South Korea: Samsung to release the Galaxy J7 budget smartphone.

Following the rising demand for cheaper smartphones Samsung  Electronics Co plans to release this month the Galaxy J7 in South Korea. South Korea's No. 2 mobile carrier KT Corp. will become the exclusive distributor of the Galaxy J7, priced around 300,000 won (US$257.69), the sources said. The price could go down to the 100,000 won range if discounts are taken into consideration.

The Galaxy J7 was first launched in China and India. The mobile has a Super AMOLED capacitive touch screen 16M colors, 5.5 inches with a   resolution of  720 x 1280 pixels, powered by Android 5.1 Lollipop OS, Qualcomm MSM8939 Snapdragon 615, Quad-core 1.4 GHz Cortex-A53 & quad-core 1.0 GHz Cortex-A53  Octa-core 1.5 GHz  Exynos 7580. With a 13 Mpxls rear camera autofocus LED Flash, and 5 Mpxls front camera LED Flash. removable 3000 mAh battery, internal sotrage 16GB, RAM 1.5, additional storage 128 GB micro SD card. (More detailed specifications right below.

According to Strategy Analytics, budget smartphones are predicted to account for around 55 percent of the global market this year, up from 20.4 percent seen in 2011.

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Samsung Galaxy J7 smartphone specifications:

Also known as:
Samsung Galaxy J7 SM-J700F
Samsung Galaxy J7 SM-J700H with no LTE support

NETWORK	Technology	GSM / HSPA / LTE

LAUNCH	Announced	2015, June
	Status	Available. Released 2015, June

BODY	Dimensions	152.2 x 78.7 x 7.5 mm (5.99 x 3.10 x 0.30 in)
	Weight	171 g (6.03 oz)
	SIM	Optional Dual SIM (Micro-SIM, dual stand-by)

DISPLAY	Type	Super AMOLED capacitive touchscreen, 16M colors
	Size	5.5 inches (~69.6% screen-to-body ratio)
	Resolution	720 x 1280 pixels (~267 ppi pixel density)
	Multitouch	Yes

PLATFORM	OS	Android OS, v5.1 (Lollipop)
	Chipset	Qualcomm MSM8939 Snapdragon 615 Exynos 7580
	CPU	Quad-core 1.4 GHz Cortex-A53 & quad-core 1.0 GHz Cortex-A53 Octa-core 1.5 GHz
	GPU	Adreno 405 Mali-T720MP2

MEMORY	Card slot	microSD, up to 128 GB
	Internal	16 GB, 1.5 GB RAM

CAMERA	Primary	13 MP, 4128 x 3096 pixels, autofocus, LED flash, check quality
	Features	Geo-tagging, touch focus, face detection, panorama
	Video	1080p@30fps, check quality
	Secondary	5 MP, LED flash

SOUND	Alert types	Vibration; MP3, WAV ringtones
	Loudspeaker	Yes
	3.5mm jack	Yes

COMMS	WLAN	Wi-Fi 802.11 b/g/n, Wi-Fi Direct, hotspot
	Bluetooth	v4.1, A2DP
	GPS	Yes, with A-GPS, GLONASS
	NFC	Yes (Snapdragon model only)
	Radio	FM radio with RDS; recording
	USB	microUSB v2.0

FEATURES	Sensors	Accelerometer, proximity
	Messaging	SMS(threaded view), MMS, Email, Push Mail, IM
	Browser	HTML5
	Java	No
		- ANT+ support - Active noise cancellation with dedicated mic - MP4/WMV/H.264 player - MP3/WAV/WMA/eAAC+/FLAC player - Photo/video editor - Document viewer

BATTERY		Li-Ion 3000 mAh battery
	Stand-by
	Talk time	Up to 18 h (3G)
	Music play	Up to 76 h

MISC	Colors	White, Black, Gold
	Price group	6/10

TESTS	Display	Contrast ratio: Infinite (nominal), 3.879 (sunlight)
	Camera	Photo / Video
	Loudspeaker	Voice 63dB / Noise 62dB / Ring 66dB
	Battery life	Endurance rating 91h

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