The Samsung Galaxy J3 (2016) (also known as ''Galaxy J3 V'', ''Galaxy J3 Pro'', ''Galaxy Amp Prime, and Galaxy Express Prime'') is an
Android smartphone
A smartphone is a mobile phone with advanced computing capabilities. It typically has a touchscreen interface, allowing users to access a wide range of applications and services, such as web browsing, email, and social media, as well as multi ...
manufactured by
Samsung Electronics
Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd. (SEC; stylized as SΛMSUNG; ) is a South Korean multinational major appliance and consumer electronics corporation founded on 13 January 1969 and headquartered in Yeongtong District, Suwon, South Korea. It is curr ...
and was released on 6 May 2016.
Specifications
Hardware
The Galaxy J3 (2016) is powered by an
Spreadtrum SC9830
SoC including a quad-core 1.5 GHz
ARM Cortex-A7 CPU, an ARM
Mali-400 GPU with 1.5 GB
RAM 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.
It features a 5.0-inch Super
AMOLED display with a
HD Ready 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 (2016) is originally shipped with
Android 5.1.1 "Lollipop" or
6.0.1 "Marshmallow" and Samsung's
TouchWiz
TouchWiz is a discontinued user interface developed by Samsung Electronics with partners, featuring a full touch user interface. It is sometimes incorrectly referred to as an operating system. TouchWiz was used internally by Samsung for smartphon ...
user interface. It is upgradable up to
Android 7.0 "Nougat".
Branded versions
Some
mobile carriers released branded versions of the Galaxy J3 (2016) with slightly different specifications.
Verizon released a branded version called ''J3 V'' (SM-J320V) which is powered by an
Exynos 3475 SoC including a quad-core 1.2 GHz
ARM Cortex-A7, 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.
,
Virgin Mobile and
Boost Mobile offered the Galaxy J3 (SM-J320P) with the same
Exynos 3475
SoC as the J3 V but with 16 GB of storage and
Android 5.1.1 "Lollipop".
See also
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Samsung Galaxy
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Samsung Galaxy J series
References
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Android (operating system) devices
J3 2016
Mobile phones introduced in 2016
Mobile phones with user-replaceable battery