Samsung Galaxy J3 (2016) deals and reviews

What the critics say (scores are out of 100)

81	NotebookCheck | Adreas Kilian Samsung has created a sympathetic entry-level smartphone with the Galaxy J3 (2016) that offers many plus points despite its moderate price. The buyer will mainly have to accept noticeable cutbacks in terms of integrated storage and the primary camera's middling photo quality. Read full review
80	Alphr | Alan Martin, Jonathan Bray The Samsung Galaxy J3 is a great budget smartphone. It's reasonably well made and has a great screen that leaves me wondering why more manufacturers don't specify AMOLED panels on their cheap handsets. Read full review
70	Trusted Reviews | Max Parker The Samsung Galaxy J3 is a low-cost phone that makes a few too many compromises... The software is about the best you can get outside of vanilla Android. However, a slow CPU, annoying display and mediocre performance quite simply mean there are better options available – even at this price. Read full review
60	TechRadar | Andrew Williams The Samsung Galaxy J3 is an 'almost-there' budget phone which looks and feels right, but makes a few sacrifices in the wrong places. Read full review
60	Expert Reviews | Jonathan Bray The Samsung Galaxy J3 is certainly a respectable budget smartphone, but with very little difference compared to the Galaxy J5 in terms of price - I can't think of any reason why you'd pick this instead. Read full review
60	CNET UK | Jessica Dolcourt Light users will do fine with Samsung's entry-level Galaxy J3, but you'll want a higher-powered phone if you plan to keep it around for two years or more. Read full review
50	Tom's Guide | Philip Michaels The J3's strengths - its battery life and appealing exterior - can't obscure the device's glaring weaknesses. Even if you can overlook the phone's subpar performance, the blurry images taken by the J3's camera just aren't acceptable in an era when even low-priced phones feature cameras that can take sharper images. Read full review

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Dimensions & Form	Form factor: Touchscreen bar Dimensions 142.3 x 71 x 7.9 mm (5.6 x 2.8 x 0.31 in) Weight: 138 g (4.87 oz)
Screen	Size: 5 inches diagonal Resolution: 1280 x 720 pixels Screen Density: 294 ppi Screen-to-Body Ratio: 68.2 % Display Type: Super AMOLED
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Performance	Chipset: Spreadtrum SC8830 Exynos 3475 Quad - J320A CPU: Quad-core 1.4 GHz Cortex-A7 Quad-core 1.3 GHz Cortex-A7 - J320A GPU: Mali-400 Mali-T720 - J320A RAM: 1.5GB
Camera	Main Camera: 8 megapixels with LED flash Secondary Camera: 5 megapixels
Storage	Built-in Storage: 8GB Expandable Storage: Micro SD
Battery & Charging	Capacity: 2600 mAh Removable Battery: No Wireless Charging: No Quick Charge: None
SIM standard	Micro SIM Compare SIM Only deals
Water & Dust Resistance	Not Available
Fingerprint Reader	None
References & More info	Official website GSMArena specs page