Samsung Galaxy J5 (2016) Officially Launched in the Philippines – Specs, Features and Price

by Daniel Gubalane on Jun 26, 2016

Samsung Philippines launched the 2016 version of the Samsung Galaxy J5 while promising more storage space, better signal reception and mobile data saving features.

It’s a dual SIM smartphone with a 5.2 inch HD Super AMOLED display and runs on a quad core Snapdragon processor from Qualcomm, 2GB of RAM and Android Marshmallow OS.

The Samsung Galaxy J5 (2016) has a 13 Megapixel camera at the back and 5 Megapixel front camera. Both have a dedicated LED flash and large f/1.9 aperture allowing more light to enter the camera modules which results in better pictures in low light scenes.

Connectivity includes 4G LTE and the usual Wi-Fi, Bluetooth, GPS and FM Radio. USB OTG is supported too.

Samsung Galaxy J5 (2016) in white.

The Samsung Galaxy J5 (2016) has 16GB of built-in storage with more than 10GB free for the user’s files. There’s also a microSD card slot for up to 128GB memory cards.

It’s housed in a metallic frame and color options include white, black, gold and rose gold. A removable 3100mAh battery powers the device.

Specs:

  • 5.2 Inch HD Super AMOLED Display (720 x 1280 Pixels, 282 ppi)
  • Android 6.0.1 Marshmallow OS with TouchWiz UI
  • Qualcomm MSM8916 Snapdragon 410
  • 1.2GHz Quad Core 64-bit Cortex-A53 CPU
  • Adreno 306 GPU
  • 2GB of RAM
  • 13.0 Megapixel Main Camera with Autofocus, f/1.9 Aperture and LED Flash
  • 5.0 Megapixel Front Camera with f/1.9 Aperture and LED Flash
  • 16GB Internal Storage
  • Expandable Up to 128GB via MicroSD
  • Dual SIM (Micro)
  • 4G LTE, 3G HSPA+, 2G EDGE and GPRS Networks
  • Wi-Fi 802.11 b/g/n
  • Bluetooth 4.0
  • A-GPS
  • FM Radio
  • USB OTG
  • MicroUSB 2.0
  • 3.5mm Audio Jack
  • Compass
  • Accelerometer
  • Proximity Sensor
  • Ambient Light Sensor
  • 145.8 x 72.3 x 8.1 mm @ 159 g
  • White, Black, Gold and Rose Gold Colors
  • 3100mAh Li-ion Battery (Removable)
  • ₱11,990.00 Official Price in the Philippines






Daniel Gubalane

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