Samsung Galaxy J2 (2016) with Smart Glow, 4G LTE launched at Rs. 9,750

Samsung has launched Galaxy J2 (2016) smartphone in India. It is available in Gold, Silver and Black colors, is priced at Rs. 9,750. The smartphone will be available to buy via online as well as offline retailers starting July 10. As promotional offer, Samsung is offering 6 months of free double data offer to Airtel prepaid customers worth Rs. 4,500.

The main highlight of this smartphone is next-generation LED notification system which Samsung calls Smart Glow. The feature allows users to colour-code any contact, app, or phone usage alert. The new Smart Glow feature can be activated from the Quick panel. The Smart Glow can be utilised for three usage scenarios: for Priority alerts, Usage alerts, and Selfie Assist.

For Priority alerts, users will have to drag and drop the contact or app onto the '+' in the ring after enabling the Smart Glow feature. Users can select and save the Smart Glow colour for any particular contact or app. After that, whenever there's an alert from that particular app or the user, the LED will glow in the corresponding colour. Users will be allowed to set up to 4 alerts. For Usage Alerts, Smart Glow will inform users on battery, data, or storage related information.

The Selfie Assist feature will allows users to take framed selfies via the rear camera. The LED notification ring lights up completely when it detects a properly aligned face and takes the selfie automatically.

The Turbo Speed Technology (TST) promises superior device performance including native apps loading up to 40% faster than devices with double the RAM. Samsung says that it has rewritten native apps such as camera, gallery, and contacts, etc. that are most frequently used by consumers. It also proactively shuts down idle processes running in the background and declutters RAM using its intelligent memory system to ensure resources like RAM and processor are free and ready to take on new tasks, thereby extending fastest in-class experience.

Samsung Galaxy J2 (2016) features 5-inch (1280 x 720 Pixels) HD Super AMOLED display powered by 1.5 GHz quad-core Spreadtrum SC8830 processor with Mali-400MP2 GPU and 1.5GB RAM. It has an internal storage of 8GB and can be expanded via microSD up to 32GB. It sports a 8MP auto focus rear camera with LED Flash and a 5MP front facing camera. It runs on Android 6.0 Marshmallow and has 2600 mAh battery.

Samsung Galaxy J2 (2016)

Key Features :

• 5-inch (1280 x 720 Pixels) HD Super AMOLED display
• 1.5 GHz quad-core Spreadtrum SC8830 processor with Mali-400MP2 GPU
• 1.5GB RAM
• 8GB internal storage, Expandable via microSD up to 32GB
• 8MP auto focus rear camera with LED Flash
• 5MP front facing camera
• Android 6.0 Marshmallow
• Dual SIM
• Smart Glow
• 4G LTE, Wi-Fi 802.11 b/g/n, Bluetooth 4.1, GPS
• 2600 mAh battery