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Samsung Galaxy J2 Core

The Samsung Galaxy J2 Core is a smartphone manufactured by Samsung Electronics. It was released in August 2018 with its operating system Android 8.1.0 "Oreo". It is the first Android Go based phone by Samsung. [4][5][6]

Specifications

Hardware

The J2 Core is equipped with a 5.0 inch IPS 540 × 960 qHD display. It is powered by an Exynos 7570 SoC including a quad-core ARM Cortex-A53 CPU with 1.4 GHz, an ARM Mali-T720 GPU with 1 GB RAM and either 8 or 16 GB internal storage.[7] It is available in Black, Gold and Lavender.[2] A slightly refreshed version was announced in April 2020 with a 8 GB option and a new Blue color replacing Lavender. It has a 8 megapixel rear camera and 5 megapixel front camera. [8]

Software

The J2 Core ships with Android 8.1.0 "Oreo" and Samsung's Experience UI. It's a special version named Go edition which is developed for low-end smartphones. A plan was made to update it to Android 9 in 2019, however the update was cancelled.

See also

References

  1. ^ "Android Go-powered Galaxy A2 Core launched in South Africa". SamMobile. 22 May 2019. Retrieved 26 March 2020.
  2. ^ a b "Samsung Galaxy J2 Core – Full phone specifications". gsmarena.com. Retrieved 23 April 2020.
  3. ^ "Samsung Unveils the Galaxy J2 Core; an Introductory Smartphone Packed with Performance". Samsung Mobile Press. 24 August 2018. Retrieved 1 April 2020.
  4. ^ Bajaj, Karan (4 October 2018). "Samsung J2 Core review: Impressive battery life and design". The Economic Times.
  5. ^ "Samsung's first Android Go smartphone, Galaxy J2 Core, scorches the battery test". CatchNews.com.
  6. ^ "Samsung confirms Android Pie update for upcoming Galaxy M10 and M20". sammobile.com.
  7. ^ "Samsung Galaxy J2 Core". gadgets.ndtv.com. Archived from the original on 24 August 2018. Retrieved 23 April 2020.
  8. ^ "Samsung Galaxy J2 Core (2020) unveiled: double the storage, still Android 8 Go". GSMArena. 27 April 2020. Retrieved 27 April 2020.
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