Phone Comparison - Samsung Galaxy S6 (CDMA) vs Samsung Galaxy J3 (2016) vs Samsung Galaxy J3 (2017)

Price Comparison (India) - -

general General Info

Manufacturer Samsung Samsung Samsung
Announced March 2015 November 2015 June 2017
Status Available - April 2015 Available - January 2016 Available - June 2017
Price Rs. 29,999 ($441.16) [Similarly Priced] Rs. 7,990 ($117.50) [Similarly Priced] Rs. 14,000 ($220.00) [Similarly Priced]
Colors White Pearl, Black Sapphire, Gold Platinum White, Black, Gold Gold, Black, Pink
Form Factor Candybar Candybar Candybar
Dimension 143.5 x 70.6 x 6.9 mm
(5.65 x 2.78 x 0.27 in)
142.3 x 71 x 7.9 mm
(5.6 x 2.8 x 0.31 in)
143.2 x 70.3 x 7.9 mm
(5.64 x 2.77 x 0.31 in)
Weight 140 g (4.94 oz) 138 g (4.87 oz) 148 g (5.22 oz)
SIM Type - - Dual-SIM
2G Network GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900 - G920V, G920P
CDMA2000 1xEV-DO - G920V, G920P, G920R
GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900 - SIM 1 & SIM 2 (dual-SIM model only) GSM 900 / 1800 / 1900 - SIM 1 & SIM 2
3G Network HSDPA 850 / 900 / 1900 / 2100 - G920V HSDPA 850 / 900 / 1900 / 2100 - J320F, J3109 HSDPA 850 / 1900 / 2100
4G Network LTE band 2(1900), 3(1800), 4(1700/2100), 5(850), 7(2600), 13(700) - G920V LTE band 1(2100), 3(1800), 5(850), 7(2600), 8(900), 20(800) - J320F LTE band 1(2100), 3(1800), 7(2600), 38(2600), 39(1900), 40(2300), 41(2500)
SAR US - W/kg (head)
- W/kg (body)
1.17 W/kg (head)
1.12 W/kg (body)
- W/kg (head)
- W/kg (body)
SAR EU - W/kg (head)
- W/kg (body)
0.48 W/kg (head)
0.42 W/kg (body)
- W/kg (head)
- W/kg (body)
Messaging SMS, MMS, EMail, IM SMS, MMS, EMail, IM SMS, MMS, EMail, IM
Build Features - Corning Gorilla Glass 4 back panel
- Fingerprint sensor (PayPal certified)
- Samsung Pay (Visa, MasterCard certified)
- -
Notification LED - - No

hardware Hardware and OS

OS Android OS, v5.0.2 (Lollipop) Android OS, v5.1.1 (Lollipop) Android OS, v7.0 (Nougat)
Processor Quad-core 1.5 GHz Cortex-A53 & Quad-core 2.1 GHz Cortex-A57, Exynos 7420 Quad-core 1.2 GHz Cortex-A7, Spreadtrum SC9830A Octa-core 1.4 GHz Cortex-A53, Exynos 7570 Quad
GPU Mali-T760MP8 Mali-400MP2 Mali-T720 MP2
RAM 3 GB 1.5 GB 2 GB
Internal Memory 32/64/128 GB 8/16 GB 16 GB
External Memory No microSD, up to 128 GB (dedicated slot) microSD, up to 256 GB

display Display

Type Super AMOLED Capacitive Touchscreen, Corning Gorilla Glass 4 Super AMOLED capacitive touchscreen Super AMOLED Capacitive Touchscreen
Colors 16M colors 16M colors 16M colors
Size 5.1 inches 5.0 inches 5.0 inches
Resolution 1440 x 2560 pixels (576 ppi) 720 x 1280 pixels (294 ppi) 720 x 1280 pixels (294 ppi)
Screen-to-Body Ratio 70.76% 68.09% 68.33%
Multi-Touch yes yes yes

multimedia Multimedia

3.5mm Jack yes yes yes
Radio No FM radio, RDS, recording FM radio
Games Yes + Downloadable Yes + Downloadable Yes + Downloadable
Loud Speaker yes yes yes

camera Camera

Rear Camera 16 MP, 2988 x 5312 pixels 8 MP 13 MP
Flash LED Flash LED Flash LED Flash
Features OIS, Auto-focus, Geo-tagging, Touch Focus, Face Detection, Auto HDR, Panorama Autofocus, Geo-tagging, Touch Focus, Face Detection AutoFocus, f/1.9 aperture, Geo-tagging, Touch Focus, Face/smile Detection, HDR, Panorama
Video 2160p@30fps, 1080p@60fps, 720p@120fps, HDR, dual-video rec. 1080p@30fps (J3109), 720p@30fps (J320P) 1080p@30fps
Front Camera 5 MP, 1440p@30fps, dual video call, Auto [Similar] 5 MP - J3109
2 MP - J320P [Similar]
5 MP, LED Flash [Similar]

connectivity Connectivity and Data Rate

GPRS Yes Yes Yes
Edge Yes Yes Yes
3G HSPA 42.2/5.76 Mbps, LTE Cat6 300/50 Mbps, EV-DO Rev.A 3.1 Mbps HSPA 42.2/5.76 Mbps, LTE Cat4 150/50 Mbps HSPA, LTE, VoLTE
Bluetooth v4.1, A2DP, LE, apt-X v4.1, A2DP v4.1, A2DP
Wi-Fi Wi-Fi 802.11 a/b/g/n/ac, dual-band, Wi-Fi Direct, hotspot Wi-Fi 802.11 b/g/n, Wi-Fi Direct, hotspot Wi-Fi 802.11 b/g/n, Wi-Fi Direct, hotspot
USB microUSB v2.0, USB Host microUSB v2.0, USB On-The-Go microUSB v2.0
GPS Yes, with A-GPS, GLONASS Yes, with A-GPS, GLONASS/ BDS (region dependent) Yes, with A-GPS, GLONASS, BDS
Browser HTML5 HTML5 HTML5

memory User Memory

Internal 32/64/128 GB, 3 GB RAM 8/16 GB, 1.5 GB RAM 16 GB, 2 GB RAM
Expandable Storage No microSD, up to 128 GB (dedicated slot) microSD, up to 256 GB
USB OTG Supported Supported Not Supported

Apps Sensors

Fingerprint fingerprint supported fingerprint not supported fingerprint not supported
Proximity Sensor proximity sensor present proximity sensor present proximity sensor present
Accelerometer Sensor accelerometer sensor present accelerometer sensor present accelerometer sensor present
NFC NFC supported NFC supported NFC supported

battery Battery

Type Non-removable Li-Ion Battery Removable Li-Ion Battery Li-Ion Battery
Capacity 2550 mAh 2600 mAh 2400 mAh
Stand by - Up to 349 h Up to 408 h
Talk Time Up to 23 h (3G) Up to 22 h Up to 23 h