Meanwhile, the new Samsung flip phone is called the SM-W2016 and it’s kind of like a clamshell version of the Galaxy S6.
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More details and images of the Galaxy J3 in all its glory can be found on Samsung’s website.
There’s no word yet on a potential release date or price, and whether or not it will even be released in Western countries.
It also adds Samsung Pay, allowing the S6 Active to finally join the rest of the Galaxy S6 series – and indeed the Galaxy Note 5 – in making contactless payments.
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Speaking of specs, the curiously-named Galaxy J3(6) sports a 5-inch, 720 x 1280 resolution Super AMOLED display, good for a pixel density of 294 ppi, which is pretty decent on the whole. While one of the variants will supposedly be powered by Samsung’s in-house Exynos 8890 chip with custom “Mongoose” cores, the other one will have Qualcomm’s recently-announced flagship SoC, the Snapdragon 820, which, according to recent reports, will also get an octa-core avatar (along with the already-unveiled quad-core version) that will apparently come at a few stage during next summer. The first to receive the Android Marshmallow will be the latest flagship phones and other devices, such as Samsung Galaxy Note 5, Galaxy S6 Edge Plus, Galaxy Note 4, Galaxy Note Edge, Galaxy S6 and Galaxy S6 Edge, as Times News United Kingdom reported. And worry not because it does support the installation of a microSD card to increase storage. Overall, the smartphone measures 142.3 x 71 x 7.9 mm, and weighs 138 grams. The Samsung Galaxy J5 and Galaxy J7 were separately launched in India back in July. This means that it will have dual hi-res scanning cameras on the front, with enhanced aperture, meaning that just turning on the phone screen will be enough to ID the user. The device is packed by a 2600mAh battery. Besides, there are connectivity options such as Wi-Fi, Bluetooth, A-GPS and a microUSB port as well as 4G LTE support on FDD B1, B3 and B7 and TDD LTE B41 frequency bands to deliver high-speed data access. We’ve seen folding designs from Samsung in the past that were only made available in Asian markets, so this one could remain there.
