Samsung Galaxy J5 Review: Another Missed Opportunity

By Abhinav Pathak on Sep 05, 2015 05:39 AM

Samsung has finally learned pricing for its mid-range smartphones. The Galaxy J5 is perfectly priced at Rs. 11,990 and comes with a Super AMOLED display, 4G LTE support, decent set of cameras running the latest Android 5.1 Lollipop right out of the box. So that should make it one of the best smartphones in its price range? But it doesn't. The Galaxy J5 is missing basic sensors, its design is quite outdated and the speakerphone here is quite tinny. Moreover, the competition has been getting better without Samsung giving them much credit.

7.8

Samsung finally got its pricing right with the Galaxy J5. With the J5 you are finally getting a good mix or specs and usability, but it might just be a little too late.

PROS

Great Display
Good Battery-life
Good Performance, Gaming
Good Cameras
4G LTE, USB OTG
Android 5.1 Lollipop

CONS

Speakerphone Should've Been Louder
Missing Basic Sensors
Build Should've Been Better
Just 8GB Storage
Dated Design
Capacitive Buttons Not Backlit

Score Breakdown

Build and Design

7
Display

9.2
Network Reception & Call Quality

9.0
Camera(s)

8.1
Music & Video Playback

7.0
Gaming

7.2
Performance

8.1
Battery-life

9.6
Software

7.1
Total Score

7.8 10.0