J7 Max and J7 Pro Launched in India to Promote Samsung Pay

South Korean tech giant Samsung has launched two new Galaxy smartphones in India dubbed as Galaxy J7 Pro and Galaxy J7 Max. Both of these are yet another Samsung 4G phones also supporting VoLTE. The smartphones sit on the top of Galaxy J-series lineup introduced in the year 2015. The Galaxy J7 Pro is none other than Galaxy J7 (2017) launched recently worldwide. The company has just tweaked the name for the Indian market.

Specs-wise, the Galaxy J7 Pro sports a 5.5-inch Full HD Super AMOLED display with a resolution of 1920 x 1080 pixels. Furthermore, the display also gets 2.5D curved glass on top. Underneath it, the device draws its power from an octa-core Exynos 7870 chipset ticking at 1.6GHz. To remind you, it’s the same chipset which also powers the Galaxy J7 Prime and the Galaxy A3 (2017). The phone also gets 3GB of LPDDR3 RAM and 64GB of expandable memory onboard.

For photography, the phone packs a 13-megapixel rear camera with f/1.7 aperture and a LED flash. Up front, the phone flaunts another 13-megapixel snapper for video calling and selfies. The selfie shooter is also accompanied with a LED flash. The phone runs Android 7.0 Nougat and packs in a 3,600mAh battery.

The Samsung Galaxy J7 Max, on another hand, puts on a larger 5.7-inch Full HD IPS display with a resolution of 1920 x 1080 pixel. In comparison to J7 Pro, the J7 Max misses out on both metal unibody as well as AMOLED display. The J7 Max, however, features a polycarbonate back cover similar to most of the budget smartphones. It is powered by an octa-core MediaTek Helio P10 processor ticking at 1.6GHz. Accompanying the processor, the phone gets 3GB of RAM and 32GB of internal memory. Additionally, you can also expand the storage via a MicroSD card.

Coming to photography department, similar to its sibling, the J7 Max also sports 13MP camera on either side of the phone. Furthermore, the phone also boasts of a Smart Glow 2.0 coloured LED strip. Surprisingly, the J7 Max with a bigger display pack in a relatively smaller 3,300mAh battery than its sibling.

Both of the smartphones support Dual SIM cards and house a fingerprint scanner. Also, these are the first mid-range smartphones from the company to support Samsung Pay. Talking about the pricing, the Galaxy J7 Pro carries a price tag of Rs 20,900, whereas the J7 Max is up for grab at Rs 17,900. Users can get their hands on J7 Max starting June 20, however, the J7 Pro won’t go on sale until mid-July.