Galaxy J2 (2016) review: The entry AMOLED phone that sold by the million.
A million-selling entry AMOLED.
Galaxy J2 (2016) put an AMOLED screen and removable battery at $130, becoming one of Samsung's best-selling entry phones in India and Southeast Asia.
01Display
58/10058/100 trails the 63-point cohort average for budget phones of 2016.
02Camera
44/10044/100 is one of the weaker camera results among budget phones of 2016 — 12 points under the average. Check the rows below before buying for this.
03Performance
36/10036/100 is one of the weaker performance results among budget phones of 2016 — 13 points under the average. Check the rows below before buying for this.
04Battery
58/10058/100 is one of the weaker battery results among budget phones of 2016 — 10 points under the average. Check the rows below before buying for this.
05Build
52/10052/100 is one of the weaker build results among budget phones of 2016 — 7 points under the average. Check the rows below before buying for this.
06Value
56/10056/100 is one of the weaker value results among budget phones of 2016 — 8 points under the average. Check the rows below before buying for this.
- AMOLED at entry price.
- Removable battery + microSD.
- Smart Glow ring.
- Headphone jack.
- qHD resolution.
- Very slow Exynos 3475.
- 1.5 GB RAM.
- Support ended.
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? .