Galaxy J7 Prime review: Metal-bodied budget volume seller of 2016-2017.
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
66/10066/100 puts it above the 63-point average for budget phones of 2016.
02Camera
58/10058/100 puts it above the 56-point average for budget phones of 2016.
03Performance
54/10054/100 puts it above the 49-point average for budget phones of 2016.
04Battery
72/10072/100 puts it above the 68-point average for budget phones of 2016.
05Build
68/100At 68/100 this is one of the strongest build showings among budget phones of 2016 — 9 points above the cohort average.
- Metal unibody at a budget price
- FHD screen + fingerprint sensor
- Reliable Exynos 7870 efficiency
- TFT not AMOLED
- No fast charging
- Mono speaker
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? .