Samsung has finally put the rumours to rest and made official its Galaxy J1 smartphone. The smartphone has been announced for markets in the Philippines and is currently listed on Samsung’s Philippines website with no details about availability and more importantly, its price.
The Samsung Galaxy J1 mini packs in a 4-inch TFT LCD display with a resolution of 800×480 pixels. Hiding behind that is a 1.2GHz quad-core processor coupled with 768MB of RAM. The details about the make of the processor have not been revealed. The handset packs in 8GB of built-in storage and supports microSD cards of up to 128GB in capacity.
On the back of the smartphone is a 5MP unit while the front facing camera gets a 0.3MP sensor.
Coming to the connectivity options, we get the usual Wi-Fi, Bluetooth and GPS options, but the handset skips on 4G bands and simply offers 3G as the fastest connectivity option.
Powering all of the above is a removable 1500mAh battery that is rated to deliver up to 8 hours of 3G talk time. The handset weighs in at 120 grams and will be available in Black and Gold colours.
Samsung had launched its much-talked-about Galaxy J1 smartphone last year in February for the Indian market. The Galaxy J1 is available on Amazon for Rs 7,190.
The J1 sports a 4.3-inch WVGA PLS display and runs Android 4.4.4 KitKat OS. There is no word on whether it is upgradeable to Android Lollipop. It comes powered by a 1.2GHz dual core processor, coupled with 512MB RAM.