Samsung Galaxy J7 2016 Edition was announced in April 2016 and is already available on leading online retail shops. The Galaxy J7 (2016) features a 5.5-inch touchscreen Super AMOLED display with 1080 x 720pixel display. The entire smartphone measures 151.70 x 76.00 x 7.80 mm and weighs 170 grams.
The Samsung Galaxy J7 2016 edition comes equipped with a 1.6GHz octa-core processor with both Exynos 7870 and Snapdragon 615 models available, depending on the market. The smartphpone equally features a 2GB RAM and 16GB of internal storage which is expandable up to 128GB via microSD slot.
Furthermore, the Samsung Galaxy J7 (2016) sports a 13-megapixel primary camera at its rear and a 5-megapixel front facing camera. The smartphone runs on Android 6.0 Marshmallow out-of-the-box and crams a 3,300mAh battery under its hood.
Connectivity options available on the dual-SIM Samsung Galaxy J7 2016 edition include Wi-Fi, GPS, Bluetooth, 3G, 4G LTE. There are also proximity sensor, Ambient light sensor, Accelerometer sensors on the phone.
Samsung Galaxy J7 2016 Price in Nigeria, Ghana, India, Kenya
The Samsung Galaxy J7 2016 Edition is presently available in Nigeria and the price hovers around N115,000 – N120,000.
Specs Table for the Samsung Galaxy J7 2016
| NETWORK | Technology | GSM / HSPA / LTE |
|---|
| LAUNCH | Announced | 2016, March |
|---|---|---|
| Status | Available. Released 2016, April |
| BODY | Dimensions | 151.7 x 76 x 7.8 mm (5.97 x 2.99 x 0.31 in) |
|---|---|---|
| Weight | 170 g (6.00 oz) | |
| SIM | Single SIM (Micro-SIM) or Dual SIM (Micro-SIM, dual stand-by) |
| DISPLAY | Type | Super AMOLED capacitive touchscreen, 16M colors |
|---|---|---|
| Size | 5.5 inches (~72.3% screen-to-body ratio) | |
| Resolution | 720 x 1280 pixels (~267 ppi pixel density) | |
| Multitouch | Yes |
| PLATFORM | OS | Android OS, v6.0.1 (Marshmallow) |
|---|---|---|
| Chipset | Qualcomm MSM8952 Snapdragon 617 Exynos 7870 Octa | |
| CPU | Octa-core (4×1.6 GHz Cortex-A53 & 4×1.0 GHz Cortex-A53) Octa-core 1.6 GHz Cortex-A53 | |
| GPU | Adreno 405 Mali-T830MP2 |
| MEMORY | Card slot | microSD, up to 256 GB (dedicated slot) |
|---|---|---|
| Internal | 16 GB, 2 GB RAM |
| CAMERA | Primary | 13 MP, f/1.9, 28mm, autofocus, LED flash, check quality |
|---|---|---|
| Features | Geo-tagging, touch focus, face detection, panorama, HDR | |
| Video | [email protected], check quality | |
| Secondary | 5 MP, f/1.9, LED flash |
| SOUND | Alert types | Vibration; MP3, WAV ringtones |
|---|---|---|
| Loudspeaker | Yes | |
| 3.5mm jack | Yes |
| COMMS | WLAN | Wi-Fi 802.11 b/g/n, Wi-Fi Direct, hotspot |
|---|---|---|
| Bluetooth | v4.1, A2DP | |
| GPS | Yes, with A-GPS, GLONASS/ BDS (region dependent) | |
| NFC | Yes | |
| Radio | FM radio, RDS, recording | |
| USB | microUSB v2.0 |
| FEATURES | Sensors | Accelerometer, proximity |
|---|---|---|
| Messaging | SMS(threaded view), MMS, Email, Push Mail, IM | |
| Browser | HTML5 | |
| Java | No | |
| – ANT+ support – MP4/WMV/H.264 player – MP3/WAV/WMA/eAAC+/FLAC player – Photo/video editor – Document viewer |
| BATTERY | Removable Li-Ion 3300 mAh battery | |
|---|---|---|
| Talk time | Up to 23 h (3G) | |
| Music play | Up to 96 h |
| MISC | Colors | White, Black, Gold, Rose Gold |
|---|---|---|
| SAR US | 1.10 W/kg (head) 1.01 W/kg (body) | |
| SAR EU | 0.35 W/kg (head) 1.39 W/kg (body) | |
| Price group | 6/10 |
| TESTS | Performance | Basemark OS II – 999 / Basemark OS II 2.0 – 1007 Basemark X – 11199 |
|---|---|---|
| Display | Contrast ratio – Infinite (nominal), 3.902 (sunlight) | |
| Camera | Photo / Video | |
| Loudspeaker | Voice 64dB / Noise 71dB / Ring 68dB | |
| Audio quality | Noise -92.4dB / Crosstalk -92.3dB | |
| Battery life | Endurance rating 101h |