Galaxy J5 review: The compact J-series AMOLED phone with a front flash for selfies.
The selfie-flash compact J.
Galaxy J5 paired a compact AMOLED with a front-facing flash to chase the selfie crowd in 2015. The Snapdragon 410 and 1.5 GB RAM kept it slow, but the screen and removable battery sold it to budget buyers worldwide.
01Display
64/10064/100 — right at the average for budget phones of 2015.
02Camera
50/10050/100 trails the 55-point cohort average for budget phones of 2015.
03Performance
40/10040/100 is one of the weaker performance results among budget phones of 2015 — 9 points under the average. Check the rows below before buying for this.
04Battery
56/10056/100 is one of the weaker battery results among budget phones of 2015 — 11 points under the average. Check the rows below before buying for this.
05Build
52/10052/100 trails the 58-point cohort average for budget phones of 2015.
06Value
54/10054/100 is one of the weaker value results among budget phones of 2015 — 7 points under the average. Check the rows below before buying for this.
- Compact 5" AMOLED.
- Selfie front flash was a selling point.
- Removable battery.
- microSD + jack.
- Snapdragon 410 is very slow.
- 1.5 GB RAM.
- HD display.
- Small battery.
How this review is built: every section score, spec row and comparison on this page comes from SpecEagle's tracked catalogue — scores weight measured specs against the 46-phone cohort of budget devices released around the same time. We don't publish invented lab anecdotes. Spot an error? .