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Samsung Galaxy J1 (2016) is convenient lies in the palm of hand small screen and the housing with rounded edges. Its dimensions: 132.6 × 69.3 × 9.3 mm, it is wider than Alcatel PIXI 3 with the same screen diagonal, but it is thinner. The weight of the model is 131 grams, it is a bit, comparable to the Samsung Galaxy Core Prime or ZTE Blade X5.

Samsung has never been famous for the innovative approach to the design of each phone, especially budget. If you take a 2014 employee, for example, Samsung Galaxy Core Prime, and compare it with a novelty of 2016, then you can appreciate what "progress" happened in two years - the dynamics and flash lattice changed places, and part of the front panel learned to paint in black color. Well, okay, this year for a variety also changed the side frames to look original.

The "Home" hardware key is located below the display and two touch buttons around the edges from it. The side frames are pretty thick, the ratio of the display area to the surface of the smartphone is 62.7%. This is not enough, but in many ways it is a small diagonal of the screen.

Samsung Galaxy J1 (2016) received removable lid and battery. Under them are two slots for microsim-cards and another under the memory card.

Build quality high for budget levelThe cover is removed, though easily, but at the same time it fits tightly to the case. True, the material of the rear panel is very easy to scratch and quickly loses its commodity look.

SAMSUNG GALAXY J1 (2016) can be bought in three colors - black, white and gold. Moreover, the facial panel will always be black, regardless of the color of the back.

Screen - 3.3.

Samsung Galaxy J1 (2016) received an expensive SUPER AMOLED matrix, but one is not enough to name the screen with high-quality. Yes, the display turned out with wide viewing angles and very bright, but on a par with this, it has a low resolution, there is no function of avtormarity, but there are problems with color reproduction.

The screen received on a budget low resolution (800 × 480 points). Even for a small diagonal of 4.5 inches of this clarity is not enough. Pixel density is 207 per inch - irregularities of fonts and small parts are visible on the display with a naked eye. The screen is easily and quickly dumping, the oleophobic coating is not, as well as any special protective glass. But that in the screen is good, these are the viewing angles - everything that happens on it is visible even at the maximum slope.

The brightness range is excellent - from 4 to 444 kD / m 2 (in the "Outdoor" mode). On a sunny day, the screen reads easily, even when working with the camera, all the details are visible on it. At night, the minimum brightness will be comfortable for the eyes. True, there is another problem - the screen does not have the function of the avtormarity, apparently, they saved on it, although it meets in most state employees. The contrast of the image is excavated - the next plus. Thanks to the amoled matrix, Black looks natural, which you can not say about white and color reproduction. In the settings of the screen, you can select one of the four image modes - "adaptive", "AMOLED film", "AMOLED" and "BASIC". In the first three color coverage comply with the wider Adobe RGB standard, but the colors in it look oversaturated and unnatural (especially in the "adaptive" mode). If you are not accustomed to such focus from Samsung in other phones, at first it will be strongly rushing. In the "main" mode of color reproduction looks more neutrally and right, but the white color of the color of the color is strongly yellow, although the colorimeter does not notice this and argues that everything is fine.

Camera

In the chambers Samsung Galaxy J1 (2016) there is nothing unusual, simple, budget modules are used for 5 and 2 megapions. Such is customary to evaluate only on the presence of autofocus with a flash - there is already good. The only problem is competitors - you can buy a smartphone for the same money that removes much better.

The main chamber has a simple and understandable interface, annoying only what can not be turned off the shutter sound when shooting. There are no HDR mode in the settings, but there are others:

"Auto"
"Continuous shooting"
"Panorama"
"Retouch"
"Sport"
"PRO" (manual mode)
"Sound and photo".

In the last you make a photo and immediately after that record a 9-second audio ring. Original, but why is it necessary? This question remained a mystery to us. In manual mode, you can adjust several parameters:

Exposure (from -2 to +2)
ISO (from 100 to 400)
White balance (automatic or one of four to choose from)
Exposal mode (center-based, matrix or spot).

And all, good little glad. The possibilities are not very broad, the same ISO in many inexpensive cameras can be raised by two levels above (up to 1600), and the number of custom parameters does not affect the imagination at all.

The quality of the shooting is typical for 5 MPs, suitable to take a picture of the desired text thanks to autofocus or capture something important, but will not be able to replace a full-fledged camera. The camera can shoot video in resolution up to HD (1280 × 720 pixels) at a speed of 30 frames per second, without a tracking autofocus.

The front camera is useful, rather, for video link than for selfie. Its permissions in 2 MP is too little to capture the detailed self portrait of the owner. Especially in the event that you want to cover some background or landmark with you. It's funny, but it can not even shoot HD video, only VGA (640 × 480 pixels).

Photo from SAMSUNG GALAXY J1 (2016) - 2.5

Working with text - 4.0

Samsung Galaxy J1 (2016) uses a branded keyboard with the possibility of switching to 3 × 4 format, with large icons (as it was in older push-button smartphones). It is convenient to work with her, although after phones with big screens It may seem small. In this case, you can adjust the keyboard size yourself by increasing its size in the settings. It does not mark additional symbols on it, but it supports continuous input (swype). You can only dial the numbers on the top row of the keys. You will also not find a separate icon to switch the language, for this you will need to click on the space and pull to the side.

Internet - 3.0

On the phone are pre-installed google browsers Chrome and simply "Internet." In the first there is a text fit under the pre-selected size and synchronization with a desktop version. There are no special features in the Internet browser, although in the older models in it it was possible to find the text of the text on the width of the screen.

Communication - 2.6

SAMSUNG GALAXY J1 (2016) Communication Set can be called typical:

Wi-Fi B / G / N with Wi-Fi Direct with the ability to distribute the Internet
Bluetooth 4.1 with A2DP Profile Support
LTE support
A-GPS with GLONASS support
FM radio with RDS support (without headphones do not do).

Everything is simple and without delights, it is possible to note that LTE support, but it is no longer amazing for this price category. The phone has a Micro-USB 2.0 connector for charging and connecting to a PC. It is simple, does not support any technologies to transfer video or work with peripheral devices.

Multimedia - 3.6.

At this point, the smartphone showed good results, it supports most video encodes and audio formats. Music in FLAC and AC-3 is not a problem for him. From the video, it did not cope only with RMVB and some MPG rollers, as well as with a picture in high resolution (2k and 4k).

A standard audio player is pre-installed on the smartphone. Google Play. Music". This is not just a player, but a music service from Google with an equalizer. If you pay for a subscription, then you can save your favorite tracks and listen to their offline. To view the video, there is a branded video player with the ability to show subtitles and listen to the sound from the video via Bluetooth.

Battery - 3.8.

Samsung Galaxy J1 (2016) works long by the standards of state employees, and when watching a video, just incredibly long. In the daily use of the phone quietly enough for a day and a half.

Formally battery capacity is small, 2050 mAh, where does such good autonomy come from? The main charges of the charge are usually coming on the screen and chipset, here they are economical: low performance is combined with an energy efficient low-resolution display. The battery is removable, and this is her plus, if in one year old she will stop holding the charge, then it can be easily replaced with another.

In the HD video view mode, the smartphone has worked unexpectedly for a long time - 14 hours 20 minutes. By this parameter, it bypasses such "giants" as Samsung Galaxy Note 4 and the long-playing Lenovo P70, and other state employees here and nearby were not stood. But do not rush to rejoice, because the music player mode puts everything in its place: in it the results turned out to be ordinary - 43 hours. It is about as much as ASUS Zenfone 2 Laser or the budget Alcatel PIXI 3 4.5. Hour of work Benchmarck Geekbench Battery Test "Ate" only 10% of charging, a good result, but it is achieved only due to low performance. For an hour of playing in the Minion Rush, the battery lost 19%, with such a speed of the phone enough for only 5 hours. Only 5% of the battery passed on the shooting of a 10-minute HD roller, but you can hardly remember the video on the phone.

Despite extremely high results in a number of tests, in the daily use of the smartphone, there is enough for the same day and a half (as well as other phones of the budget segment). To save charges, you can go to the "Extreme Energy Saving" mode, the phone will save you from the riot of paints on the screen and smart functions (black and white mode with a limited number of applications).

Complete to Samsung Galaxy J1 (2016) is charging at 0.7 A, it leaves about two and a half hours to fully charge the phone.

Performance - 1.8.

Samsung Galaxy J1 (2016) phone cannot be called nimble, but it is enough for basic telephone tasks. In the company they call its performance "Improved", it is not clear only in comparison with which, apparently, with the predecessor Galaxy J1.

The smartphone is equipped with the EXYNOS 3475 branded processor (4 cores at a frequency up to 1.3 GHz) and 1 GB random access memory. These are low indicators, model performance in all parameters is inferior to its more expensive fellow Samsung Galaxy J3. And such RAM is enough only to store only a couple of applications unloaded. It's funny, but Samsung claims that such characteristics "will provide an instantaneous smartphone response to any of your actions", which causes only a slight smile.

In daily using samsung Galaxy J1 2016 works fine if you use it just as a phone. But if you work simultaneously with several tasks or run heavy games, it starts to slow down. Even just switching between applications or different lists, sometimes causes light second thoughtfulness. Most of the necessary software launches and in general works fine, only with small shortcomings. Mid-level games, such as Minion Rush, are quite playable, but it is not perfect smoothly. In games, it is more cold, for example, Asphalt 8 or Nova 3, problems like periodic rolling or sides of frame frequency begins, which will prevent enjoy the games. In addition, they have nowhere to store big games, because they quickly score affordable 4 GB on the phone, except to keep them on the memory card. We checked how much Galaxy (J1 2016) heats up in games. For half an hour in Minon Rush, the body temperature did not exceed 36 degrees - in this regard, the phone is comfortable, although in this case it is simply nothing to overheat.

In various benchmarks, Samsung Galaxy J1 (2016) turned out to be at the bottom of the ratings by productivity:

Geekbench 3 (test processor) - 1161 score, still inferior to the flagship of four years ago,
Ice Storm Unlimited from 3DMark (graphics) - 3662, one thousand is superfluous than from a state employee ZTE Blade X5
ANTUTU (Mixed Test) - 18253 points, lower than Lenovo A2010.

Memory - 3.5.

The amount of Samsung Galaxy J1 (2016) permanent memory is 8 GB, from which the user is available about 4.1 GB. In principle, this is normal for the price for the phone, but in this range there are already devices from 16 GB on board. But here you can always add up to 128 GB using a microSD memory card - a separate slot is selected under it. You can store photos and videos on the card, as well as to transfer most of the major games and applications to it.

Features

Samsung Galaxy J1 (2016) is running Android 5.1 and the TouchWiz brand interface. The information about updating the phone to the 6th version of the system is not likely, this will not happen. As usual, an impressive set of different software is pre-installed on SMARFTON, okay, at least the device is not scoring for a string. In addition to the standard services from Google, you will find a file manager, Internet Security From Kaspersky, the Smart Manager application for optimization, branded shops and the rest.

Main feature of Galaxy J1 2016 - Application AMOLED display in a budget telephone. The image looks unnatural, but it is bright and with the terrible viewing angles. In addition, we note the collapsible case, a removable battery and support for two SIM cards and a memory card.

Reviews of visitors about Samsung SM-J120F / DS Galaxy J1 2016 Black

The most frequent question from customers:

Hello! Please tell me why prices are in your store lower than in the rest and sometimes even much lower?

Bought this smartphone. Everyone is satisfied. Juicy colors on the screen, good connection, fast response. Only positive emotions from buying

Today I bought Samsung SM-J120F / DS Galaxy J1 Gold as a gift mom for a birthday. It's really really useful, but in my hand is not bad.

Svetlana:

I bought Samsung SM-J120F / DS Galaxy J1 a week ago, the phone is worth your money, bright colors, it does not hang, games work, the battery holds a day when applications and games are enabled, it has not been checked in standby mode.

Good day! Please refine this model Samsung Galaxy J1 (2016) http://www.samsung.com/ru/consumer/mobile-devices/smartphones/galaxy-j/sm-j120fzddser? In the name of your phone there are no figures 2016.

the phone is very good and convenient, not any defects and marriages did not find. And the price is very affordable. I advise everyone!

very comfortable, and the available phone in short speaking is not a good complaint phone.

Thank you very much to all workers of this store, suggested and recommended this phone, super, bright colors, smart.

in this phone exactly 8 GB

Vitaly:

Bought recently this smartphonewhile only positive emotions. The optimal size, conveniently lies in the hand, juicy and bright and responsive screen, the battery keeps the charge normally, a wonderful sound, a high-quality assembly is felt, in general, it looks rich :)

Hello, could you advise me the smartphone model, with a good camera, one SIM card is not an expensive, you need for a teenage son who, well, very irresponsible treats things (

I bought it all day all day exploit works normally Akb.Good I advise you to take it.

In the evening I took an online order for the Samsung Galaxy J1 phone, after a couple of hours, the manager called back, confirmed the order and clarified the delivery address. Certificates of purchase were: new, closed packaging and evening delivery time. On the next day, the courier delivered the phone at the agreed time, everything was new, Closed without diffect. With the moment of delivery, it was until 2 weeks, the device is excellent work, the pritenzy is not. In this store I order for the first time and always everything is OK! I advise the store. For a good phone. Thanks to employees.

Worms novel Alekseevich:

good apparatus initial level With a big screen!

The very good one uses very good

Tell me, do you sell original, certified devices? Is it possible to check the performance at courier delivery? Or how to be in case the device delivered by the courier suddenly it turns out to be non-working?

In 2016, CSAMSUNG produced a new budget apparatus - Galaxy J1 (SM-J120F / DS). Figure 1 indicates the cheapest product in model row J. Series This model is an updated smartphone that was released in 2015.

The updated model has received more memory, increased RAM size and more capacious battery. The smartphone also works on the new Android OS 5 and it has support for two SIM cards.

Specifications

Display	4.5 ", Super AMOLED, 480x800 pixels
Sensors	provisions, approximation
Camera	5 MP, F / 2.2, Autofocus, Flash, HD Video Recording (30 Frame / C)
Front camera	2 mp, f / 2.2
CPU	Exynos 3475, 4 cores 1.3 GHz, MALI-T720 graphics
Oz	1 GB
Memory	8 GB (4.3 GB available)
Memory card	MicroSD up to 128 GB
OS.	Android 5.1.
Gabarits.	132.6 x 69.3 x 8.9 mm
Weight	131 G.
Battery	2 050 mAh, removable
Other	2 SIM (both micro-SIM), 4G, 3G, Bluetooth 4.1, Wi-Fi, GPS, GLONASS

Appearance

Samsung Galaxy J1 SM-J120F DUOS is set to 4.5 inches. In general, it has quite compact dimensions: 132.6x69.3x8.9 mm. The weight of the smartphone is 131 grams. It looks small compared to the majority of modern devices, besides, the displays of less than five inches are now very rare.

Facial part covered protective glasson which fingerprints are clearly visible.

With small sizes, they can safely control one hand.

You can find three colors of the apparatus: white, black and golden.

The smartphone looks standard: the "Home" hardware button is located under the screen, and next to the two touch keys. The screen is the speaker, the camera and the approximation sensor.

Sound and power control buttons are located on the sides of the smartphone. The bottom is the microUSB connector and the microphone, and from above - the connector for connecting the headset. Rear camera, speaker and photo list. The camera performs a little over the case.

Control and display

Updated Galaxy J1 Duos 2016 has a typical design for Samsung design, and is practically no different from its predecessor.

The display is made using Super AMOLED technology. The device has good review angles. Display 4.5 inches with a resolution of 800x480 points, density points per inch 207ppi.

Smartphone multitouch - for two touches.

Complete set is minimal - with a smartphone included only the power supply can be found.

Packaging design updated: Now the box is white.

Communication

The phone uses two Micro-SIM SIM cards. To install the SIM card you need to remove the battery. Memory card on the side, which allows it to be removed without turning off the device.

Settings Standard for Android 5. In the SIM card Manager, you can select a SIM card for voice calls, SMS and Internet connection. There is an "active mode" option when you can receive calls from both SIM cards during a conversation. In options, you can set a name for the SIM card and select the icon from the proposed.

I liked that when you set there are two keys tied to different SIM cards to make a call.

Communication works confidently, obscurations are not observed. The communication module is one, but you can try to use the "active mode", which is usually paid with the operators.

The smartphone has also Wi-Fi b / g / n modules (2.4 GHz, supports Wi-Fi Direct), Bluetooth 4.0, NFC, GPS (with A-GPS support), GLONASS.

Sensor set is minimal: approximation sensor and accelerometer.

Camera

Bases Camera Galaxy J1 2016 on 5 megapixels with autofocus and flash, and front for 2 megapixels. The resolution of the photos received by the main chamber - 2576x1932. Video is written in 720p format. Quickly start the camera is carried out by double pressing the "Home" button.

The camera does not stand out. CMOS sensor. With weak lighting - strong noises. The autofocus is slow, because of which the pictures are often woven. The photo list is weak. Typical camera of budget apparatuses.

Operating system and software

Samsung Galaxy J1 SM-J120F DUOS is running Android 5.1.1 Lollipop system with a TouchWiz brand graphic shell. The version of the firmware J120FXXU1AOL5 and new versions at the time of writing the article was not. There is a Play Market and Galaxy Apps on the phone, so there are no problems with installing new applications.

In addition to standard applications, additional are installed:

Kaspersky Internet Security;
S Planner - Samsung calendar;
Galaxy Apps - Analog Play Market;
Shop - SAMSUNG goods;
Ubank - Mobile Wallet;
Smart Manager - application improves performance, can increase time autonomous work And removes garbage. Analog application Clean Master and Power Manager Lenovo;
SAMSUNG gifts - mailing different shares and bonuses.

From above, a slight modified "curtain" is put forward, where the alerts and the fast settings panel are displayed, where you can enable / disable some phone functions - WiFi, Bluetooth, flashlight, GPS and other settings. List of icons can be edited.

The keyboard is standard from Samsung, but it is not difficult to change it.

The settings have an energy saving mode that allows you to save the battery charge, limiting the performance of the processor, brightness, and several other parameters, which are not needed with normal use.

Touch the menu button, when it is held, opens a list recently. running applications. And the mechanical button "Home" when holding opens the Google Now application.

Memory

The amount of memory is 8GB, of which the user is available 4.28GB, the rest takes operating system. Memory Card can be installed without shutting down the smartphone.

RAM - 1GB, of which are free 330mb.

When connected to a computer, your smartphone is defined as a media device - a camera or player.

Testing

The new Samsung Galaxy J1 became two times more powerful last year's fellow 2015 - the number of cores, memory and RAM increased twice.

2016 sAMSUNG year Beginning from the release of cheap smartphones. However, this is not quite so - in December 2015, new metal Galaxy A were announced, which belong to the image medium segment, but they did only in January. However, the company had something to announce in January 2016.

The most "real" was the Samsung Galaxy J1 (2016) phone - a new budget model, the most inexpensive among the smartphones of the Korean manufacturer. Why is he "more real" the rest? Everything is very simple - this pipe went on sale almost immediately. Moreover, compared to, it was seriously refreed.

In fact, Galaxy J1 (2016) marks a new milestone in smartphone-building. In such cheap samsung devices, SUPER AMOLED screens have not yet used. This pipe was one of its kind, at the same time having received an indisputable advantage over many competitors - how not to twist, but AMOLED technology is promising liquid crystals, even if it is an IPS matrix. Yes, and IPS matrices are different - in low-cost phones no one will put top development.

In general, let's understand what is still good Galaxy J1 (2016) and what is his shortcomings.

Sumsung Galaxy J1 (2016) video review

As always, we first offer to look at Galaxy J1 (2016) on the video:

Design

Samsung decided to do the design in 2015. At first, metal smartphones Galaxy A first generation were released, and the flagships from the Galaxy S rule were followed. And in 2016, the South Korean manufacturer took the budget apparatus.

Galaxy J1 (2016) is little similar to the samsung typical apparatus. Although it would seem - very rounded corners are preserved here, and the traditional top of the buttons under the screen. It seems to be the same as the most familiar "reconstruction", but it looks completely different.

The secret of the transformation turned out to be extremely simple - the screen is moving the black frame, at the same time entering the top panel. Exactly on this contrast, new budget smartphones and travel - such an uncomplicated way the company has achieved a noticeable refreshment of design.

Of course, you can see this "innovation" only in White (Galaxy J1 (2016) White) or Golden (Galaxy J1 (2016) Gold) tube. Black Galaxy J1 (2016) Black is almost indistinguishable from predecessors. It should also be noted that such a designer concept of Samsung applied for the entire budget line (we have already got acquainted with the elders), so that this version of the design soon "comes."

But behind almost nothing has changed. Here there is a plain plastic cover with soft-so with a coating, with sloping sidewalls flowing into silver ends. It is not visible from this point of innovation, so during a conversation to boast the updated appearance from Samsung will not be released.

At the same time, Samsung Galaxy J1 (2016), despite its budget, perfectly executed and very well assembled. Moreover, for an inexpensive apparatus, he does not have such a large thickness of 8.9 mm, and the weight is very small - 131 grams. With such parameters to use a smartphone more than convenient.

Redesign available Samsung family can be recognized as successful. Galaxy J1 (2016) How the youngest model looks good, and not disappointed in the quality of manufacture.

Connectors and controls

Redesign redesign, but Samsung ergonomics does not change for many years, leaving all the elements in their places. We can not praise her for such a decision.

The screen contains a plurality of elements: a conversational speaker, a front-end lens, lighting sensors and approximations. But the LED indicator about events is not. Samsung for some reason decided to abandon him in his many models.

Under the display, you can see the top three typical "Samsung" buttons: list of applications, back and home. The latter as always mechanical, and the first two are sensory, but are deprived of the backlight. In low-cost Samsung products does not use it.

Rear all the elements are grouped at the top. Here you can see the lens of the back chamber, the LED flash and the external speaker.

On the left end there is a rudder of the volume controller.

On the right, as always is the power button.

From above you can see 3.5 mm minijacks for headphones and headsets. In the flagship products of Samsung, it is already located below that much more convenient, but inexpensive smartphones of such privileges have not yet been put.

The microUSB connector is rendered from below, and a slightly right of it is a conversational microphone. There is no microphone for noise reduction.

But, unlike top smartphones, Samsung Galaxy J1 (2016) can be easily and easily disassembled, as well as replace the battery yourself.

Microsim cards are in an unusual place - right under the battery. Usually on phones samsung They can be found on the side of the battery, such as the connector for maps of MicroSd.. If you suddenly do not cope with the installation of the cards, we suggest a look at this short video:

Total complaints about Ergonomics Galaxy J1 (2016) We do not have everything on our usual places, even if Samsung is not as comfortable as possible, like Samsung flagships. But, we will remind, we are dealing with one of the most affordable smartphones of the Korean company.

Case for Galaxy J1 (2016)

Buy cover or cover for Galaxy J1 (2016) At the time of the preparation of the article turned out to be extremely difficult - this tube is too new, and therefore it was not specially released yet.

This case is potentially expected to have a book for Galaxy J1 (2016). Its price is still unknown, but it is unlikely to exceed 1500 rubles.

Cover-flip for Galaxy J1 (2016) like this is something about 1000 rubles. It looks true, not very.

Screen

In the screens market for smartphones in 2015, and now in 2016 noticeable changes occur. And they started with SAMSUNG light hand, which began to increase the sale of OLED displays. Other manufacturers, including Apple, appreciated the advantages of this technology, including excellent color reproduction, wide viewing angles, deep black and, most importantly, lowest power consumption, and now produce more and more products with new type displays. Samsung is also important, the most promotes this process as much as possible by establishing amoled matrices even in budget decisions.

Galaxy J1 (2016) is one of the cheapest smartphones with an amoled screen on the market. Actually, this is its main chip - the LED display at a low price. But, of course, his capabilities were determined in a certain way, in order not to compete with senior models. Starting stands with the fact that the screen resolution is quite modest according to modern standards - only 800x480 pixels. The Galaxy J1 of the first generation is the same, but there was a diagonal of 4.3 ", and here we have 4.5". In other words, the density of the points decreased to 207 ppi, so sharpness of the picture is not very high. In our opinion, to increase the resolution up to 960x540 points would not work out - other products of the company will not be competition.

But the rest of the screen Samsung Galaxy J1 (2016) showed himself from the best side. Undoubtedly, the manufacturer used not the most recent generation, but it still looks much better than they offer similar applicants with IPS matrices. The display has a decent brightness margin, excellent viewing angles, it distinguishes a bright and saturated picture.

Objective measurements only confirm the said - the maximum brightness was measured at 434.76 cd / m 2, which is very good and generally above average. The brightness of the black color, we recall, the OLED technology is striving for zero, so black looks so natural.

It is noteworthy that Galaxy J1 (2016) was able to select the screen profiles, just like the senior models. As usual, the adaptive profile provides advanced color coverage approaching the Adobe RGB color space. If you switch to the main one, where the colors are calmer, more similar to IPS displays, then the color coverage is narrowed to SRGB. But it will be imperceptible to the eye.

The color temperature also depends on the selected profile. So on the adaptive it is overestimated somewhere on 800-1300k, that is, colder. The "calm" of the colors of the main profile is explained among other things and a warmer temperature - here exceeding the standard of 6500K is within 500-600K.

Gamma curves turned out strange. On both proven profiles, the main and adaptive, they take place noticeably above the reference curve 2.2. Because of this, the image is displayed lighter than necessary. Again, it is unlikely that it will be noticeable to the eye, but still I would like to see the color reproduction as close to the right one.

The Galaxy J1 (2016) screen recognizes up to five simultaneous touchs. Also, an artificial limit - Samsung flagships such displays work with all their fingers immediately.

Screen settings pleased the presence of the "screen mode" section, where these most profiles are selected. In addition to the adaptive and main one, there is a photo and a film whose names speak for themselves. But here's another artificial restriction regarding the possibility of brightness authoring, upsets most of all of all the displays of this most significant and noticeable. But Samsung made the "Outdoor" mode, which turned on which the brightness of the display grows somewhere on a quarter.

In general, the screen Samsung Galaxy J1 (2016) we liked. Still, this is amoled with all the consequences. True, upset certain restrictions made so that the smartphone does not compete with more expensive products of the company: a low resolution and the lack of brightness authoring. The rest of the minuses are not so significant and will not be noticeable.

Camera

Many people know that the Samsung device for Samsung devices is one of their strongest components. However, in relation to budget products, this is not quite so. The company may not deprive them of their advanced image processing algorithms, but the sensors set not so that the best, and not the highest permission. As a result, Galaxy J1 (2016) received 5 MP rear chamber.

The standard application from Samsung is designed to work with it - we have seen it from many of its smartphones 2015 and 2016. Fast parameters are displayed on the left, including switching filters and timer.

In addition, there are various shooting modes, including the pro, where you can specify individual photo settings: white balance, photosensitivity and exposure.

Resolution is set in the settings. Note that 5 MP frames can be obtained only when choosing the aspect ratio of 4: 3.

Obviously, the main sensor in Samsung Galaxy J1 (2016) deserves the characteristics "so-so", but at the same time the processing algorithms are clearly trying, to the last pulling out of the captured images, everything that is possible. So it turns out that in a calm photo you can see decent photos, but when the lighting becomes less, noise appear, sharpness falls. At the same time, more or less correct white balance is preserved.

Video shooting is limited by a resolution of 1280x720 pixels - this is also a normal practice at Samsung.

Videos are normal, if taken during the day. Here everything is completely the case, as with the photo: in good conditions it is not bad, and in the evening there will be "so-so."

W. frontal chamber There are also a pair of shooting modes.

Its permit is not slaughtered "in zero" and is 2 megapixels with the ratio of the frame of 4: 3. Other, by the way, not supported.

The facial sensor takes off as bad as he could. The frames are desperately lacking sharpness, but the colors in principle are good, the white balance is faithful, there is no characteristic illumination.

Another limitation is superimposed on the video from the front chamber - the resolution is not higher than 0.3 Mp.

Video quality in principle is not bad, but all spoils a low VGA resolution.

Generally cameras Galaxy J1 (2016) correspond to the level of the device - stars from the sky are not enough, but they are completely bad called difficult. Of course, depressing a low resolution of shooting video from the front camera, but otherwise everything is more or less worn, especially if you take a day on the street.

Characteristics Galaxy J1 (2016)

Samsung would not be herself, do not make it a bunch of modifications of a potentially popular smartphone model. As a result, the telephone in question exists immediately in several modifications. So there is our Samsung Galaxy J1 (2016) DUOS with SM-J120F labels (on the Exynos 3475 processor) and SM-J120H (the one that was with the Chip Spreadtrum SC8830). A certain Galaxy J1 mini was found, it is J1 NXT, with a reduced 4-inch LCD screen. Also for sale while you can find models of 2015: Galaxy J1, Galaxy J1 4G, Galaxy J1 mini.

As you can see, the difference between Galaxy J1 (2016) and the first Galaxy J1 is not very high, although it is noticeable for individual items and directly affects the convenience of work. So the more modern model is now a 4-nuclear processor, it became twice as much memory, the screen diagonal and battery capacity has grown. Yes, and the screen itself was changed from an inexpensive LCD (not even IPS) to a decent amoled. In general, the new smartphone looks noticeably better, and if for cleanliness, the last thing was worth "not to slaughter" so much.

The processor inside the Samsung Galaxy J1 (2016) is though quad-core, but it's all the same Spreadtrum SC8830, which somehow happened to see in the tablet. Its nuclei are based on not the most recent 32-bit Cortex-A7 architecture and work with a very high frequency of 1.2 GHz. But, undoubtedly, the smoothness and responsiveness of the interface on the new smartphone is noticeably better than the predecessor.

It should be noted that the SM-J120F modification may be on sale, which with the samsung exynos processor 3475. It looks more interesting due to two points: the four Cortex-A7 kernels operating at a higher frequency of 1.3 GHz, and even it Mali-T720 video card. The phone that was with us (SM-J120H) offers an outdated MALI-400 MP2 graphic chip, which is not very productive, and does not support current graphical interfaces - only OpenGL ES 2.0. Mali-T720 Even if it turns out to be not much faster, then at least compatible with OpenGL ES 3.0.

Part memory Galaxy J1 2016 is noticeably improved - he received 1 GB of RAM and 8 GB Flash. In fact, nothing outstanding in these parameters - today it is the norm. But the Galaxy J1 of the first generation for these characteristics was seriously limited - 512 MB of RAM and 4 GB of Flash, and even for the money that they asked for him at the start, was a little mockery. Now Samsung corrected that he glances.

The rest of the Galaxy J1 (2016) looks like a typical inexpensive tube. There is no support for 4G, although we will not exclude the appearance of an appearance in the near future. The remaining communications are also more than ordinary: Wi-Fi 802.11n and Bluetooth 4.0. But the graded battery capacity from 1850 to 2050 mA * h cannot but rejoice. True, with this weight increased by 9 grams, but still he is very small.

It turns out that Samsung Galaxy J1 (2016) is a typical budget smartphone, but with an outstanding screen. The remaining characteristics do not go beyond the majority of similar proposals.

Testing productivity

Rate the speed of Galaxy J1 (2016) we decided in comparison with its predecessor Galaxy J1, it is SM-J100H. Let's see if there is any noticeable increase in the year.

Old system-wide tests SmartBench 2012 and Quadrant gave an unambiguous victory new Galaxy J1 (2016). It clearly affects the presence of more nuclei pairs. Even graphic performance turned out to be higher, albeit insignificantly. But the data from more modern benchmark Antutu will not give - on the old Galaxy J1 he did not start. In the new one, if interesting, we received 21964 points, which is not very much.

The Sunspider browser test also gave the victory to the smartphone of 2016, and its superiority is very large.

The video card in both phones is really weak, once even in Electopia, not the most modern 3D test, they hardly scored 30 FPS.

A more serious benchmark 3DMark gave the victory of Galaxy J1 (2016), although with a greater graphic performance of both tubes is about the same low.

Testing Autonomy Galaxy J1 (2016) We got extremely strange results - the smartphone left only 30% of the charge after performing all tasks. It is extremely small and completely atypically for Samsung's products. Therefore, we tend to write off the circumstance to the shortcomings of the test without sample, as well as the imperfection of its firmware. Obviously, it will not have a retail version of this disadvantage. You can count on the following reasons: The first Galaxy J1 provides good autonomy, the new model has a more energy efficient amoled screen, and it also increased the battery capacity up to 2050 mA.

The most pleasant thing is that Samsung did not deprive its budget smartphone of the extreme energy saving mode, which fully reveals itself precisely with the amoled display, translating everything into the black and white color gamut.

Games on Galaxy J1 (2016)

Today, the biggest "game" problem on inexpensive smartphones - This is a small amount of built-in memory, and not at all the lack of computing power. The volume of games reaches hundreds of megabytes and even several gigabytes, because of which they will quickly take all available space on the device.

RIPTIDE GP2.: Excellent, the game does not slow down;

Asphalt 7.: Excellent, the game does not slow down;

Modern Combat 5: Blackout: Excellent, the game does not slow down;

N.O.V.A. 3.: some delays are visible;

Dead Trigger.: Excellent, the game does not slow down;

Dead Trigger 2.: Excellent, the game does not slow down;

Real Racing 3.: some delays are visible;

Need For Speed.: No Limits.: Excellent, the game does not slow down;

Shadowgun: Dead Zone: Excellent, the game does not slow down;

Frontline Commando: Normandy: some delays are visible;

Frontline Commando 2.: visible noticeable delays;

Eternity Warriors 2.: Excellent, the game does not slow down;
Eternity Warriors 3.: not in the Play Store;

Eternity Warriors 4.: some delays are visible;

Trial Xtreme 3.: Excellent, the game does not slow down;

Trial Xtreme 4.: Excellent, the game does not slow down;

Dead Effect.: Excellent, the game does not slow down;
Dead Effect 2.: did not start;

Plants VS Zombies 2: Excellent, the game does not slow down;

Iron Man 3: some delays are visible;

Dead Target.: Excellent, the game does not slow down.

As you can see, most games really work well on Galaxy J1 (2016). The questions arose only in certain "heavyweights" like N.O.V.A. 3, Eternity Warriors 4, Real Racing 3. Yes, and that, everything is not so bad there that it is not possible to play it all right.

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In the yard of 2016, and therefore it is time to use Android 5.1 everywhere. In fact, the situation is as follows: all samsung devices, released to Galaxy S7, work on Android 5.1, and what will appear later, will mostly receive Android 6.0. Of course, something from the "old" models will be updated to the "six", but in relation to Galaxy J1 (2016) such hopes can not feed - the Korean company does not make such concerns of budget products.

So, Galaxy J1 (2016), Android 5.1 and Touchwiz branded shell, such a familiar and familiar if you have already dealt with Samsung devices.

Here is the same thing that we had to see more than once. So this is a notification panel, as in the "clean" Android, but with another panel fast parameters. List recent applications, He is also a task manager, almost no different from the "original", but with the ability to close all programs.

There is a set of standard widgets, and notifications are displayed on the lock screen.

Applications on Galaxy J1 (2016) are not very much. More precisely, there is a standard set needed to start work. It includes a browser, mail client, calendar, alarm clock, calculator and so on. All in the special version from Samsung. But the additional "branded" utilities like s Health and there are no like - it was left more expensive models.

It is noteworthy that in the Galaxy Apps Apps store there is a special section of Galaxy Essentials. If someone is not aware, programs have been made here that Samsung provides users with its products, but does not install them on smartphones and tablets, in order not to score their memory. In general, something is available for the budget model, which is nice.

Otherwise, everything is typical. There is a corporate calendar S Planner.

Simple and moderately functional file manager.

An application clock, combining alarm clock, world time, stopwatch and timer.

The rest of the special meaning does not mean - all these are ordinary applications that are on each smartphone. Galaxy J1 (2016) due to its availability does not differ in some special set of software. Here everything is typically, only in the usual shell of Samsung.

Output

Samsung Galaxy J1 (2016) looks noticeably better than its predecessor, presented a year earlier. New smartphone Already it is impossible to call "White Voron" with it is not clear why degraded characteristics and because of this inadequate price. The current phone is quite in a trend, both in both its parameters and cost.

In addition, the device now got a "chip", with something that noticeably allocates him against the rest of the rest. We are talking about an amoled screen, which is not only better than the display, which was at the first Galaxy J1, but also exceeds IPS matrices, which are used in competing models.

Another smartphone can be noted the refreshed design, high-quality assembly, more or less normal shooting quality. True, somewhat upsets the absence of automatic brightness adjustment, and the resolution of the screen is low. But then nothing can be done - Galaxy J1 (2016) should not exceed older more expensive models. But how much does it cost himself?

Price Galaxy J1 (2016)

Buy Galaxy J1 (2016) can be for 9 thousand rubles, which is not so much. As it turned out, this phone There are really no direct competitors. With a similar diagonal of the screen and the price, everything is sold a little cheaper and with the worst display, or more expensive and the screen there is also very "medium" IPS.

Here to take, for example, with a price of 7 thousand rubles. Yes, it is cheaper, there is a 4.5-inch screen, albeit a slightly higher resolution of 854x480 pixels. But it is not even an IPS, but an inexpensive TFT. The processor there plus-minus the same, MediaTek MT6735M, battery for 2000 mA * h, 5 megapixel camera, Android 5.1. With a larger tube, Samsung Galaxy J1 (2016) repeats and it is cheaper, but do not forget about the amoled screen - if you take into your hands two smartphones, the difference between them will be stripped.

Or now ASUS Zenfone GO (ZC451TG) for 7500-8000 rubles. The parameters here are exactly the same as Lenovo A2010: 4.5-inch TFT-screen resolution of 854x480, 1 GB of RAM, 8 GB Flash, 5 megapixel camera (and 0.3 MP front - at all shame), and at the same time outdated 4 -nuclear mediaTek processor MT6580, something like a tested Samsung. Add Android 5.1 here and the accumulator of a small capacity of 1600 mA * h. I do not know how you, and Galaxy J1 (2016) looks more interesting. He, by the way, also thinner both described competing tubes.

Pros:

quality AMOLED screen with the ability to choose profiles;
good price for their characteristics;
excellent assembly;
refreshed design;
acceptable camera quality cameras;
there is an extreme energy saving mode.

Minuses:

there is no LED indicator about events;
touch buttons are devoid of backlight;
no automatic screen brightness adjustment;
screen resolution could be higher.