Samsung Galaxy J3 (2016)


The Samsung Galaxy J3 is an Android smartphone manufactured by Samsung Electronics and was released on 6 May 2016.

Specifications

Hardware

The Galaxy J3 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 8/16 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 is originally shipped with Android 5.1.1 "Lollipop" or 6.0.1 "Marshmallow" and Samsung's TouchWiz user interface. Only US models are upgradable up to Android 7.0 "Nougat".

Branded versions

Some mobile carriers released branded versions of the Galaxy J3 with slightly different specifications.
Verizon released a branded version called J3 V 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 model features the same specifications except for a quad-core 1.3 GHz Cortex-A7 and 16 GB internal storage.
Sprint, Virgin Mobile and Boost Mobile offered the Galaxy J3 with the same Exynos 3475 SoC as the J3 V but with 16 GB of storage and Android 5.1.1 "Lollipop".