Samsung Galaxy J7 2017 is the high-end phone of the Galaxy J 2017 series. It looks exactly same like the Samsung Galaxy J5 2017 but has a bigger screen. The phone falls in mid-range to high-end phones category and comes with decent specifications at a decent price. You might also want to check the Samsung Galaxy C9 Pro which also falls in the same price range. Samsung mobile phone prices in Pakistan are very competitive and are quite close to the international prices.
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The Galaxy J7 2017 has a full metal design. The battery is non-removable due to its unibody design. The phone feels comfortable and premium in hand. It is easy to use in one hand. The phone has a physical home button with a capacitive button on each side. The volume rocker keys are present on the left side and the power button is present on right. All of these buttons are easily accessible with a single hand. It comes in 4 beautiful color options including blue, pink, gold and black.
Samsung J7 2017 comes with a 13 MP, a f/1.7 camera with autofocus and a LED flash. This is the exact same camera the Galaxy J5 2017 has. The camera performance is also same. It performs amazingly in daylight and average in low light conditions. The maximum video resolution it can capture is 1080p.
The front camera is a big upgrade here. It has a 13 MP front camera which can record 1080p videos as well. Front camera quality is amazing. It takes excellent selfies in any lighting condition. And of course, the Samsung post processing image software always plays its part to make those images even better.
Samsung Galaxy J7 2017 has the same Exynos 7870 Octa chipset the Galaxy J5 2017 has. The chipset features an Octa-core 1.6 GHz Cortex-A53 CPU and Mali-T830MP2 GPU.
It comes with 3 GB of RAM unlike the 2 gigs on the J5. The overall performance of the phone is excellent. The phone does not lag easily. However, it gets hot when you play the graphic demanding games for a long time. The games perform smooth though.
Device Type | Smartphone |
Model | Samsung Galaxy J7 (2017) |
Announced | 01 June, 2017 |
Released | 22 November, 2024 |
Status | Coming Soon |
Price | PKR |
Type Design Type called form factor refers to a mobile phone's size, shape, and style as well as the layout and position of major components of phone. There are three major form factors seen in mobile phones => bar phones, folding phones and sliding phones. | Bar |
Dimensions | 152.4 x 74.7 x 7.9 mm |
Colors |
Blue, Pink, Gold, Black |
2G Network | GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900 - SIM1 & SIM2 |
3G Network |
HSDPA 850 / 900 / 1900 / 2100 |
4G Network |
LTE |
SIM SIM (Subscriber Identity Module) is a small card that contains mobile network subscriber's account information. This allows the phone using the card to attach to a mobile network. The SIM card is most commonly associated with GSM and UMTS mobile networks. Moving a SIM card from one phone to another allows a subscriber to switch mobile phones without having to contact their mobile network carrier. SIM cards can also be used by a phone to store limited amounts of data, such as phone numbers and text messages. | Nano SIM |
Dual SIM | Dual SIM (Nano-SIM, dual stand-by) |
Display Type Display Technology => A number of display technologies and types used in mobile phones => TFT (Thin Film Transistor), IPS (In-Place Switching), OLED (Organic Light Emitting Diode), AMOLED (Active-Matrix Organic Light-Emitting Diode), Super AMOLED (an even advanced version of AMOLED), Resistive Touchscreen (Resistive touchscreens contain two layer of conductive material with a very small gap between them which acts as a resistance), Capacitive Touchsceen (Capacitive touchscreen technology consists of a layer of glass coated with a transparent conductor) | Super AMOLED capacitive touchscreen |
Size | 5.5 inches |
Resolution | 1080 x 1920 pixels |
Display Colors Display Colors is refers to the number of different shades of colors that the screen is capable of displaying => 64K colors, 256K colors and 16 million colors, Obviously 16M is highest available range of colors and better than others. | 16M colors |
Pixel Density Pixel Density (PPI) is refers to the concentration of pixels on a particular display, measured in pixels per inch (ppi). Pixel density is calculated by dividing the diagonal pixel resolution of a display by its diagonal size, higher pixel density better display quality. | ~401 ppi pixel density |
Touch Screen | Yes, Multitouch |
Features |
- IP54 certified - dust and splash resistant |
Primary Camera is able to capture photographs and usually videos, The most important characteristics of a camera are the resolution (measured in megapixels), lens focus type (fixed or automatic), higher megapixel cameras are known to capture higher quality photos, but not always a good measurement of the photos quality. | 13 MP, f/1.9 |
Video | 1080p@30fps |
Camera Features |
Geo-tagging, touch focus, face detection, panorama, HDR |
Flash Flash Light => There is commonly two types of flash lights are used in camera mobile phones, LED Flash (LED flash offers lower power consumption with drive circuitry that takes up very little room, LEDs can be strobed faster than any other light source), Xenon Flash (xenon flash produces an extremely intense full-spectrum white light for a very short duration) | LED flash |
Secondary | 13 MP |
Operating System OS => Every computer system run on a base software called Operating System (OS). Operating System controls all basic operations of the computer (such as smartphone, PDAs, tablet computers and other handheld devices). The Operating System allows the user to install and run third party applications (apps), apps are used to add new functionality to the device. | Android 7.1 (Nougat) |
Chipset Chipset is a group of integrated circuits designed to perform one or a more dedicated functions, often with real time computing constraints, Popular smartphones are equipped with more advanced embedded chipsets that can do many different tasks depending on their programming. | Exynos 7870 Octa |
CPU CPU (Central Processing Unit) mostly known as processors, CPU processes instructions in order to carry out certain functions that make your device operate properly. Processors are often described as the brain of computers, smartphones and tablets, Smartphones and tablets rely on processors to carry out their every task, Processors are an incredibly important factor in selecting any type of computing device, including your smartphone. | Octa-core 1.6 GHz Cortex-A53 |
GPU GPU (Graphics Processing Unit) is a single-chip processor designed to rapidly manipulate and alter memory to accelerate the creation of images in a frame buffer intended for output to a display, This includes things such as lighting effects, object transformations, and 3D motion. | Mali-T830MP2 |
RAM (Memory) RAM (Random Access Memory) is a type of computer memory that can be accessed randomly, any byte of memory can be accessed without touching the preceding bytes that allows information to be stored and accessed quickly from random locations. RAM is the most common type of memory found in computer systems, smartphones, tablets and other electronic devices. | 3 GB |
Internal Storage Internal Storage is a data storage space (flash memory) mostly used in smartphones, tablets and other electronic devices where operating system, apps, music, photos, videos, files and other user data Is stored. | 16 GB |
Card Slot Memory Card Slot is a special slot for inserting a memory card. Memory cards allow you to expand the phone's built-in memory, A memory card (sometimes called a flash memory card or a storage card) is a small storage medium used to store data such as text, pictures, audio, and video, for use on small, portable or remote computing devices such as mobile phones, mp3 players, digital cameras. | microSD, up to 256 GB (dedicated slot) |
Sensors Sensors are electronic components that detects and responds to some type of input from the physical environment. The specific input could be light, heat, motion, moisture, pressure and location, The output is generally a signal that is converted to use in computing systems, a location sensor, such as a GPS receiver is able to detect current location of your electronic device. |
Fingerprint (front-mounted), accelerometer, gyro, proximity, compass |
Bluetooth Bluetooth is a wireless communications technology for exchanging data between mobile phones, headsets, computers and other network devices over short distances without wires, Bluetooth technology was primarily designed to support simple wireless networking of personal consumer devices. | 4.2, A2DP |
Wi-fi Wi-Fi is a popular wireless networking technology using radio waves to provide high-speed network connections that allows devices to communicate without cords or cables, Wi-Fi is increasingly becoming the preferred mode of internet connectivity all over the world. | Wi-Fi 802.11 a/b/g/n/ac, dual-band, WiFi Direct, hotspot |
GPS GPS The Global Positioning System is a satellite-based radio navigation system, GPS permits users to determine their position, velocity and the time 24 hours a day, in all weather, anywhere in the world, In order to locate your position, your device or GPS receiver must have a clear view of the sky. | Yes, with A-GPS, GLONASS |
NFC NFC (Near field communication) is a set of standards for smartphones and similar devices to establish peer-to-peer radio communications with each other by touching them together or bringing them into proximity, usually no more than a few inches. | |
USB Ports | Type-C 1.0 reversible connector |
Card Reader | |
Headphone Jack | |
Microphone Jack |
GPRS GPRS (General Packet Radio Service) is a packet oriented mobile data service on the 2G and 3G cellular communication system's global system for mobile communications (GSM), Generally, GPRS is used for the purpose of wireless data transfer, such as sharing pictures and videos or browsing the Internet via a mobile phone connection. | |
EDGE EDGE (Enhanced Data GSM Environment) is a wireless network technology generally considered the next step in the 2G network offers data transfer rates up to four times faster than ordinary GSM networks, Generally, EDGE is used for the purpose of wireless data transfer, such as sharing pictures and videos or browsing the Internet via a mobile phone connection. |
Battery Type Battery Type => Cell phones run on various kinds of batteries depending on the manufacturer, phone size or shape and features. There are basically four types of cell phone batteries => Lithium Polymer, Lithium Ion, Nickel Metal Hydride and Nickel Cadmium. | Li-Ion (Lithium Ion) |
Capacity Battery Capacity is a measure (typically in Amp-hr) of the charge stored by the battery, and is determined by the mass of active material contained in the battery. The battery capacity represents the maximum amount of energy that can be extracted from the battery under certain conditions. | 3600 mAh battery |
Placement | Non-removable |