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Samsung Galaxy J7 Prime Mobile Phone
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5 editorial reviews
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 4.4
CPU clock speed1.6 GHz2.5 GHz2.5 GHz
CPU cores8-coreQuad-coreQuad-core
CPU modelSamsung Exynos 7 Octa 7870Qualcomm Snapdragon 801 MSM8974AC v3Qualcomm Snapdragon 801 MSM8974AC v3
GPU modelARM Mali-T830 MP2Qualcomm Adreno 330Qualcomm Adreno 330
RAM memory3 GB2 GB3 GB

Display

Screen size5.5 in5.1 in5.2 in
Touchscreenyesyesyes
Number of colors16.7M16.7M16.7M
Panel typeLCDOLEDLCD
Resolution1920 x 1080 px1920 x 1080 px1920 x 1080 px
TechnologyIPS TFT
  • AMOLED
  • Super AMOLED
IPS TFT
Pixel density401.0 ppi432.0 ppi424.0 ppi
Screen materialCorning Gorilla Glass 4.0Corning Gorilla Glass 3.0
N/A
Dual screen supportnoyesyes
Scratch resistant displayyesyesyes
HDRnonono
Multi touchyesyesyes

Rear camera

Primary sensor resolution13.0 Mpx16.0 Mpx20.7 Mpx
Primary lens aperture1.9 f2.2 f2.0 f
Video recordingyesyesyes
Highest video resolution1920 x 1080 px4096 x 2160 px4096 x 2160 px
Maximum FPS at the highest resolution30.0 fps30.0 fps30.0 fps
Autofocusyesyesyes
Burst Modeyesyesyes
Digital Image Stabilizationyesyesyes
Digital zoomyesyesyes
Face detectionyes
N/A
yes
Geo-taggingyesyesyes
Gesture Shotyes
N/A
N/A
HDR Captureyesyesyes
LED Flashyesyesyes
Panoramayesyesyes
Scene modeyes
N/A
N/A
Self timeryes
N/A
N/A
Smile detectionyes
N/A
yes
Touch focusyesyesyes
Primary sensor size
N/A
1/2.6"1/2.3"
Maximum FPS (regardless of res.)
N/A
60.0 fps60.0 fps
Max resolution (highest frame rate)
N/A
1920 x 1080 px1280 x 720 px
Slow-Mo
N/A
yes
N/A
Optical image stabilization
N/A
N/A
yes

Front camera

Primary resolution8.0 Mpx2.1 Mpx2.2 Mpx

Storage

Internal storage16 GB
  • 16 GB
  • 32 GB
16 GB
Memory card readeryesyesyes
Maximum card storage256GB128GB128GB
Types of memory card supported
  • microSD
  • microSDHC
  • microSDXC
  • microSD
  • microSDHC
  • microSDXC
microSD

Design

Colour of product
  • Black
  • Gold
  • White
  • Black
  • Blue
  • Copper
  • Gold
  • Green
  • Pink
  • Purple
  • Silver
  • Turquoise
  • White
  • Yellow
  • Black
  • Copper
  • Silver
  • White
MaterialMetalPlastic
  • Aluminum
  • Glass
Water resistantnoyesyes
Shock resistantnonono
Dust resistant
N/A
yesyes
Fully waterproof
N/A
N/A
yes

Dimensions

Height5.97 in5.59 in5.77 in
Width2.95 in2.85 in2.83 in
Depth0.31 in0.32 in0.29 in
Weight5.89 oz5.11 oz5.36 oz

Sensors

Accelerometeryesyesyes
Proximityyesyesyes
Ambient light sensoryesyesyes
Fingerprintyesyes
N/A
Digital compass
N/A
yesyes
Gyroscope
N/A
yesyes
Barometer
N/A
yesyes
Pedometer
N/A
yes
N/A
Hearth rate monitor
N/A
yes
N/A
ANT+
N/A
yesyes

Connectivity

Dual sim supportyesnono
Sim card sizeNano-SIMMicro-SIMNano-SIM
DLNA certifiednoyesyes
Bluetoothyesyesyes
Bluetooth version4.14.04.0
Bluetooth profile
  • A2DP
  • AVRCP
  • A2DP
  • AVRCP
  • A2DP
  • A2DP
  • AVRCP
Bluetooth codecSBC
  • SBC
  • aptX
N/A
NFCnoyesyes
Charging connectionUSBUSBUSB
Headphone connection3.5 mm3.5 mm3.5 mm
USB version2.0
3.0/3.1
2.0
USB On-The-Go (OTG)yesyesyes
Video outputNoMHLMHL

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+HSPA+
Navigation systemGLONASSGLONASSGLONASS
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
  • 850 MHz
  • 900 MHz
  • 1800 MHz
  • 1900 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
  • 850 MHz
  • 900 MHz
  • 1700 MHz
  • 1900 MHz
  • 2100 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
  • 700 MHz
  • 800 MHz
  • 850 MHz
  • 900 MHz
  • 1700 MHz
  • 1800 MHz
  • 1900 MHz
  • 2100 MHz
  • 2600 MHz
Mobile hotspotyesyesyes
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
  • Miracast
  • MirrorLink

Battery

Replaceable batterynoyesno
Battery typeLithium ionLithium ionLithium ion
Battery capacity3300.0 mAh2800.0 mAh3100.0 mAh
Standby time350.0 h390.0 h740.0 h
Talk time21.0 h21.0 h16.0 h
Fast chargingnoyesyes
Wireless charging noyesyes
Wireless charging standard
N/A
  • PMA
  • QI
N/A
Fast charging standard
N/A
N/A
Qualcomm Quick Charge 2.0

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