Samsung launched the new ‘Galaxy On’ series of smartphones, Galaxy On5 with 4G support in India. The Galaxy On5 is the affordable model which is priced at Rs. 8, 990.
Box Contents
Sansung Galaxy On5_fonearena-08 1) Samsung Galaxy On5 smartphone in Gold color
2) 2-pin Charger(5V-1A)
3) Micro USB cable
4) Earphones with microphone
5) 2600mAh battery
6) Quick Start Guide
Display, Hardware and Design:
The Galaxy On5 has a 5-inch TFT display with a pixel resolution of 1280 x 720 pixels and a pixel density of around 294 PPI. The smartphone is 72.1mm wide and 142.3mm tall, and weights 149 grams, almost similar to most of the 5-inch smartphones.
On the top there is a 5-megapixel camera with f/2.2 aperture with wide-selfie that captures 120-degree wide panorama to accommodate more people.
The volume rockers are present on the left side, micro USB slot, primary microphone and the 3.5mm audio jack are present on the bottom.
The Galaxy On5 has a 8-megapixel auto focus camera on the back with f/2.2 aperture and single LED flash. The speaker grill is present next to it.
It has two dedicated micro SIM slots and a microSD card slot(expandable up to 128 GB) under the back cover. Both these slots support 4G.
It also has a 2600mAh removable battery so that you can replace it easily. Even though the smartphone doesn’t look premium, the build quality is good.
Camera:
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Coming to the camera, the 8-megapixel auto focus rear camera with f/2.2 aperture is decent. The camera UI is similar to other Samsung smartphones running Android Lollipop. It has several modes(Auto, Pro(lets you adjust white balance, ISO and exposure manually), Panorama, Continuous shot and Beauty face), Effects( Grey-scale, Sepia, Negative), and timer( 2, 5 or 10 seconds). You can also press the home button twice to launch the camera, even when the screen is off and use the volume rockers as camera shutter.
It can record videos at 1080p full HD resolution at 30fps. Video quality is good offering vibrant colors for a 8MP camera, but the audio is not crisp since it doesn’t have a secondary microphone. Check out the video sample below.
Coming to the software, it runs on Android 5.1.1(Lollipop) with Samsung’s own UI on top, similar to most of the latest Samsung smartphones. The lock screen shows weather info and lets you launch the dialer and camera easily. The drop-down notification bar has several toggles and lets you customize the row accordingly. It also has brightness slider with a toggle for outdoor mode and an option to switch either SIMs as primary.
Out of 1.5GB of RAM, you get 1.39GB of usable RAM, out of which about 619MB of RAM is free when the default apps running in the background. Out of 8GB of internal storage, just 4.34GB of storage is usable. You can also move compatible apps to the SD card when you insert one. Even though the phone has option to move apps to the SD card, 4.34GB of storage is less since all the apps don’t have option to move to the SD card. This is definitely a downside.