Galaxy J7 Prime 2 listed on Samsung India's website ahead of launch

Final updated: March 23rd, 2018 at 19:20 UTC+01:00

Samsung has quietly listed the Galaxy J7 Prime number 2 on its Indian website. From the specifications listed on the production folio, the new device appears to exist a minor upgrade to the Galaxy J7 Prime. The first-generation Galaxy J7 Prime was launched manner back in September 2016.

Galaxy J7 Prime number 2 sports a metal unibody with capacitive buttons and a fingerprint reader on the front. It has a 5.5-inch full HD TFT brandish with Gorilla Glass protection. Under the hood, information technology is powered by an octa-core Exynos 7 chipset and iii GB of RAM. Samsung doesn't specify the exact processor, but all bets are on the Exynos 7870 chipset used in many other Galaxy J series phones. The phone comes with 32 GB internal memory forth with a microSD card slot for expansion.

The 4G VoLTE-enabled device has a 3,300 mAh battery and charges via a micro-USB port. The device runs Android Nougat which is disappointing equally fifty-fifty Oreo will soon exist succeeded past Android P. Both the front and the back cameras are 13 megapixels with an f1.9 discontinuity for better lowlight operation. The cameras also offer social features such as live filters, live stickers, instant sharing, and instant editing, etc.

Samsung Mall and Samsung Pay Mini onboard

Samsung Mall app, which made its advent first on the Galaxy On7 Prime, will come up preinstalled on the telephone to assist users in shopping online. With the 'Visual Search' pick, users can shoot or utilise existing pictures of any product to search across multiple shopping sites. The app offers all-in-1 shopping and universal cart to compare, review and buy products from multiple sites through a unmarried interface.

Samsung Pay Mini, a stripped-down version of the popular Samsung Pay app, is also preloaded on the Galaxy J7 Prime ii. Samsung Pay Mini lacks MST and NFC-based payment options and instead relies on India-specific UPI (Unified Payments Interface) and mobile wallets like Paytm for making payments. Information technology is more often than not a glorified wallet of wallets.

The product folio lists the Galaxy J7 Prime number 2's price as INR 13,990 ($215) with a 'Sold-Out' tag and 'Notify me' option. It appears someone at Samsung has jumped the gun and listed the product online earlier Samsung could make information technology official and kickstart the sales.