Flipkart’s Big Shopping Days Sale: Smartphones, Laptops, More on Offer

Flipkart on Wednesday kicked off another of its ‘Big Shopping Days’ sale, due to run until Friday. The online marketplace is offering discounts in several categories, from smartphones to tablets, televisions, audio solutions, gaming, laptops, and other electronics. Citibank debit and credit card customers get 10 percent cashback on several of the products on offer.

 

The top featured offer in this Flipkart Big Shopping Days sale appears to be the LeEco Le 1s Eco, which will be available in an open sale without registrations. It will be bundled with free LeEco Earphones worth Rs. 1,300, a back cover, and the LeEco Membership worth Rs. 4,900. The 10 percent cashback offer for Citibank card customers is applicable here as well, while a smartphone exchange offer of up to Rs. 8,500 off can also be applied.

Other smartphones on offer include the Lenovo Vibe K5 Plus with a flat Rs. 500 discount, a Rs. 300 discount on an ANT VR headset, and up to Rs. 7,000 off in exchange of an old smartphone. The Samsung Galaxy J5 (2016) and Galaxy J7 (2016) are available with an exchange offer up to Rs. 11.000 off and Rs. 13,000 off respectively, while the Moto X Play sees a flat Rs. 2,500 discount alongside a Rs. 1,000 discount on the Moto 360 smartwatch and an exchange offer up to Rs. 13,000 off. The Lenovo K3 Note and Lenovo Vibe P1m see flat discounts of Rs. 1,500 and Rs. 1,000 respectively, with exchange offers of up to Rs. 6,500 off and Rs. 5,500 off respectively. The Samsung Galaxy On7 and Micromax Canvas Evok also see exchange offers.

The online marketplace is offering up to Rs. 10,000 off with the exchange of an old laptop for select new Intel-powered laptops, special discounts on SanDisk memory cards and pen drives, as well as Rs. 2,000 off on the Vu Play 40-inch full-HD LED TV coupled with an exchange offer of up to Rs. 6,300. The offers valid during the Big Shopping Days sale are valid till stocks last, says Flipkart.

 

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Samsung Galaxy J5 (2016), Galaxy J7 (2016) Launched in India: Price, Specs, and More

Samsung India on Monday has launched the 2016 editions of its Galaxy J5 and Galaxy J7 smartphones. The smartphones have been priced at Rs. 13,990 and Rs. 15,990 respectively, and will be available via Flipkart from Tuesday. The smartphones will be available Radiant Gold, Midnight Black, and Pearl White colour variants.

 

The Samsung Galaxy J5 (2016) and Galaxy J7 (2016) both bear metal frames, and are the successors to the original Samsung Galaxy J5 and the Galaxy J7, which were launched in India in July last year. The 2016 editions were first unveiled in March this year in China. Notably, the variants launched in Korea last week are the ones launched in India, with the Galaxy J7 (2016) sporting 2GB of RAM and an HD display as opposed to 3GB of RAM and full-HD display seen in the China variant.

Both the smartphones run Android 6.0.1 Marshmallow and come with 4G (LTE Cat. 4) support. They sport a 13-megapixel rear camera with an f/1.9 aperture and LED flash, while both also feature 5-megapixel front-facing cameras with flash and an f/1.9 aperture. Both smartphones also come with the S Bike mode introduced with the Samsung Galaxy J3 (6).

Samsung also announced a double data offer for both smartphones from Airtel for up to six months, which will allow consumers to get up to 30GB of free data.

Other specifications of the Samsung Galaxy J5 (2016) include a 5.2-inch HD (720×1280 pixels) Super Amoled display and is powered by a quad-core processor clocked at 1.2GHz clubbed with 2GB of RAM. There is 16GB of storage and the handset supports expandable storage support via microSD card (up to 128GB). The Galaxy J5 (2016) is backed by a 3100mAh battery. It measures 145.8×72.3×8.1mm and weigh 158 grams.

Coming to the Galaxy J7 (2016), the smartphone features a 5.5-inch HD (720×1280 pixels) Super Amoled display and is powered by an Exynos (model unspecified) octa-core processor clocked at 1.6GHz. It comes with 2GB of RAM and packs 16GB of storage which is further expandable via microSD card (up to 128GB). The handset is backed by a 3300mAh battery. It measures 151.7x76x7.8mm and 169 grams.

 
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Samsung Galaxy J5 (2016), Galaxy J7 (2016) Smartphones Go Official

Samsung has finally put an end to the innumerable leaks and rumours for its Galaxy J 2016 smartphones by making the Samsung Galaxy J5 (2016) and the Galaxy J7 (2016) official. The two smartphones are listed on the company’s China website revealing the specifications without any prices. The company has also not mentioned when the duo will arrive in other regions. Both come as a successor to the Samsung Galaxy J5 and the Galaxy J7, which were launched in July last year.

Jumping right into the specifications, the Android-based dual-SIM supporting Samsung Galaxy J7 (2016) as per the listing features a 5.5-inch full-HD (1080×1920 pixels) resolutions Super Amoled display with a pixel density of 402ppi and is powered by an octa-core processor (unspecified) clocked at 1.6GHz, clubbed with 3GB RAM.

It sports a 13-megapixel autofocus rear camera along with a front-facing 5-megapixel camera. Both the cameras come with f/1.9 aperture and a dual-tone flash. The Galaxy J7 (2016) houses 16GB of inbuilt storage, out of which users get only 10.4GB for storing their files. However, this should not be an issue as it also supports storage expandability via microSD card (up to 128GB). It is worth mentioning that the handset has three separate slots for the two SIM cards and an external storage card. On the connectivity front, the handset supports 4G LTE (India bands included), NFC, Wi-Fi, Bluetooth v4.1, GPS, and Micro-USB 2.0.

Measuring 151.7x76x7.8mm, the Samsung Galaxy J7 (2016) weighs 170 grams and is backed by a 3300mAh battery, which is rated to deliver up to 354 hours of standby time. It will be available in Gold, White, and Pink colour variants.

As for the Samsung Galaxy J5 (2016), the dual-SIM supporting smartphone features a slightly smaller 5.2-inch HD (720×1280 pixels) resolution Super Amoled display and is powered by a quad-core processor (unspecified) clocked at 1.2GHz, clubbed with 2GB of RAM. The device is backed by a 3100mAh battery said to deliver up to 369 hours of standby time.

On the connectivity and camera front, the Galaxy J5 (2016) shares the same innards as the Galaxy J7 (2016). The smartphone measures 145.8×72.3×8.1mm and weighs 159 grams.

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Samsung Galaxy J7 (2016) Specifications Tipped in Leaked Kernel Source

More information about the rumoured Samsung Galaxy J7 (2016) model has hit the Internet. Some of the smartphone specifications have been tipped via a leaked kernel source.

Spotted by users via GSMArena, the purported kernel source of the Samsung Galaxy J7 (2016) reveals a full-HD (1080×1920 pixels) resolution display; Qualcomm Snapdragon 650 SoC; 13-megapixel rear camera with the Samsung S5K3L2XX sensor, and a 5-megapixel front-facing camera with a Samsung S5K5E3YX sensor, 1.1um pixels, and 23mm f/2.2 lens. Also hinted at are a fingerprint sensor, microSD card support, and a 4300mAh battery.

Most of the specifications mentioned above fall in line with the ones seen in the handset’s alleged GFXBench results. The benchmark additionally tipped the Galaxy J7 (2016) would run Android 5.1.1 Lollipop and sport a 5.5-inch screen; Adreno 405 GPU; 3GB RAM, and 16GB of inbuilt storage. However, the benchmark shows the smartphone to include a 12-megapixel rear camera instead of a 13-megapixel camera, and a Snapdragon 615 SoC clocked at 1.5GHz.

The benchmark had added primary camera will feature autofocus functionality along with face detection, HDR, and touch focus features. Other features seen are accelerometer, compass, light sensor, proximity sensor, Bluetooth, GPS, NFC, and Wi-Fi.

For reference, the original Samsung Galaxy J7 smartphone, which was launched in July last year, runs on Android 5.1 Lollipop out-of-the-box. It was also the company’s one of the first smartphones to feature a front-facing flash making it a selfie-focus smartphone.

The Samsung Galaxy J7 houses a 5.5-inch Super Amoled display with a HD screen resolution of 720×1280 pixels. It packs a 1.2GHz quad-core Snapdragon 410 SoC coupled with 1.5GB of RAM under-the-hood, 16GB of inbuilt storage, and a 3000mAh battery rated to deliver 354 hours of standby time. It sports a 13-megapixel rear autofocus camera with f/1.9 aperture and 5-megapixel front camera. Apart from 4G, the handset supports 3G, Bluetooth v4.1, Wi-Fi, NFC, GPS, Glonass, and Micro-USB.

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