Samsung launched two mid-range smartphones in June, the Galaxy J7 and the Galaxy J5, to warm consumer reception, and 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.
Although it is affordably priced just like the other mid-range smartphones including the Xiaomi Mi 4i, the Motorola Moto G 2nd Generation, the Sony Xperia E 4G, among several others, Samsung has evidently raised the bar in the market with the superb specifications and features of its Galaxy J series smartphones, notes Gadgets NDTV.
The mid-range smartphones both run on Android 5.1.1 Lollipop out of the box and both came out on its home market in South Korea followed by its biggest market in China in June, before making it to India in July and other Asian markets.
Just like the Samsung Galaxy S6 and the Samsung Galaxy S6 Edge, Samsung launched the Samsung Galaxy J7 and the Samsung Galaxy J5 to validate its reputation for simultaneously launching products that are almost similarly priced and features.
Stirring up a storm
However, the Samsung Galaxy J7 is the more top-of-the-line variant between the two mid-range handsets and reports have it that when it was launched in June, it has stirred a storm in the mid-range market segment.
The Galaxy J7 is larger than the Galaxy J5 with its 5.5-inch screen compared to the latter’s 5-inch display screen. However, both have the same 720 x 1280-pixel resolution
In terms of power under the hood, the Galaxy J7 is powered by a Qualcomm Snapdragon 610 chipset while the Galaxy J5 features the slightly inferior Qualcomm Snapdragon 410 processor. The Snapdragon 610 is an octa-core processor while the Snapdragon 410 is only quad-core.
However, the version of the Samsung Galaxy J7 that came out in India is powered by a 1.5GHz octa-core Exynos 7480 processor with 1.5GB of RAM. It also comes with a Mali T720MP2 GPU to ensure great graphics, notes MakTech Blog.
The Samsung Galaxy J7 comes with a 16GB built-in storage that is expandable up to 128GB using microSD card.
The versions of the Samsung Galaxy J7 and the Galaxy J5 that came out in India were running on Android 5.1 Lollipop and not on the much later Android 5.1.1 Lollipop.
Similarities and differences
The smartphones also have similar cameras. Both smartphones feature a 13-megapixel rear-facing camera that comes with a range of functionalities including face detection, autofocus, and LED flash.
In terms of memory, both the Galaxy J7 and the Galaxy J5 feature internal memory and an external memory card. While the high-end variants of the Samsung smartphones have started doing away with the external memory card support altogether, but these features have been maintained with both midrange handsets.
The Galaxy J5 is also lighter than the Galaxy J7 as it weighs only 145 grams compared to the latter which weighs 171 grams. The weight difference is attributed basically to the battery that each device is using.
When the two midrange handsets came out in the Indian retail market, the Samsung Galaxy J7 came with a retail price of $230.45 while the Samsung Galaxy J5 is worth $184.36.
Both the Samsung Galaxy J7 and the Samsung Galaxy J5 are being positioned by the Korean tech giant as an affordable device for gamers as they can potentially deliver smooth online gaming experience using 4G LTE connectivity.
Samsung has partnered with Airtel 4G so that both the Galaxy J7 and the Galaxy J5 would receive double Airtel 4G LTE data along with unlimited music downloads through the Wynk Music app.