While Samsung has promised a complete makeover of its entire smartphone lineup this year, the Galaxy J7 and the Galaxy J5 actually came with the same bland designs of the previous Samsung mid-range handsets.
Compared for example with the Huawei P8lite, the Galaxy J7 actually struggles to even deserve a second look. The Chinese smartphone maker has obviously come out with a beautiful-looking smartphones for the mid-range, which many critics believe as the hands down title contender for the best designed mid-range smartphone of 2015.
What the Samsung Galaxy J7 lack in design and aesthetics, it actually made up for it with features that the Korean tech giant has been known to deliver on its mobile devices.
Both the Galaxy J7 and the Galaxy J5 look more like every other Galaxy smartphones in the market. They both feature anodized bodies, shiny, cheap-looking faux-metal side bezels, and the same monotonous overall design profile.
The Samsung Galaxy J7 actually looks a lot like the Samsung Galaxy Mega 6.3 launched in 2013, whose problem then was it being too slippery to grasp on the hands.
The Samsung Galaxy J5 and the Samsung Galaxy J7 actually signal the Korean tech giant’s response to the heavy hitters in the global mid-range handset currently dominated by Motorola, Sony, Xiaomi, among other players.