After the Galaxy S7, and A5, Samsung is interested in his proposal entry for the year 2016. It became a reality with the renewal of the series J. the Four terminals, in order to tackle this price segment is very competitive, the margins are limited, but solid. The Korean could not move to the side.
The J-crystallize, also the efforts of the firm to clarify its product ranges. Scrap all the variations Mini, Core, Premium etc, You now have three letters and a Note. Point. The consumer knows so much more easily what they are buying and can assess the benefit/price of a glance or almost.
rationalization Effort that can be found within the range J, which consists of four terminals : J1, J3, J5 and J7, in order of price, and the diagonal crescents. After the test, the J3, we tackle the J5. Positioned starting at € 229, it is now quite easily below the level of 200 euros. Of what Samsung is capable at this price ? Response in our test.
Plastic a little more chic
The Galaxy S6 Samsung has been the symbol of the investments of Samsung on the design. Efforts that have continued since then and new evidence with the J5. If he obviously cannot afford the luxurious finishes of the series S or A, it has a few aesthetic arguments. It will be noticed in the first place the slices in metal, a material that is not found on the J3, and J1.
The face removable back is plastic, but the firm has still worked the surface to limit the feeling cheap that usually clears the matter. In fact, visually it has more the feel of the metal. Once in hand, we déchante necessarily a little bit, but it is necessary to recognize the effort of the firm. It gives a pretty good sense of solidity of the whole.
The object would have, however, been able to save a few grams : 159, this feels in the pocket, as well as a few millimeters. 8.1 mm thick, today it is a lot, but probably the consideration of a removable battery. In the end, given the budgetary constraints imposed, Samsung is doing quite well on the design.
AMOLED not expensive
The big news on the J series to 2016, it is the inclusion of an AMOLED screen on the entire range of J1 to J7. We know that Samsung controls the technology, and masters, now also the costs of production. The company is therefore well advised of integration on the entry-level phones to provide them with de facto a display higher than average. We are aware of the benefits of the technology in terms of contrast and rendering of which you can enjoy at little expense.
Samsung is content, however, 1280 x 720 5.2 inches with a resolution of 282 ppi. It is a bit too little to make disappear completely the pixels, but they are still quite easily forget. We will conclude therefore by saying that in this price range, Samsung comes at a rendering largely to the height.
Performance ric-rac
On the other hand on the performance. It is located in the J5 a Snapdragon 410. The chip is built around four cores ARM Cortex A7 at 1.2 GHz which, on the 720p, should allow him to behave without a hitch. Unfortunately, in use, there are still slowdowns during the launch of an application, or after having left it. Nothing dramatic, but the fluidity could be improved. Same battle in the games, you will not enjoy it fully. The benchmarks show this very clearly.
Samsung is catching up on the autonomy, if we do not reach the level of a Galaxy A5 (2016), you will still be able to use her phone for 1 day without problem, and the more efficient will happen without doubt in the early evening of the second day of use. A good point. For storage, it will take about 16 Gb, of which 11 Gb are the free use of the user. We may, however, increase it via a MicroSD card. Fortunately. Let us note in passing that the phone runs on Android 6, and supports 4G.
Random Focus
The D5 stands out from the J3 by a sensor 13 mpx, compared to only 5 on the J3. But most importantly, it opens up to f/1.9, as far as the Galaxy S6. From what to offer, on paper, of the results more than respectable in low light conditions. Unfortunately, yet it is in these conditions that the sensor toussote.
in Addition to the lack of light, we have also noticed difficulties at the level of the bet or point. The phone is sometimes hard to fix it, and when it does, it is sometimes in the wrong place. It makes up for in natural light as you can see in the examples below. The J5 is likely to remain confined to photos of the day or with the flash, where it is doing relatively well, even in the absence of a double flash temperature. Next to selfies, we have 5 mpx, with an aperture of f/1.9, this is not all that great, but Samsung has the merit of having placed a flash at the front.
With its small speaker located to the left of the photo sensor, it will not expect miracles. This will be used only for calls or the videos on YouTube watched without headphones.
Consistent, but in competition
Despite its few defects, it is necessary to recognize that the J5 is a phone balanced, which is not suffering from the big gap. If at 229 euros, it was maybe a bit too much, dropped below 200 euros, it becomes a terminal of the quality-price ratio is interesting, but not extraordinary, especially put next to a Honor 5C for example, which offers a data sheet and largely to his advantage.
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