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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)

4. User interface
  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)

Samsung Android

User interface

The Samsung Galaxy J5 (2016) runs a TouchWiz-skinned Android 6.0.1 Marshmallow and as a result comes with native support for an app manager, Doze mode, and Google Now on Tap among other tweaks.

Samsung Galaxy J5 2016  review

The homescreen is perfectly identical to the TouchWiz home of other Samsung phones. Even the number of columns is the same - 5 icons on a row, same as the A9 (2016).

Homescreen - Samsung Galaxy J5 2016  review Briefing - Samsung Galaxy J5 2016  review App drawer - Samsung Galaxy J5 2016  review App drawer settings - Samsung Galaxy J5 2016  review
Homescreen • Briefing • App drawer • App drawer settings

The Notification area is pretty busy by default. It starts with a scrollable line of quick toggles on top, then a brightness slider, then the S Finder and Quick connect buttons. You can hide them from the Edit option, which also lets you re-arrange the quick toggles.

Notification area - Samsung Galaxy J5 2016  review Modifying the notification area - Samsung Galaxy J5 2016  review
Notification area • Modifying the notification area

The Galaxy J5(2016) user interface is fully themeable. We only got three themes pre-installed, but the Theme store has many more to download.

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Themes

Overall, the latest iteration of TouchWiz manages to remain feature-rich, while also reasonably light on resources. As a result, it runs without glitches even on the dated Snapdragon 410 chipset. Speaking of which, follow us onto the benchmark section of the review.

Next Page » 5. Performance
4. User interface
  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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  • User reviews
  • Galaxy J5 (2016)

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