5-inch Samsung Galaxy J3 coming soon as a new affordable Android smartphone?

posted by Florin T. / Oct 08, 2015, 10:36 AM

5-inch Samsung Galaxy J3 coming soon as a new affordable Android smartphone?

Last month, Samsung unveiled the Galaxy J2 (pictured on the left) in India, and it looks like now it's getting ready to introduce another member of the Galaxy J series: the J3.

Recently benchmarked over at GFXBench and Geekbench, the Galaxy J3 (model number SM-J3109) seems to be larger, and more advanced than the J2. Apparently, the upcoming handset sports a 5-inch display with 720 x 1280 pixels - a clear improvement over the 4.7-inch, 540 x 960 pixels screen of the J2. The new handset also seems to feature an 8 MP rear camera, a 5 MP front-facing camera, 1 GB of RAM, and 8 GB of expandable internal memory. As for the processor that's powering the J3, this is a quad-core, 64-bit Qualcomm Snapdragon 410 clocked at 1.2 GHz.

At the moment, the Samsung Galaxy J3 runs Android 5.1.1. We don't know where, and neither when the new smartphone will be available to buy, though it's probably safe to assume that it's going to be affordable. In any case, Samsung's Galaxy J series is slowly but surely growing: the J3 will be the family's fifth member, after the Galaxy J1, Galaxy J2, Galaxy J5, and Galaxy J7.

Coming soon - Samsung Galaxy J3

Coming soon - Samsung Galaxy J3

sources: GFXBench, Geekbench via Winfuture, SamMobile

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11 Comments

1. Nathan_ingx

Posts: 4766; Member since: Mar 07, 2012

Samsung has offered too many affordable options that affordable is becoming too cheap. Pun intended.

posted on Oct 08, 2015, 10:40 AM 0

2. vladimir86

Posts: 85; Member since: Oct 15, 2011

Really? Whats gona be the price? I gues around 350$ no?

posted on Oct 08, 2015, 10:53 AM 0

3. vishalaestro

Posts: 81; Member since: Dec 08, 2013

the asus zenfone 2 laser is the clear winner here.

posted on Oct 08, 2015, 11:38 AM 0

4. HASHTAG unregistered

I honestly do not get Samsung.

posted on Oct 08, 2015, 11:43 AM 0

5. nepalisherpa

Posts: 334; Member since: Jul 17, 2015

It's amazing how they can release so many models. Why not only have 4 models/phones (a Note series, a flagship, a mid-range, and a low-range) and support them really well?

posted on Oct 08, 2015, 1:12 PM 4

6. downphoenix

Posts: 3165; Member since: Jun 19, 2010

I guess the people in the R&D depts at Samsung must be very convincing.

posted on Oct 08, 2015, 3:48 PM 0

10. yoosufmuneer

Posts: 1518; Member since: Feb 14, 2015

Different Phones for different Markets. Even in their Flagship phones there are a ton of different models. But I don't get it either.

posted on Oct 09, 2015, 3:00 AM 0

7. Hexa-core

Posts: 2131; Member since: Aug 11, 2015

Let's wait for it's price

posted on Oct 08, 2015, 5:05 PM 0

8. aegislash

Posts: 1427; Member since: Jan 27, 2015

Didn't Samsung say they were going to be making less devices this year? Not sure of the total count but it seems like a new device is either rumored or revealed every week.