3GP, M4V, H.263, H.264, MOV, AVI, xVID, WMV, FLV, MP4, H.265
- Audio Format
MP3, eAAC+, WAV, Flac player
- FM Radio
Yes
- Alert Types
Vibration, MP3
- Ring Tones
Wav ring tones
- Loudspeaker
Yes
Battery
- Battery Type
Li-Ion (Lithium Ion)
- Capacity
2600mAH
- Placement
Removable
- Movie Playback
Up to 15 hrs
MISC
- Features
- Active noise cancellation with dedicated mic
2. Document viewer
3. Photo and video editor
4. Bixby support
5. Smart switch (PC version)
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