The Samsung Galaxy J1 model year 2016 left a somewhat mixed impression in our review. Samsung improved the entry-level device at some points. This clearly includes the SAMOLED screen, which can convince in all areas except for the low resolution. Samsung also tweaked the performance and the features, because this time we get a quad-core SoC, LTE, and even NFC. RAM (Random-Access Memory) is used by the operating system and all installed applications. Data in the RAM is lost after the device is turned off or restarted.

Performance on the Galaxy J1 is bad. There is no other word for it – you're better off buying Samsung's Tizen-powered Z1 and living without any apps than getting the J1. From the first boot of the phone, things were constantly slow to happen. There were stutters throughout the interface, with animations not at all smooth most of the time. Apps were slow to launch as well, though this was more an issue on some of Samsung's inbuilt apps rather than third-party ones. The phone got two software updates after the first boot, but neither was able to do anything to fix the performance issues. For any content that you submit, you grant SAMSUNG a perpetual, worldwide, non-exclusive, irrevocable, royalty-free, fully transferable right and license to use, copy, modify, delete in its entirety, adapt, publish, translate, create derivative works from and/or sell and/or distribute such content and/or incorporate such content into any form, medium or technology throughout the world without compensation to you. Verizon released a special branded J1 4G. It's shipped with Android 5.0.2 "Lollipop" which is upgradable to 5.1.1 as of September 2015. [7] [12] See also [ edit ] The battery type is determined by its structure and more specifically, by the chemicals used in it. There are different battery types and some of the most commonly used in mobile devices are the lithium-ion (Li-Ion) and the lithium-ion polymer battery (Li-Polymer). Crop factor is the ratio of the dimensions of a full frame camera's sensor (36 x 24 mm, which equals the frame size of a 35 mm film) and the dimensions of the image sensor of the device. The number shown is the ratio between the diagonals of a full frame sensor (43.3 mm) and the sensor in question.

Telephone & Voice Quality

The rear cameras of mobile devices use mainly a LED flash. It may arrive in a single, dual- or multi-light setup and in different arrangements.

Gaming performance is thankfully above average on the J1. Temple Run 2 ran without any lag or stutter, though Minion Rush – another game where you have to run endlessly – wasn't very smooth. The phone should let you play basic games with ease, but just don't throw any title that has a lot of graphics and things happening on the screen at the phone. The front camera is a 2-megapixel unit, and it's pretty good. The photos it takes tend to have some noise, but they also capture an attractive amount of detail and colors. Samsung hasn't skimped on features that let you take selfies with ease – you get the Palm Gesture feature for capturing pictures by waving your palm in front of the device, and you also get a beauty mode to soften/remove blemishes from faces. The only big issue with the front camera is that it takes a few seconds to save a photo. It's not world-ending, but it's odd to see a Processing screen each time you take a photo. SM-J120F, SM-J120H, SM-J120M, SM-J120M, SM-J120T, SM-J120G, SM-J120A, SM-J120FN, SM-J120AZ, SM-J120ZN, SM-J120W The Z1, Samsung's first Tizen phone, had quite an attractive display despite being such a lowly priced phone, so it's sad to see the same love hasn't been extended to the display on the Galaxy J1. The only thing the J1 is great at is the brightness levels. The display can get quite bright, and the phone also offers an Outdoor mode to further increase the legibility of the display under bright sunlight. Versions: J110M (New Zealand, LATAM); J110F (Australia, Africa, UAE); J110G (Malaysia, Indonesia, Singapore); J110L with no LTE (Brazil)The Galaxy J1 comes at a time when the budget market in countries like India has been taken over by Xiaomi, Motorola, and other Chinese and local manufacturers, which are offering some pretty stellar hardware for low prices. Even Google is playing in this segment through its Android One initiative, and when you look at the Galaxy J1's specs sheet, it's clear to see that Samsung isn't really trying hard to make sure the device stand out. The Galaxy J1 runs a pretty bare bones version of TouchWiz, Samsung's proprietary UX. It's probably because of the meager hardware that's powering this thing, though as you will see in the performance section below, it doesn't exactly help the J1 offer a smooth experience. Samsung's phones are popular (or infamous, depending on how you look at it) for having a lot of additional functionality over what Android offers by default, but most of it is missing on the Galaxy J1. In fact, the J1 doesn't even come with Samsung's music app – it only has Google Play Music, and it's probably because the TouchWiz Music app was a bit too heavy for the phone to handle. I spent a week with the Galaxy J1 as my main smartphone, so here's our review of what is one of the most talked about (read leaked) budget Android phones from Samsung in a long time. Navigating around the Android 4.4-based TouchWiz wasn’t too frustrating, at least. The app drawer opened up promptly, although there was the occasional stutter when opening apps and the settings menu, but nothing out of the ordinary considering the specifications available.

The color depth of the display is also known as bit depth. It shows the number of bits used for the color components of one pixel. Information about the maximum number of colors the screen can display. In recent times, Samsung has shifted a lot of its focus to the Indian market. The company launched its first Tizen phone in India, made its Galaxy E series ( read our review) exclusive to the country, and then followed up with the Galaxy J1. The Galaxy J1 is the first device in the Galaxy J lineup, and is slightly higher in price than the Samsung Z1 and also comes with slightly better – yet decidedly low-end – hardware.

Performance

Information about the number of pixels on the horizontal and vertical dimensions of the photos taken by the front camera, indicated in megapixels as well.