Samsung Galaxy J3 (2017) vs Samsung Galaxy S24 FE Specs Comparison

Availability

Officially announced
May 14, 2017	Oct 03, 2024
Prices (MSRP)
	$650

Design

Dimensions
5.55 x 2.76 x 0.34 inches 141 x 70.1 x 8.6 mm	6.38 x 3.04 x 0.31 inches (~0.38 inches with camera bump) 162 x 77.3 x 8 mm (~9.6 mm with camera bump)
Weight
5.22 oz (148.0 g)	7.51 oz (213.0 g)
Materials
	Back: Glass (Corning Gorilla Glass Victus+) Frame: Aluminum
Resistance
	Water, Dust; IP68
Biometrics
	Optical in-screen fingerprint
Features
Touch sensitive control keys
Keys
Left: Volume control; Right: Lock/Unlock key	Right: Volume control, Lock/Unlock key
Colors
Silver	Blue, Graphite, Gray, Mint, Yellow

Display

Size
5.0-inch, 69.74% screen-to-body	6.7-inch, 88.06% screen-to-body
Type
TFT	Dynamic AMOLED, 120Hz, 1900 nits
Resolution
1280x720px, 294 PPI	2340x1080px, 19.5:9 ratio, 385 PPI
Colors
16 777 216
Protection
	Corning Gorilla Glass Victus+

Hardware

System chip
Samsung Exynos 7 Quad 7570 (14 nm)	Exynos 2400e S5E9945 (4 nm)
Processor
Quad-core 1400 MHz ARM Cortex-A53	Deca-core 1x3.2GHz Cortex-X4 2x2.9GH​z Cortex-A720 3x2.6​GHz Cortex-A720 4x1.9​5GHz Cortex-A520
GPU
Mali-T720	Xclipse 940
Memory
1.5GB/16GB	8GB/128GB 8GB/256GB 8GB/512GB
Storage expansion
microSDXC up to 256 GB	not expandable
OS
Android (7.0 Nougat)	Android (14)

Battery

Type
2600 mAh, Li - Ion	4700 mAh, Li - Ion
Charging
	Fast charging Reverse wired charging
Charge speed
	Wired: 25.0W Wireless: 15.0W

PhoneArena Battery Tests

Battery Life Estimate

Untested

Browsing

Untested

Video

Untested

Gaming

Untested

Battery Life Estimate

6h 20min

Browsing

15h 39min

Video

8h 3min

Gaming

10h 8min

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Camera

Rear
Single camera	Triple camera
Main camera
5 MP (Autofocus, CMOS image sensor) Aperture size: F1.9	50 MP (OIS, PDAF) Aperture size: F1.8 Focal length: 24 mm Pixel size: 1.0 μm
Second camera
	12 MP (Ultra-wide) Aperture size: F2.2 Focal Length: 13 mm Sensor size: 1/3" Pixel size: 1.12 μm
Third camera
	10 MP (Telephoto) Optical zoom: 3.0x Aperture size: F2.4 Focal Length: 75 mm Sensor size: 1/4.4" Pixel size: 1.0 μm
Flash
LED	LED
Video recording
1080p (30 fps) Video calling, Video sharing	8K UHD (30 fps), 4K UHD (120 fps), 1080p (240 fps)
Front
2 MP	10 MP Video capture: 4K UHD (60 fps)

PhoneArena Camera Tests

N/A

Overall

N/A

Photo

N/A

Video

150

Overall

153

Photo

147

Video

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Connectivity & Features

Bluetooth
4.2	5.3
WLAN
b,g,n Hotspot, Wi-Fi Direct 802.11 b, g, n	a,b,g,n,ac,Wi-Fi 6,Wi-Fi 6E Wi-Fi Direct, Hotspot 802.11 a, b, g, n, ac, ax
USB
microUSB, USB 2.0	Type-C
Sensors
Accelerometer, Gyroscope, Compass, Proximity sensor	Accelerometer, Gyroscope, Compass, Ambient light sensor, Proximity sensor
Hearing aid compatible
M3/T3
Location
GPS, A-GPS, Glonass	GPS, A-GPS, Glonass, Galileo, BeiDou, Cell ID, Wi-Fi positioning
Other
UMA (Wi-Fi Calling), VoIP, Tethering, Computer sync, OTA sync	NFC

Multimedia

Headphones
3.5mm jack	No 3.5mm jack
Speakers
Earpiece, Loudspeaker	Earpiece, Multiple speakers
Features
Album art cover, Background playback
Screen mirroring
Wireless screen share
Additional microphone(s)
Noise cancellation

Cellular

5G Bands
	n1, n2, n3, n5, n7, n8, n12, n20, n25, n28, n38, n40, n41, n66, n75, n77, n78, SA, NSA, Sub-6
4G (FDD) Bands
2, 4, 5, 12	1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 7, 8, 12, 17, 18, 19, 20, 25, 26, 28, 32, 66
4G (TDD) Bands
	38, 40, 41
3G Bands
5, 4, 2	2, 3, 5, 8
Data Speed
LTE, HSPA	LTE-A, HSDPA+ (4G) 42.2 Mbit/s
SIM type
Nano SIM	Nano SIM, eSIM
HD Voice
Yes	Yes
VoLTE
	Yes

Phone Features

Notifications
Haptic feedback
Other features
Voice dialing, Voice commands, Voice recording, TTY/TDD

Regulatory Approval

FCC approval
Date approved: Feb 08, 2017 FCC ID value: A3LSMJ327A
Measured SAR
Head: 0.73 W/kg Body: 1.04 W/kg Simultaneous Transmission: 1.32 W/kg Wireless Router: 1.10 W/kg

Alternative variants

For AT&T

4G (FDD) Bands	2, 3, 4, 5, 7, 12

With 256GB internal storage

Memory	256GB

With 512GB internal storage

Memory	512GB

Links

Full specifications
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