Description
Samsung Galaxy J7 2016 16GBSamsung's J-lineup may be following the Galaxy S and A-series from a respectful distance - but is in perfect lockstep in terms of upgrades. While the flagship pair and the upper midrange A-series are understandably grabbing the global headlines, the Samsung Galaxy J7 (2016) was first announced for a number of Asian markets.
The affordable J-series are betting big on India - where the big-screened ringleader has been a popular choice. However, we found the original Samsung Galaxy J7 quite capable of making a splash in Europe too, and it didn't disappoint.
Less than a year later, the new generation is out and it looks perfectly happy with simply putting a proven formula to work.
The Galaxy J7 (2016) gets a new metal finish, a bigger battery and Marshmallow on top of a more recent, and slightly more capable, chipset. All welcome upgrades for the most prominent of the J-series but that's all Samsung could afford and stay on budget.
Specifications:
Network
Technology: GSM / HSPA / LTE
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, 83.4 cm2 (~72.3% screen-to-body ratio)
- Resolution: 720 x 1280 pixels, 16:9 ratio (~267 ppi density)
- Multitouch: Yes
Platform
- Operating System: Android 6.0.1 (Marshmallow), upgradable to 7.0 (Nougat)
- Chipset: Qualcomm MSM8952 Snapdragon 617
- Exynos 7870 Octa
- CPU: Octa-core (4x1.6 GHz Cortex-A53 & 4x1.0 GHz Cortex-A53)
- Octa-core 1.6 GHz Cortex-A53
- GPU: Adreno 405
- Mali-T830 MP1
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: 1080p@30fps, 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: 4.1, A2DP
- GPS: Yes, with A-GPS, GLONASS, BDS
- NFC: Yes (market dependent for dual-SIM model)
- Radio: FM radio, RDS, recording
- USB: microUSB 2.0, USB On-The-Go
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