samsung j2 (Samsung Galaxy J2 Core) review

Samsung Galaxy J2 Core

What's the price of Samsung Galaxy J2

Samsung launched its first Android Go Edition smartphone Samsung Galaxy J2 Core in India in late August 2018. The price of Samsung Galaxy J2 Core is Rs 6,190 and this phone is available for sale in Gold, Blue and Black color variants. We got the blue variant of Galaxy J2 Core for review which we used for 15 days. So let us know how useful is this cheapest Samsung Galaxy J2 for you?

samsung j2 (Samsung Galaxy J2 Core) review

Samsung Galaxy J2 Core Price in India

Samsung Galaxy J2 Core will be sold in India for Rs 6,190. It will be available in Gold, Blue and Black colors.Its sales will start at retail stores across the country and Samsung's e-shop website.

Samsung Galaxy J2  Specification 

This phone will get Go Edition of Android Oreo 8.1 with dual sim support in which many apps like Google Maps Go, YouTube Go will be pre-installed. The Galaxy J2 has a 5-inch Quad HD display with a resolution of 540x960 pixels. Apart from this, the phone has a Quadcore Exynos 7570 processor, 1 GB RAM and 8 GB storage which can be increased to 256 GB via memory card. The phone has a special feature with the help of which the app can be moved to the memory card.

samsung j2 (Samsung Galaxy J2 Core) review

Talking about the Samsung Galaxy J2 core camera, it has an 8 megapixel rear camera with an aperture f / 2.2, while the front camera is 5 megapixels. The Galaxy J2 core has a 2600 mAh battery and for connectivity it has 4G VoLTE, Wi-Fi, Bluetooth v4.2, GPS, Micro USB and 3.5mm headphone jack. Normally earphones are available in the box with Samsung phones but you will not get earphone jack in the box of Galaxy J2 core.

Samsung Galaxy J2 Core Design 


First of all talk about the design, the body of the phone is plastic and the finishing is also fantastic. When taken in hand, you will feel that the body is of glass, because the body is shiny. You will not get complaints about build quality. A micro USB port will be found just below the phone and a 3.5mm headphone jack will be found next to it. The power buttons are on the right and the volume buttons on the left.

samsung j2 (Samsung Galaxy J2 Core) review

There is a rear camera on the panel on the back of the phone and just below it is a flash light, while the main speaker is given to the right of the rear camera. Talking about the front panel, the camera is on the right and the speaker is on the left. You can remove the battery by removing the back cover. By the way, overall you will like the design.

Samsung Galaxy j2 Core Display

Samsung has given a 540x960 pixels Quad HD display in this phone and the company will also answer why it did not offer at least HD display, because there are many 4G smartphones with HD display in the market at this price. In such a situation, the company is going to get a tough competition. 

Well, let's talk about the performance of the display. As far as watching video is concerned, you cannot watch HD video online in it, but if you have full HD video in your memory card, you will still be able to watch it. In other words, in this phone you can watch videos with full HD resolution with the help of memory card.

Now talk about YouTube videos, you already get the Go version of YouTube in this phone but you can also download the YouTube app if you want but due to the RAM being just 1 GB, we would recommend you to use the YouTube Go app itself. . If you watch the video on the actual YouTube app, you will be able to watch the video at 480 pixel resolution, while on the YouTube Go app you will get three options including Basic, Standard and High-quality. 

Watching videos at high quality will cost you more data, although the quality of the video will be good. Apart from this, you will also get the option to download videos on Go version. However, during the review, we did not feel any lack of HD or full HD videos in watching videos on YouTube Go version app. In other words, the video looks fine. Yes, the sound is definitely a little less.


Samsung Galaxy J2 Core performance and battery backup


As far as performance is concerned, it takes more than 3 hours to fully charge the phone's battery and a common consumer gets more than a day's backup, but if you use many social media apps, news apps and video apps. If you do, then the battery can drain a bit quickly. If you watch too much video, the battery will have to be charged before the day is over. We did not get any problem like app getting stuck in the phone, but many times there was a delay in opening the app.


Samsung Galaxy j2 Core Camera


As far as the camera is concerned, the camera of the Galaxy J2 is average. The photo clicked with the light of day and flash light at night is tic, yes there is a lack of colors in the photo.On the back side is an 8 megapixel camera with F / 2.2 aperture. LED flash is also available with it. The Galaxy J2 Core has a 5 megapixel camera for selfie and video calling. There is also a beauty mode with the help of which users will be able to take better portraits and selfies.

samsung j2 (Samsung Galaxy J2 Core) review

Selfie is also average. With the camera you do not get background blur portrait mode nor do you get beauty mode. Whereas nowadays beauty mode is also available in the smartphone of 4 thousand rupees sold in the market. The photo does not look good in the light of the room. Talking about video recording, you can record videos with full HD resolution from both rear and front cameras.

samsung j2 (Samsung Galaxy J2 Core) review

Suggestion and Decision


As this phone has 1 GB RAM and only 8 GB storage, Samsung should not have given its app in this phone by default. Now you decide for yourself which app you will download in the phone, because when you get a new phone in your hand, you get 309 MB of RAM out of 1 GB of RAM and 4.9 GB of storage out of 8 GB of storage. is.

By the way, you can move some apps to memory card, but Samsung's app can only be disabled. No complaints will be received regarding build quality. Taking care of its brand value, the company has prepared the phone strongly, but the company will have to look a little at RAM, storage, camera and display, as there is a lot of competition in the market in the range of 6-7 thousand rupees. 

During the review, we found a lack of HD in the Galaxy J2 core display. The company should have given HD display. Why Samsung has not given at least beauty mode in this phone, only the company will answer this, because beauty mode is the trending feature of the day.