The second device from Samsung's Galaxy J series, the Galaxy J5, is a decent 5-inch smartphone. The highlight is the Super-AMOLED display. It only features the HD resolution, but can impress with rich colors, a great contrast and very good viewing angles.

sturdy chassis; long battery runtimes; good Super-AMOLED screen; replaceable battery; microSD-slot; good GPS module; LTE

very long charging time; chassis completely made of plastic; small internal storage; bad speaker; only 2.4 GHz Wi-Fi; no light sensor

I purchased this mobile in 12000/- in nov 15. It is the slowest phone among all the models. Irritating and frustratingly slow. Never buy this phone. Ramakant

Samsung's J series of devices have always been aimed at budget consumers, and to that end, had plastic bodies and wallet-friendly price tags. This year though Samsung's thrown that recipe into the drink with the top end models for the J series – the J5 and J7 – by encasing the two devices in premium...

Since time immemorial, there has been no device in budget range of Samsung arsenal that you couldn't slate. There has been quite a few every time. Finding a space for itself in just beyond the 10k category, Samsung has placed a new Snapdragon 410 based option, so long after the competition fired up.

Good Build Quality; Perfect screen size for easy use; Loaded with new TouchWiz interface; No heating issues

Camera isn't impressive; Low internal storage; No notification LED

The Samsung Galaxy J5 is a low cost quad core powered smartphone from a well known brand. The J5 comes packed with added features and also missed out some features but with the price tag of ?11,999 they have managed it really well.

Samsung, as most of us guessed already, introduced its new J Series in India with the launch of Galaxy J5 and Galaxy J7 on Thursday. The smartphones, which have been available in China since last month, fit into the mid-range segment based on their low prices, but offer impressive specifications and...