Samsung Galaxy J2 (2017) vs Samsung Galaxy J5 (2017) Specs Comparison

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Samsung Galaxy J5 (2017)
Samsung Galaxy J2 (2017) Samsung Galaxy J5 (2017)
2000 mAh
3000 mAh
4.7-inch · 960x540px
5.2-inch · 1280x720px
Single camera
Single camera
1GB · 8GB
2GB · 16GB
Released · Jul 04, 2017

Availability

Officially announced
Oct 11, 2017 Jun 06, 2017

Design

Dimensions
5.37 x 2.72 x 0.33 inches
136.5 x 69 x 8.4 mm
5.76 x 2.81 x 0.31 inches
146.3 x 71.3 x 7.9 mm
Weight
4.59 oz / 130.0 g 5.64 oz / 160.0 g
Materials
Back: Plastic Back: Metal
Biometrics
Fingerprint (touch)
Features
Touch sensitive control keys Touch sensitive control keys
Keys
Left: Volume control; Right: Lock/Unlock key Left: Volume control; Right: Lock/Unlock key
Colors
Black, Gold Black, Gold, Silver, Pink

Display

Size
4.7-inch, 64.62% screen-to-body 5.2-inch, 71.39% screen-to-body
Type
Super AMOLED Super AMOLED
Resolution
960x540px, 234 PPI 1280x720px, 282 PPI
Colors
16 777 216 16 777 216
PhoneArena Display Test
Bright Max (20% APL)
Untested Untested
Bright Min
Untested 3 (Average)

Hardware

System chip
Samsung Exynos Samsung Exynos 7 Octa 7870 (14 nm)
Processor
Quad-core
1300 MHz
Octa-core
1600 MHz
ARM Cortex-A53
GPU
Yes Mali-T830 MP2
Memory
1GB/8GB 2GB (LPDDR3)/16GB
Storage expansion
microSDXC up to 128 GB microSDXC up to 256 GB
OS
Android (6.0 Marshmallow) Android (9.0 Pie, 8.1 Oreo, 7.0 Nougat)

Battery

Type
2000 mAh 3000 mAh

Camera

Rear
Single camera Single camera
Main camera
5 MP (Autofocus, CMOS image sensor) 13 MP (Autofocus)
Aperture size: F1.7
Flash
LED LED
Video recording
720p (30 fps)
Video calling, Video sharing
1080p (30 fps)
Video calling, Video sharing
Front
2 MP 13 MP (Flash)
Video capture: 1080p

Connectivity & Features

Bluetooth
4.1 4.1
WLAN
b,g,n
Wi-Fi Direct
802.11 b, g, n
a,b,g,n,ac,dual-band
Wi-Fi Direct, Hotspot
802.11 a, b, g, n, ac
USB
microUSB, USB 2.0 microUSB, USB 2.0
Sensors
Accelerometer, Proximity sensor Accelerometer, Gyroscope, Compass, Hall (for flip covers), Ambient light sensor, Proximity sensor
Location
GPS, Glonass GPS, A-GPS, Glonass, BeiDou
Other
VoIP, Tethering, Computer sync, OTA sync NFC, ANT+, Tethering, Computer sync, OTA sync

Multimedia

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

Cellular

4G (FDD) Bands
1, 3, 5, 8, 20 1, 3, 5, 7, 8, 20
4G (TDD) Bands
40 40
3G Bands
5, 8, 2, 1 5, 8, 4, 2, 1
Data Speed
LTE, HSPA, HSUPA, UMTS LTE-A Cat 6 (300/50 Mbit/s), HSDPA+ (4G) 42.2 Mbit/s, HSUPA 5.76 Mbit/s
Dual SIM
Yes
SIM type
Micro SIM Nano SIM
VoLTE
Yes

Phone Features

Notifications
Haptic feedback Haptic feedback
Other features
Voice dialing, Voice commands, Voice recording Voice dialing, Voice commands, Voice recording

Regulatory Approval

FCC approval
Date approved: May 03, 2017
FCC ID value: A3LSMJ530F
Measured SAR
Head: 0.12 W/kg
Body: 0.89 W/kg
Simultaneous Transmission: 1.58 W/kg
Wireless Router: 1.01 W/kg
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