They cost Rs 11,999 and Rs 14,999, respectively

Jul 16, 2015 14:48 GMT  ·  By

As expected, Samsung India announced the Galaxy J5 and Galaxy J7 smartphones would be available for purchase in the country beginning July 23.

According to a new report, the smartphones will be up for pre-order beginning July 16 via Flipkart. Those who pre-order any of the two Galaxy J devices will be offered the chance to grab a Flip Wallet Cover at a discounted price of Rs 199 / $3 / €2.8 (original price is Rs 999 / $15.7 / €14.4).

Potential customers can purchase the Samsung Galaxy J5 in either Black, Gold or White, and they will have to come up with no less than Rs 11,999 outright, which is about $190 or €175.

On the other hand, the Galaxy J7 will go a little higher, as Samsung has priced the smartphone at Rs 14,999 ($235 / €215). The device is available in three color options as well: Black, White and Gold.

Moving on to specs, the cheapest of the two, the Galaxy J5 comes with a 5-inch Super AMOLED capacitive touchscreen display that supports HD (720p) resolution.

Dual-SIM and 4G LTE support, along with Android 5.1 Lollipop

Samsung also included a 64-bit 1.2GHz quad-core Qualcomm Snapdragon 410 processor inside, which is complemented by an Adreno 306 graphics processing unit and 1.5GB of RAM.

The Galaxy J5 packs only 8GB of internal memory, but users can further expand storage up to 64GB via microSD card slot. Also, the smartphone features a 13-megapixel rear-facing camera with autofocus, LED flash, F/1.9 aperture and video recording, as well as a secondary 5-megapixel selfie camera.

Other highlights of the Galaxy J5 include dual-SIM and 4G LTE support, Wi-Fi, Bluetooth 4.1, GPS with AGPS, as well as 2,600 mAh battery.

Next in line, Samsung Galaxy J7 sports a larger 5.5-inch Super AMOLED capacitive touchscreen display that supports HD (720p) resolution.

On the inside, it packs a more powerful 64-bit 1.5GHz octa-core Exynos 7580 processor paired with a Mali-T720 graphics processing unit and 1.5GB of RAM.

The smartphone comes with 16GB of storage, microSD card slot, 13-megapixel rear camera, 5-megapixel selfie camera and 3,000 mAh battery.

Both Galaxy J smartphone will ship with Android 5.1 Lollipop operating system right out of the box along with Samsung's TouchWiz UI.

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