The smartphone may be announced at MWC 2016

Jan 12, 2016 06:50 GMT  ·  By

The Galaxy S7 might not be the only new smartphone to be showcased at Mobile World Congress 2016 trade fair next month, as Samsung is readying another Android handset, the Galaxy J1 (2016).

However, since the previous model the Galaxy J1 (2015) was launched on the market exactly one year ago, it's possible that the new smartphone will be unveiled sometime this month.

Samsung Galaxy J1 (2016) is an entry-level smartphone, so we expect this one to be priced very low. Sadly, the South Korean company is likely to make it really unworthy specs-wise even if priced under the $100 mark.

The smartphone market is full of low-end handsets that offer decent specs for less than $100, but Samsung's devices are never among them.

The good news is we now know what the Galaxy J1 (2016) will look like thanks to the press renders published by @evleaks.

There's little information about Samsung's entry-level smartphone, but we suspect the Galaxy J1 (2016) will ship with Android 5.1 Lollipop operating system right out of the box.

With Marshmallow onboard, the Galaxy J1 (2016) would have really stood out from other smartphones in the same price range, but there's a very slim chance that will happen.

Totally unimpressive specs

Also, the Galaxy J1 (2016) will probably sport a small 4.5-inch capacitive touchscreen display that supports 480 x 800 pixels resolution.

On the inside, the low-end smartphone comes equipped with a quad-core Exynos 3457 processor, coupled with 1GB of RAM and 8GB of internal memory expandable up to 32GB via microSD card slot.

There's also a main camera on the back that features LED flash, but the number of megapixels is unknown at the moment. Our best bet is that the Galaxy J1 (2016) will pack a 5-megapixel shutter on the back, along with a 2-megapixel selfie camera in the front.

No word on price and availability yet, but we expect more details, or even an official announcement, in the next couple of weeks.

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