Samsung Galaxy J3 (2016)
2016 Android smartphone
The Samsung Galaxy J3 (2016) (also known as Galaxy J3 V, Galaxy J3 Pro, Galaxy Amp Prime, and Galaxy Express Prime) is an Android smartphone manufactured by Samsung Electronics and was released on 6 May 2016.
Specifications
Hardware
The Galaxy J3 (2016) is powered by an Spreadtrum SC9830 SoC including a quad-core 1.5 GHz ARM Cortex-A7 CPU, an ARM Mali-400 GPU with 1.5 GB RAM and 8/16 GB of internal storage. The J3 Pro has 2 GB RAM and 16 GB internal storage. Both can be upgraded up to 256 GB via microSD card.
It features a 5.0-inch Super AMOLED display with a HD Ready resolution. The 8 MP rear camera has f/2.2 aperture. The front camera has 5 MP, also with f/2.2 aperture.
Software
The J3 (2016) is originally shipped with Android 5.1.1 "Lollipop" and Samsung's TouchWiz user interface. Only US models came with 6.0.1 "Marshmallow" and are upgradable up to Android 7.0 "Nougat".
Branded versions
Some mobile carriers released branded versions of the Galaxy J3 (2016) with slightly different specifications.
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