The Samsung Galaxy J1 for 89.99 euros. ULTIMATE IMAGE shows what the small Android smartphone can and whether it is worth buying.

Samsung Galaxy J1 in the practice test Review

oft, it depends on the first impression, and here collects the Samsung Galaxy J1 pluses. It is very handy (129x68x8,9 millimeters), rounded and all the surfaces feel great. A colleague who comes to random in the assessment, the pressing of other words: “That’s not so ugly.” That’s right. Ugly the J1 is not. Even the surrounding chrome frame surrounding the display, fit the 122-gram device.

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Offer at Aldi

When Aldi Nord there is the Android phone (Kit Kat 4.4.4) for 89.99 euros in black and white. As usual with no SIM lock, but with a two year warranty and 10 euros Aldi Talk-start credit. In online retailing, the lowest prices between 75 and 100 Euro fluctuate.The discounter price is so fair.

Ooh, a Galaxy – that means yes … nothing!

Samsung Galaxy the way says nothing about the device class and extends from the top models Galaxy S6 Edge and Galaxy S6 via the A-Class A3 / A5 / A7 all the way down.There, where the Galaxy J1 is settled with the model number SM-J100H. Some parallels with the top models there yet: Samsung relies on the key layout with two touch keys and mechanical navigation button. The central key has a good pressure point and the menu and the Back button are clearly visible even without lights. Advantage: do not lose any image content for display virtual keys.

Samsung Galaxy J1 Detail

Typical Samsung: Two sensor buttons frame the central mechanical navigation button.

The front camera has a resolution of 1600×1200 pixels.

Samsung keeps the design pleasantly.

The camera has a resolution of 5 megapixels, more precisely: 2592×1944 pixels.

The battery is replaceable.

The Galaxy J1 is an entry-level smartphone.

This is reflected for example in the camera back, which has only 5 megapixels.

Side makes the Galaxy J1 a slim figure. It measures 129x68x8,9 millimeters.

The display is 4.3 inches small, the resolution of 800×480 pixels is comparatively low.

Software-sided coming Android 4.4 and Samsung’s own Touch Wiz interface for use.

Under the hood is a 1.2-gigahertz processor powers (dual-core).

The battery cover is Samsung typically removable.

A 1,850 mAh strong battery supplies the device with power.

In addition, a memory card can be retrofitted. Good thing, because the internal memory can hold only 4 gigabytes.

Who wants, placed a second SIM card in the Galaxy J1 – Dual sim goodness.

Normally Samsung smartphones are equipped with AMOLED displays. The Galaxy J1, however, focuses on LCD technology.

In the design, Samsung has inspired in older Galaxy devices.

Weigh once, please: 122 grams, a little more than average. The same size Galaxy S4 Mini is getting to just 107 grams.

Via WI-Fi n and Bluetooth 4.0 you surf the Internet wirelessly or exchange data with others.

Fast LTE radio does not offer the Galaxy J1.

Screenshot of the surface.

Coarse screen?

The LCD screen has a diagonal of 4.3 inches (10.92 centimeters) at a resolution of 800×400 pixels. That’s not much, but is enough. pixels stairs you do not have to worry about. Shortly there was a shock given the disastrous image quality YouTube videos. However, there was immediately clear when the quality is set by the default 144p to 480p (maximum value). Thus, the image is quite presentable – that goes for color and contrast. Outdoors, you can improve the readability with a 15 minutes lasting boost, which raises the brightness above the normal maximum. Remember: When the sun shines onto the display, reading is difficult.

Processor, memory, Dual SIM

For driving the J1 a clocked with 1.2 GHz processor ensures Qualcomm . The memory is at 512 megabytes (MB) are, but analysis tools certified only 453 MB. As with most cheap android internal memory is the Achilles’ heel: It is only 4 gigabytes (GB). Of the system memory is already occupied 1.8GB. For the memory via microSD up to 64 GB can be expanded.

Tempo? Well

Aldi says in the display of a “powerful dual-core processor”. In fact, the Galaxy J1 is one of the underpowered devices. Little intoxicating benchmark results give a receipt. If the Galaxy J1 why a bad instrument? That depends on what you use it. Navigating through the menus is running bearable, opening the camera and the trigger remains in the framework, of course, all this is not as fast as with more powerful handsets. However, without the direct comparison is satisfactory. While surfing the Internet you could wish for more speed – in WLAN . Scrolling, panning, click, everything takes time.

Can you play with the Galaxy J1?

Given the slack benchmarks the expectations of the gaming performance was low. But lo and behold: Whether “Angry Birds Space” or “Turbo Fly HD” – it was even quite fluently. There are, after all, even little pixels to calculate. In “Minion Rush” should there still like a few more frames per second be. Simple games, the Galaxy J1 but grown.

Operating system and battery

The J1 comes with Android 4.4, although long since Android 5.0 Lollipop is available. In packs Samsung’s Touch Wiz interface known with a slightly different look and many partly additional functionality. Some screenshots of the interface, see the photo gallery for Galaxy J1 . The ultra power-saving mode restricts the functions and provides the display to gray scale representation in order to tease out the last of the battery, the not very large but adequate fails with 1,850 mph. In practice test he held up better than the last Aldi offer Sony Xperia style or the mid-range smartphone Xperia M4 Aqua . 30 minutes Wireless Internet consumed 7 percent, 30 minutes of video playback 5 percent and 40 minutes of music 3 percent from the battery.

Cameras

The 5-megapixel camera on the back and 2-megapixel front camera for snapshots and rich straight from passable Selfies. Lightning is expected to provide in the dark for enlightenment. To get an impression of the photo quality, you will find a few sample images as links under this test. High expectations should not be placed on the cell phone photos though. If you look closely and zooming lacks the photos to details. For mobile display and postings it is sufficient.Although according to Aldi and sheet Full HD videos are to be possible, this setting was not to be found in the tester. The maximum resolution was 1280×720 pixels, so HD.

Wireless equipment

The Galaxy J1 transmits via HSPA +, UMTS, EDGE and GARS. Wireless internet is available in the standard b / g / n on board. Also Bluetooth 4.0 there. In this price range you have to not apologize for that LTE is missing.

Conclusion: Samsung Galaxy J1

The Samsung Galaxy J1 is a handy companion for occasional users or price-sensitive buyers. Although the display resolution is not quite up to date today and the camera is only good for snapshots, the J1 allows entry into the Android world, without losing something essential.