SpecEagle review · Samsung

Galaxy J7 Prime review: Metal-bodied budget volume seller of 2016-2017.

SpecEagle Editorial·Sep 2016·$280
Overall
56/100
Class rank
#17 of 57
Tier
Budget
Buy?
Look elsewhere
The verdict, up front

The metal budget bestseller.

Galaxy J7 Prime was one of Samsung's biggest budget volume sellers of 2016-2017 — a metal unibody, FHD screen and fingerprint sensor at a price that kept Samsung competitive against Xiaomi and others in India.

01Display

66/100

66/100 puts it above the 63-point average for budget phones of 2016.

TypeTFT LCD
Size5.5 inches
Resolution1080 x 1920 px

02Camera

58/100

58/100 puts it above the 56-point average for budget phones of 2016.

Main13 MP, f/1.9
Selfie8 MP, f/1.9

03Performance

54/100

54/100 puts it above the 49-point average for budget phones of 2016.

ChipsetExynos 7870 (14nm, octa-core)
GPUMali-T830 MP1

04Battery

72/100

72/100 puts it above the 68-point average for budget phones of 2016.

Capacity3300 mAh

05Build

68/100

At 68/100 this is one of the strongest build showings among budget phones of 2016 — 9 points above the cohort average.

What works
  • Metal unibody at a budget price
  • FHD screen + fingerprint sensor
  • Reliable Exynos 7870 efficiency
What doesn't
  • TFT not AMOLED
  • No fast charging
  • Mono speaker
Cross-shop it against
LeEco Le 2
$180 · score 67/100

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 57-phone cohort of budget devices released around the same time. We don't publish invented lab anecdotes. Spot an error? .