Samsung's popular mid-range smartphones, the Galaxy J5 Prime and the Galaxy J7 Prime today received a price cut of up to Rs. 2,000. Samsung has silently announced the price cut, and this news is reported by Mumbai-based offline retailer Mahesh Telecom.
After the price cut, the Samsung Galaxy J5 Prime is retailing for Rs. 12,990, down from the previous price of Rs. 14,900. And the Samsung Galaxy J7 Prime has received a price cut of Rs. 2,000, which brings the device to Rs. 14,900, down from the original launch price of Rs. 16,900. Flipkart, the leading e-commerce portal is yet to reflect the reduced price of J7 Prime, but it's already selling the J5 Prime at Rs. 12,990. Also, all the offline retailers are already selling both the smartphones at reduced price tags.
The Samsung Galaxy J5 Prime and Galaxy J7 Prime are Samsung's best mid-range smartphones. Both the devices were launched in September 2016 with aggressive price tags.
The Samsung Galaxy J5 Prime flaunts a 5-inch HD IPS LCD display with a resolution of 1280×720 pixels. The smartphone is powered by the Exynos 7570 Quad Core 1.4GHz chipset, which is paired with 3GB of RAM and 32GB of internal storage. The smartphone comes with a 13MP rear camera, along with a 5MP front-facing camera. This entire package is backed by a 2500mAh battery.
Coming to the Samsung Galaxy J7 Prime, it has slightly better specifications than the J5 Prime. It flaunts a 5.5-inch Full HD display with a resolution of 1080×1920 pixels. It is powered by an Exynos 7870 Octa Core 1.6GHz chipset, which is mated with 3GB of RAM and 32GB of internal storage. The storage can be expanded up to 12GB with a microSD card.
The J7 Prime comes with a 13MP rear camera with an LED flash and has an 8MP front-facing camera. This device comes with a 3300mAh battery, which will easily last for a single day.