The Samsung Galaxy J3 (2015) (also known as ''Galaxy J3 V'', ''Galaxy J3 Pro'' and ''Galaxy Amp Prime'') is an
Android smartphone
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manufactured by
Samsung Electronics
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and was released on May 6, 2016.
Specifications
Hardware
The Galaxy J3 (2015) is powered by an
Spreadtrum
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SoC including a quad-core 1.5 GHz
ARM Cortex-A7
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Overview
It has two target applications; firstly as a smaller, simpler, and more power-efficient success ...
CPU, an ARM
Mali-400 GPU
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with 1.5 GB
RAM
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and 32 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
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.
It features a 5.0-inch Super
AMOLED
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display with a
HD Ready
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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 (2015) is originally shipped with
Android 5.1.1 "Lollipop" or
6.0.1 "Marshmallow" and Samsung's
TouchWiz
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user interface. It is upgradable up to
Android 7.0 "Nougat" on the North American model.
Branded versions
Some
mobile carriers released branded versions of the Galaxy J3 (2016) with slightly different specifications.
Verizon
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released a branded version called ''J3 V'' (SM-J320V) which is powered by an
Exynos
Exynos, formerly Hummingbird (), is a series of ARM-based system-on-chips developed by Samsung Electronics' System LSI division and manufactured by Samsung Foundry. It is a continuation of Samsung's earlier S3C, S5L and S5P line of SoCs.
E ...
3475 SoC including a quad-core 1.2 GHz
ARM Cortex-A7
The ARM Cortex-A7 MPCore is a 32-bit microprocessor core licensed by ARM Holdings implementing the ARMv7-A architecture announced in 2011.
Overview
It has two target applications; firstly as a smaller, simpler, and more power-efficient success ...
, an ARM
Mali-T720 with 1.5 GB RAM and 8 GB internal storage. Furthermore it has a 5 MP main camera with f/2.2 aperture and a 2 MP front camera. It is shipped with
Android 6.0.1 Marshmallow". The
AT&T
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model (SM-J320A) features the same specifications except for a quad-core 1.3 GHz Cortex-A7 and 16 GB internal storage.
Sprint,
Virgin Mobile
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and
Boost Mobile offered the Galaxy J3 (SM-J320P) with the same
Exynos
Exynos, formerly Hummingbird (), is a series of ARM-based system-on-chips developed by Samsung Electronics' System LSI division and manufactured by Samsung Foundry. It is a continuation of Samsung's earlier S3C, S5L and S5P line of SoCs.
E ...
3475
SoC as the J3 V but with 16 GB of storage and
Android 5.1.1 "Lollipop".
See also
*
Samsung Galaxy
Samsung Galaxy (, stylised as SΛMSUNG Galaxy since 2015 (except Japan where it omits the Samsung branding), previously stylised as Samsung GALAXY; abbreviated as SG) is a series of computing and mobile computing devices that are designed, m ...
*
Samsung Galaxy J series
References
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