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GSMArena team, 25 May, 2016

Quality control


Samsung Galaxy J5 (2016) review: Quality control

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  • Galaxy J5 (2016)

1. Introduction
  1. 1. Introduction
  2. 2. Unboxing, 360-degree spin, hardware overview
  3. 3. Display, connectivity, battery life
  4. 4. User interface
  5. 5. Performance
  6. 6. Telephony, messaging and text input
  7. 7. Multimedia apps, audio quality
  8. 8. Camera
  9. 9. Conclusion
  10.  
  11. Samsung Galaxy J5 (2016) specification
  12. User opinions and reviews
  13. Review comments (150)

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Introduction

The Galaxy J5 (2016) is the centerpiece of the company's mid-range portfolio for the year. With its predecessor becoming a huge hit in developing markets, the company really needs the 2016 model to come out good and help keep Chinese makers at bay.

A quick glance at the specs sheet shows that Samsung followed the "If it's not broken, don't fix it" saying to the letter. With the internals mostly unchanged, Samsung chose to focus on the design instead, hoping that the metal body will help its offering stand out.

Samsung Galaxy J5 2016  review

You also get a bigger battery and the screen grew by .2", but that's mostly it with other changes being so minor that they mostly fall in the adjustments category. Here's the full scoop.

Key features

  • Aluminum frame around plastic body with an exchangeable back cover
  • 5.2" Super AMOLED display of 1280 x 720px resolution; 267 ppi
  • Qualcomm MSM8916 Snapdragon 410 chipset; quad-core 1.2 GHz Cortex-A53 CPU; Adreno 306 GPU; 2GB of RAM;
  • 16GB of built-in memory; microSD card slot (up to 128GB)
  • 13 MP main camera with f/1.9 aperture; phase detect autofocus; LED flash; face detection; 1080p video recording
  • 5MP front-facing camera with f/1.9 aperture; LED flash
  • Cat. 4 LTE (150/50Mbps); Wi-Fi b/g/n; Bluetooth 4.1; GPS/GLONASS/BDS; microUSB; NFC
  • 3100mAh Li-Ion battery, user-removable

Main disadvantages

  • Entry-level chipset
  • No noise canceling mic
  • Only 2.4GHz Wi-Fi

The metal frame gives you a piece of mind as well as a nice feel in the hand. We'd certainly appreciate a bit of premium feel in an otherwise mid-range offering. However, it would mean nothing if it comes at the expense of proper smartphone experience. And since Samsung didn't feel the need to change the processing power from the previous generation Galaxy J5 we'd be sure to carefully check that. Perhaps supplying the newer Android 6.0.1 Marshmallow and bumping the RAM to 2GB is all it took to keep the J5 (2016) relevant.

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Let's not waste any more time and start digging in. Follow us onto the design and hardware section.

Next Page » 2. Unboxing, 360-degree spin, hardware overview
1. Introduction
  1. 1. Introduction
  2. 2. Unboxing, 360-degree spin, hardware overview
  3. 3. Display, connectivity, battery life
  4. 4. User interface
  5. 5. Performance
  6. 6. Telephony, messaging and text input
  7. 7. Multimedia apps, audio quality
  8. 8. Camera
  9. 9. Conclusion
  10.  
  11. Samsung Galaxy J5 (2016) specification
  12. User opinions and reviews
  13. Review comments (150)

Reviews Samsung Galaxy J5 (2016) review
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Samsung Galaxy J5 (2016) review: Quality control - Reader comments

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  • Appleexenjoyer
  • mD@
  • 16 May 2023

You cant be real , the phone is 7 years old now what do u expect lol

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  • Carlito41
  • mE0
  • 05 Aug 2022

Only had the j5 6 about a week , im already seriosly regretting my choice , only 2 gig ram is poor and it reflects in its performance it constantly crashes and is slow and stutters through operation tasks , it makes it horrible to use and irritating ...

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  • Umm
  • f}n
  • 28 Oct 2021

Depends upon your ram too

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