Galaxy J2 Pro review: Compact entry Samsung — Super AMOLED at sub-$150.
A bare-essentials AMOLED budget Samsung.
J2 Pro brought AMOLED to entry-level at the cost of RAM and resolution. A practical phone for users with very basic needs.
01Display
60/10060/100 trails the 63-point cohort average for budget phones of 2018.
02Camera
40/10040/100 is one of the weaker camera results among budget phones of 2018 — 16 points under the average. Check the rows below before buying for this.
03Performance
28/10028/100 is one of the weaker performance results among budget phones of 2018 — 22 points under the average. Check the rows below before buying for this.
04Battery
50/10050/100 is one of the weaker battery results among budget phones of 2018 — 21 points under the average. Check the rows below before buying for this.
05Build
56/10056/100 trails the 60-point cohort average for budget phones of 2018.
06Value
58/10058/100 is one of the weaker value results among budget phones of 2018 — 7 points under the average. Check the rows below before buying for this.
- AMOLED at sub-$150 was rare.
- Removable battery.
- Compact 5″ body.
- microSD + headphone jack.
- qHD resolution only.
- 1.5 GB RAM is bottleneck.
- Slow Exynos chip.
- Stopped at Android 8.
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 84-phone cohort of budget devices released around the same time. We don't publish invented lab anecdotes. Spot an error? .