New Samsung Galaxy On7 and On5 Officially Launched in China
Samsung has just launched two new devices destined for the budget smartphone market – the Galaxy On5 and Galaxy On7. Despite some compromises in the hardware department, these new Galaxy handsets do have their merits.
The Galaxy On5 is the smaller of the two handsets, coming in at 5.0-inches while the Galaxy On7 has a 5.5-inch screen. Both smartphones feature a TFT display with an acceptable 1280×720 resolution. There are some differences when it comes to the cameras. The Galaxy On7 features a 13 megapixel rear camera and a 5 megapixel front facing sensor, while the On5 has to make to with an 8 megapixel rear camera. There’s a large 3,000mAh battery in the Galaxy On7, while the On5 has a similarly suitable 2,600mAh cell.
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4G LTE is also supported and there are two SIM slots available, should you need them. In terms of design, the Galaxy On5 and On7 share a very similar look to Samsung’s other mid and low end smartphones, and they look rather nice for presumably budget smartphones.
Today Samsung China official took the wraps off the Galaxy On7 and the Galaxy On5 smartphones – two entry-level offers with attractive designs. While both look a lot like the A series, they are made entirely of plastic with faux-leather rear covers. Samsung says those affordable phones come with “an unprecedentedly thin frames and bezels”.
The Samsung Galaxy On7 is 8.2mm thing, features a 5.5″ 720p TFT display and runs on a quad-core 1.2GHz (Cortex-A53 probably) processor with 1.5GB of RAM. It packs a 13MP rear camera and a 5MP selfie snapper, offers 8GB expandable storage and LTE support.
The Galaxy On7 is powered by a 3,000 mAh battery and runs on Android 5.1 Lollipop (with Samsung Milk Music pre-installed). It will be available in white and gold flavors.
The Galaxy On5, has a 5″ HD display and an Exynos 3475 SoC (a quad-core 1.3GHz Cortex-A7, Mali-T720 GPU) and 1.5GB RAM. It employs an 8MP rear snapper and a 5MP selfie shooter, there is 8GB expandable storage and LTE connectivity.The Galaxy On5 is also running on Lollipop (with Milk Music app), and has a beefy 2,600 mAh under the hood to power the whole thing.
Both Samsung Galaxy On7 and On5 are going on sale in China very soon. We guess India will be next to get those two models, as the On5 briefly popped up on the official site.
The expected retail prices are about $150 for the On5 and about $200 for the On7. – SamsungY