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Tech giant launches J5 and J7 selfie-focused smartphones

The Samsung Galaxy J7 comes with most of the same specifications as the Galaxy J5.

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Reports have revealed that Samsung, a day after launching its two mid-range tablets in India, has now launched two new Galaxy smartphones under its J-series in China - the Galaxy J7 and Galaxy J5.

Sources say the Android 5.1-based handsets for now are limited to China region only with no word yet on their global launches. The dual-SIM dual standby handsets will be available in Black, White, and Gold colours.

The Samsung Galaxy J5 features a 5-inch TFT display with a HD screen resolution of 1280x720 pixels. It is backed by 1.2GHz quad-core Snapdragon 410 SoC coupled with 1.5GB of RAM. There is 16GB of built-in storage, which is further expandable via microSD card (up to 128GB).

It packs a 2600mAh battery, which is rated to deliver standby time of 342 hours. It carries a 13-megapixel rear autofocus camera with f/1.9 aperture and 5-megapixel front camera. Apart from 4G, the handset supports 3G, Bluetooth v4.1, Wi-Fi, NFC, GPS, Glonass and Micro-USB. The Galaxy J5 measures 142x73x8.5mm and weighs 149 grams.

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The Samsung Galaxy J7 comes with most of the same specifications as the Galaxy J5. The only difference in the Galaxy J7 is a larger 5.5-inch TFT display with the same resolution, an octa-core Snapdragon 615 (four 1.4GHz cores + four 1GHz cores), and a 3000mAh battery rated to deliver 354 hours of standby time. The smartphone measures 152.2x79.1x7.9mm and weighs 168 grams.

Samsung on Thursday launched two new mid-range tablets in India, the Galaxy Tab A and Galaxy Tab E.

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