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Samsung Galaxy J5 Specs

7.7

User Score (3 reviews)

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Released

Jun 18, 2015

Display

5.0-inch
1280 x 720 px

Camera

13 MP Main
5 MP Selfie

Battery

2600 mAh

Storage

8GB

Hardware

Qualcomm Snapdragon 410
1.5GB RAM

OS

Android 6.0 Marshmallow

Description

The Samsung Galaxy J5 features a 5-inch display, quad-core Snapdragon 410 humming at 1.2GHz, a gigabyte and half of RAM, 8GB of storage for both the OS and your precious files. Fortunately, a microSD card slot is also a part of the feature mix. At the back, there's a 2,600mAh battery as well as a 13MP camera, complemented by a 5MP one at the front of the Galaxy J5.

This device is also known as Samsung SM-J500F

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Display
Size:	5.0-inch
Resolution:	1280 x 720 px, 294 PPI
Technology:	Super AMOLED
Screen-to-body:	67.53 %
Colors:	16 777 216
Features:	Ambient light sensor, Proximity sensor

Hardware
System chip:	Qualcomm Snapdragon 410 8916
Processor:	Quad-core, 1200 MHz, ARM Cortex-A53, 64-bit
GPU:	Adreno 306
RAM:	1.5GB
Internal storage:	8GB, available to use: 4.3 GB
Storage expansion:	microSDXC up to 128 GB
OS:	Android (6.0 Marshmallow, 5.1 Lollipop, 5.0 Lollipop)
Device type:	Smartphone

Battery
Capacity:	2600 mAh
Type:	User replaceable

Camera
Rear:	Single camera
Main camera:	13 MP (Autofocus, CMOS image sensor)
Specifications:	Aperture size: F1.9
Flash:	LED
Video recording:	1920x1080 (Full HD) (30 fps)
Features:	Video calling, Video sharing
Front:	5 MP (Flash)

Design Size comparison
Dimensions:	5.59 x 2.83 x 0.31 inches (142.1 x 71.8 x 7.9 mm)
Weight:	5.15 oz (146.0 g)
Features:	Touch sensitive control keys
Keys:	Left: Volume control; Right: Lock/Unlock key
Colors:	Black, Gold, White

Cellular
4G (FDD):	Bands 1(2100), 3(1800), 5(850), 7(2600), 8(900), 20(800 DD)
3G:	Bands 5(850), 8(900), 2(1900), 1(2100)
Data Speed:	LTE, HSPA, HSUPA
SIM type:	Micro SIM

Multimedia
Headphones:	3.5mm jack
Speakers:	Earpiece, Loudspeaker
Features:	Album art cover, Background playback
Screen mirroring:	Wireless screen share

Connectivity & Features
Bluetooth:	4.1
Wi-Fi:	802.11 b, g, n Wi-Fi Direct
USB:	microUSB, USB 2.0
Features:	Mass storage device, Charging
Location:	GPS, A-GPS, Glonass, BeiDou
Sensors:	Accelerometer
Other:	NFC, ANT+, Tethering, Computer sync, OTA sync

Phone features
Notifications:	Haptic feedback, Music ringtones (MP3), Polyphonic ringtones, Vibration, Flight mode, Silent mode, Speakerphone
Other features:	Voice dialing, Voice commands, Voice recording

Regulatory Approval
FCC approval:
Date approved:	Jun 30, 2015
FCC ID value:	A3LSMJ500F
Measured SAR:
Head:	0.58 W/kg
Body:	0.70 W/kg
Simultaneous Transmission:	1.13 W/kg
Wireless Router:	1.09 W/kg

Availability
Officially announced:	Jun 18, 2015

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Overall User Rating

(3 reviews)

7.7

Build quality

6.7

Camera quality

6.7

Performance

8.3

Display

7.7

Battery life and charging

7.3

red_fox

Arena Apprentice

Great phone

Posted: Nov 08, 2016, 5:53 AM

Phone owned for less than 3 months

Great rear camera . Very beautiful . Fast enough . Low levels of SAR The screen is awesome too . It is a pleasure to have Of course , there are faster phones but for me it is enough . For $170 is the best bang for the buck

jakub

Not recommend

Posted: Nov 02, 2016, 4:52 AM

Phone owned for less than 3 months

In plus system, phone it self is bad. Mostly by the quiet speaker, poor camera, and bad material.
Andoird works acceptable, using of the phone is fluent till the point when you want to do few things at once.

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What I like

android 6.0

What I don't like

Speaker is extremly quiet
poor camera
bad quality of material
strangely distributed buttons
navigation buttons are not lit.

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matej07

Arena Apprentice

Not so bad

Posted: Apr 01, 2016, 1:02 PM

Phone owned for less than a year

I have this phone for half a year now
battery door gets scratched very fast
cameras are good but they often don't focus right the first time
Front camera is very good for the phone of this price
battery is good i get 3hours of screen on time if i use mobile data and medium brightnes it takes very lonng to recharge
I love the display and UI speed is also very fast
limited storage is a problem but if you have micro sd card not so much
It is a solid phone for the cheap price

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