{"id":14220,"date":"2017-04-12T10:00:11","date_gmt":"2017-04-12T08:00:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.pricecheck.co.za\/?p=14220"},"modified":"2017-05-16T09:26:28","modified_gmt":"2017-05-16T07:26:28","slug":"review-samsung-galaxy-j7-dual-16gb-lte","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"\/blog\/review-samsung-galaxy-j7-dual-16gb-lte\/","title":{"rendered":"Review: Samsung Galaxy J7 Dual 16 GB LTE"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The talking point is: screen size over resolution \u2013 did Samsung make the right choice? Everyone is going to have their own opinion on this one.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_14805\" style=\"width: 310px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-14805\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-14805\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.pricecheck.co.za\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/Samsung-Galaxy-J7-16GB-55-4G-insert-300x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/Samsung-Galaxy-J7-16GB-55-4G-insert-300x300.jpg 300w, \/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/Samsung-Galaxy-J7-16GB-55-4G-insert-150x150.jpg 150w, \/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/Samsung-Galaxy-J7-16GB-55-4G-insert.jpg 400w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-14805\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Galaxy J7<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Right off the bat, we can say that this has a BIG screen for what has been classified as a smartphone and not a phablet (the Note5\u2019s screen is only 0.2\u201d larger). What\u2019s worrying is that the 720p resolution looks stretched \u2013 1080p would have been a much better decision.<\/p>\n<p>The dual SIM does lend itself to being a great option for someone who travels a lot \u2013 the option to have two different plans is useful if your talk time is increased and if you spend much more time using apps such as Skype, Whatsapp than you would, socially.<\/p>\n<p>The battery endurance is not that impressive if you choose to use dual SIM \u2013 with a single SIM, the life is great.<\/p>\n<p><strong>\u00a0<\/strong><strong>Key specs<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>5.5\u201d Super AMOLED screen<\/li>\n<li>720p X 1280p resolution<\/li>\n<li>13 MP Camera, autofocus with LED flash<\/li>\n<li>5 MP front-facing camera, LED flash<\/li>\n<li><strong>Snapdragon 615 version:<\/strong>64-bit chipset, octa-core Cortex-A53 processor (four cores at 1.5GHz and four at 1GHz); Adreno 405 GPU; 1.5GB of RAM <strong>OR<\/strong> <strong>Exynos 7580 version:<\/strong>\u00a064-bit chipset, octa-core Cortex-A53 processor (eight cores at 1.5GHz);<\/li>\n<li>Mali-T720MP2 GPU; 1.5GB of RAM<\/li>\n<li>Android OS, v5.1 (Lollipop), upgradable to v6.0.1 (Marshmallow)<\/li>\n<li>microSD dedicated card slot (expandable up to 256 GB)<\/li>\n<li>microUSB v2.0<\/li>\n<li>1.5 GB RAM 16 GB<\/li>\n<li>Bluetooth\u00a0v4.1, A2DP<\/li>\n<li>Removable Li-Ion 3000 mAh battery<\/li>\n<li>Up to 18 h (3G) talk time<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Pros:<\/strong> Dual SIM phone with LTE connectivity; affordable; impressive performance; 4G LTE connectivity; impressive camera<\/p>\n<p><strong>Cons: <\/strong>Resolution seems stretched; very large screen; poor battery endurance (Dual SIM)<\/p>\n<p><strong>Verdict: Score: 7\/10<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.pricecheck.co.za\/offers\/91666277\/Samsung+Galaxy+J7+Dual+SIM+16GB+Black?sst=fkey%2Cc126&amp;ssp=6&amp;sso=1&amp;rc=default\"><strong>\u00a0Samsung Galaxy J7 Dual 16GB LTE available from R4,589<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The talking point is: screen size over resolution \u2013 did Samsung make the right choice? Everyone is going to have their own opinion on this one. Right off the bat, we can say that this has a BIG screen for what has been classified as a smartphone and not a phablet (the Note5\u2019s screen is<\/p>\n<div class=\"read-more\"><a href=\"\/blog\/review-samsung-galaxy-j7-dual-16gb-lte\/\" title=\"Read More\">Read More<\/a><\/div>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":15341,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mi_skip_tracking":false,"amp_status":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[91],"tags":[1734,1736,1735],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/samsung-galaxy-j7-dual.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14220"}],"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=14220"}],"version-history":[{"count":10,"href":"\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14220\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":16159,"href":"\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14220\/revisions\/16159"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/15341"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=14220"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=14220"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=14220"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}