{"id":14197,"date":"2017-02-25T13:13:02","date_gmt":"2017-02-25T11:13:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.pricecheck.co.za\/?p=14197"},"modified":"2017-05-16T11:18:37","modified_gmt":"2017-05-16T09:18:37","slug":"review-samsung-galaxy-j1-mini","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"\/blog\/review-samsung-galaxy-j1-mini\/","title":{"rendered":"Review: Samsung Galaxy J1 MINI"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Looking for a low cost phone from a well-known manufacturer? Then, your search is over \u2013 introducing the Samsung J1 MINI, the younger brother of the J1 (2016). So, what has this whippersnapper got to offer?<\/p>\n<p>This is an ultra-budget-friendly phone and so you can\u2019t expect to find any bells and whistles; its price tag means that many features have had to be downgraded and\/or cut.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_14345\" style=\"width: 310px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-14345\" class=\"wp-image-14345 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.pricecheck.co.za\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/Samsung-J1-mini-300x225.jpg\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-14345\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">J1 MINI<\/p><\/div>\n<p>This begs the question, is the J1 MINI worth it? Well, if you\u2019re an Android fan, but are cost-conscious at the same time, then you should definitely consider it.<\/p>\n<p>Even though there\u2019s only 8 GB of onboard memory, it has a microSD card slot that is expandable up to 256 GB! So, pop in a memory card and you\u2019ll have more than enough storage space for your multimedia.<\/p>\n<p>The Samsung J series is diverse and this ensures that whatever your budget, you\u2019ll find a phone that suits you.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Key specs<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>4.0\u201d TFT capacitive touchscreen<\/li>\n<li>Resolution: 480 X 800 pixels<\/li>\n<li>5 MP camera<\/li>\n<li>VGA front-facing camera<\/li>\n<li>720p video recording<\/li>\n<li>Android OS, v5.1 (Lollipop)<\/li>\n<li>Spreadtrum SC9830 Chipset<\/li>\n<li>Quad-core 1.2 GHz Cortex-A7<\/li>\n<li>microSD SIM 2 Slot, expandable up to 256 GB<\/li>\n<li>768 MB RAM<\/li>\n<li>8 GB built-in memory<\/li>\n<li>Wi-Fi 802.11 b\/g\/n, Wi-Fi Direct, hotspot<\/li>\n<li>Bluetooth: 0, A2DP<\/li>\n<li>microUSB v2.0<\/li>\n<li>Removable Li-Ion 1500 mAh battery<\/li>\n<li>Up to 8 h talk time (3G)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>\u00a0<\/strong><strong>Pros: <\/strong>Affordable; compact; HD video recording; good battery endurance; impressive speaker; microSD card slot<\/p>\n<p><strong>Cons: <\/strong>Made of plastic; the display isn\u2019t amazing; sub-par camera that is fix-focused; washed out display; no auto light sensor<\/p>\n<p><strong>Verdict: 6\/10<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.pricecheck.co.za\/offers\/83437291\/Samsung+Galaxy+J1+mini+8GB+White?sst=galaxy+j1+mini+samsung%2Cfkey&amp;ssp=1&amp;sso=0&amp;rc=rgroup2\"><strong>Samsung Galaxy J1 MINI available from R1,599<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Looking for a low cost phone from a well-known manufacturer? Then, your search is over \u2013 introducing the Samsung J1 MINI, the younger brother of the J1 (2016). So, what has this whippersnapper got to offer? This is an ultra-budget-friendly phone and so you can\u2019t expect to find any bells and whistles; its price tag<\/p>\n<div class=\"read-more\"><a href=\"\/blog\/review-samsung-galaxy-j1-mini\/\" title=\"Read More\">Read More<\/a><\/div>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":14351,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mi_skip_tracking":false,"amp_status":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[91],"tags":[1744,1746,1745],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/Samsung-J1-mini-feature.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14197"}],"collection":[{"href":"\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=14197"}],"version-history":[{"count":8,"href":"\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14197\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":16179,"href":"\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14197\/revisions\/16179"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/14351"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=14197"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=14197"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=14197"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}