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Samsung Galaxy J7 Prime Mobile Phone
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The Galaxy J5 (2016) and Galaxy J7 (2016) marked Samsung's first foray into making budget smartphones with premium builds, a ...Read more
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Hardware

Operating systemAndroid 6.0Android 4.4Android 7.0
CPU clock speed1.6 GHz2.5 GHz2.3 GHz
CPU cores8-coreQuad-core8-core
CPU modelSamsung Exynos 7 Octa 7870Qualcomm Snapdragon 801 MSM8974AC v3Samsung Exynos 9 Octa 8895
GPU modelARM Mali-T830 MP2Qualcomm Adreno 330ARM Mali-G71 MP20
RAM memory3 GB2 GB4 GB

Display

Screen size5.5 in5.1 in5.8 in
Touchscreenyesyesyes
Number of colors16.7M16.7M16.7M
Panel typeLCDOLEDOLED
Resolution1920 x 1080 px1920 x 1080 px1440 x 2960 px
TechnologyIPS TFT
  • AMOLED
  • Super AMOLED
  • AMOLED
  • Quad HD+ Super AMOLED
Pixel density401.0 ppi432.0 ppi570.0 ppi
Screen materialCorning Gorilla Glass 4.0Corning Gorilla Glass 3.0Corning Gorilla Glass 5.0
Dual screen supportnoyesno
Scratch resistant displayyesyesyes
HDRnonoyes
Multi touchyesyesyes

Rear camera

Primary sensor resolution13.0 Mpx16.0 Mpx12.0 Mpx
Primary lens aperture1.9 f2.2 f
N/A
Video recordingyesyesyes
Highest video resolution1920 x 1080 px4096 x 2160 px3840 x 2160 px
Maximum FPS at the highest resolution30.0 fps30.0 fps30.0 fps
Autofocusyesyesyes
Burst Modeyesyes
N/A
Digital Image Stabilizationyesyes
N/A
Digital zoomyesyes
N/A
Face detectionyes
N/A
yes
Geo-taggingyesyesyes
Gesture Shotyes
N/A
N/A
HDR Captureyesyes
N/A
LED Flashyesyesyes
Panoramayesyesyes
Scene modeyes
N/A
yes
Self timeryes
N/A
N/A
Smile detectionyes
N/A
N/A
Touch focusyesyes
N/A
Primary sensor size
N/A
1/2.6"1/2.55"
Maximum FPS (regardless of res.)
N/A
60.0 fps240.0 fps
Max resolution (highest frame rate)
N/A
1920 x 1080 px1280 x 720 px
Slow-Mo
N/A
yes
N/A
Number of rear cameras
N/A
N/A
1
Focus adjustment
N/A
N/A
  • Automatic
  • Manual
Night Mode
N/A
N/A
yes

Front camera

Primary resolution8.0 Mpx2.1 Mpx8.0 Mpx
Number of front cameras
N/A
N/A
1
Primary sensor size
N/A
1/2.6"1/2.55"
Focus adjustment
N/A
N/A
  • Automatic
  • Manual
Lens aperture
N/A
N/A
F/1.7

Storage

Internal storage16 GB
  • 16 GB
  • 32 GB
64 GB
Memory card readeryesyesyes
Maximum card storage256GB128GB256GB
Types of memory card supported
  • microSD
  • microSDHC
  • microSDXC
  • microSD
  • microSDHC
  • microSDXC
  • microSD
  • microSDHC
  • microSDXC

Design

Colour of product
  • Black
  • Gold
  • White
  • Black
  • Blue
  • Copper
  • Gold
  • Green
  • Pink
  • Purple
  • Silver
  • Turquoise
  • White
  • Yellow
  • Arctic silver
  • Black
  • Blue
  • Gold
  • Grey
  • Midnight black
  • Orchid grey
  • Pink
  • Purple
  • Rose pink
  • Silver
  • Turquoise
MaterialMetalPlastic
N/A
Water resistantnoyesyes
Shock resistantnonono
Dust resistant
N/A
yesyes

Dimensions

Height5.97 in5.59 in5.86 in
Width2.95 in2.85 in2.68 in
Depth0.31 in0.32 in0.31 in
Weight5.89 oz5.11 oz5.47 oz

Sensors

Accelerometeryesyesyes
Proximityyesyesyes
Ambient light sensoryesyes
N/A
Fingerprintyesyesyes
Digital compass
N/A
yesyes
Gyroscope
N/A
yesyes
Barometer
N/A
yesyes
Pedometer
N/A
yes
N/A
Hearth rate monitor
N/A
yesyes
ANT+
N/A
yesyes
Face scanner
N/A
N/A
yes

Connectivity

Dual sim supportyesnono
Sim card sizeNano-SIMMicro-SIMNano-SIM
DLNA certifiednoyesno
Bluetoothyesyesyes
Bluetooth version4.14.05.0
Bluetooth profile
  • A2DP
  • AVRCP
  • A2DP
  • AVRCP
  • A2DP
  • AVRCP
  • HFP
  • HID
  • HOGP
  • HSP
  • MAP
  • OPP
  • PAN
  • PBAP
  • SAP
Bluetooth codecSBC
  • SBC
  • aptX
  • aptX
  • SBC
NFCnoyesyes
Charging connectionUSBUSBUSB
Headphone connection3.5 mm3.5 mm3.5 mm
USB version2.0
3.0/3.1
3.1
USB On-The-Go (OTG)yesyesyes
Video outputNoMHLDisplayPort over USB-C
Type of USB connector
N/A
N/A
USB Type-C

Cellular

Wireless network (Wi-Fi)yesyesyes
Wireless networking standard
  • 802.11b
  • 802.11g
  • 802.11n
  • 802.11a
  • 802.11ac
  • 802.11b
  • 802.11g
  • 802.11n
  • 802.11a
  • 802.11ac
  • 802.11b
  • 802.11g
  • 802.11n
Data transmissionHSPA+HSPA+
  • EDGE
  • FDD-LTE
  • GPRS
  • HSDPA
  • HSPA+
  • HSUPA
  • TDD-LTE
Navigation systemGLONASSGLONASS
  • BeiDou
  • GLONASS
  • GPS
  • Galileo
2G GSMyesyesyes
GSM frequencies
  • 850 MHz
  • 900 MHz
  • 1800 MHz
  • 1900 MHz
  • 700 MHz
  • 800 MHz
  • 850 MHz
  • 900 MHz
  • 1700 MHz
  • 1800 MHz
  • 1900 MHz
  • 2000 MHz
  • 2100 MHz
  • 2600 MHz
  • Regional
  • 1800 MHz
  • 1900 MHz
  • 850 MHz
  • 900 MHz
3G UMTSyesyesyes
UMTS frequences
  • 850 MHz
  • 900 MHz
  • 1900 MHz
  • 2100 MHz
  • 700 MHz
  • 800 MHz
  • 850 MHz
  • 900 MHz
  • 1700 MHz
  • 1800 MHz
  • 1900 MHz
  • 2000 MHz
  • 2100 MHz
  • 2600 MHz
  • Regional
  • 1700 MHz
  • 1900 MHz
  • 2100 MHz
  • 850 MHz
  • 900 MHz
4G LTEyesyesyes
LTE frequencies
  • 800 MHz
  • 850 MHz
  • 900 MHz
  • 1800 MHz
  • 2600 MHz
  • 2300 MHz
  • 700 MHz
  • 800 MHz
  • 850 MHz
  • 900 MHz
  • 1700 MHz
  • 1800 MHz
  • 1900 MHz
  • 2000 MHz
  • 2100 MHz
  • 2600 MHz
  • Regional
N/A
Mobile hotspotyesyes
N/A
CDMA frequences
N/A
  • 700 MHz
  • 800 MHz
  • 850 MHz
  • 900 MHz
  • 1700 MHz
  • 1800 MHz
  • 1900 MHz
  • 2000 MHz
  • 2100 MHz
  • 2600 MHz
  • Regional
N/A
Streaming standards
N/A
Miracast
  • Google Cast
  • Miracast

Battery

Replaceable batterynoyesno
Battery typeLithium ionLithium ion
N/A
Battery capacity3300.0 mAh2800.0 mAh3000.0 mAh
Standby time350.0 h390.0 h326.0 h
Talk time21.0 h21.0 h20.0 h
Fast chargingnoyesyes
Wireless charging noyesyes
Wireless charging standard
N/A
  • PMA
  • QI
  • PMA
  • QI
  • WPC
Fast charging standard
N/A
N/A
Samsung Adaptive Fast Charge

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