Samsung Galaxy J7 Max & Galaxy J7 Pro Officially Launched in India – Specs, Features, & Pricing

As we reported earlier, Samsung has officially launched the two new mid-range smartphones called Galaxy J7 Max and Galaxy J7 Pro today in India. After launching the Galaxy J7 2016 in mid-2016, the company came up with the Galaxy J7 Prime with major improvements like metal body and fingerprint sensor. Now in 2017, Samsung is bringing the Galaxy J7 Max and J7 Pro smartphones instead of launching the Galaxy J7 2017. However, the Galaxy J7 Pro is the same Galaxy J7 2017 that was launched earlier in Europe. As seen with the earlier launched Galaxy J7 devices, these two new devices also come with Ultra Data Saving, Ultra Data Power Saving, and S-bike modes.

The Galaxy J7 Pro will be supporting Samsung Pay for making card-less transactions and also becomes the most affordable Galaxy smartphone to offer the same. On the other hand, the Galaxy J7 Max comes with Samsung Pay Mini feature for payments via PayTM and UPI. As of now, there is no information about the availability of the Samsung Pay Mini for other Android smartphones. Both the devices run on the latest Android 7.0 Nougat out of the box with the TouchWiz UI laid on top. They also support dual SIM dual standby and features a dedicated MicroSD card slot for storage expansion. There is a physical home button placed beneath the display that comes with an integrated fingerprint sensor.

Samsung Galaxy J7 Pro

The Galaxy J7 Pro sports a 5.5-inch Super AMOLED display with Full HD (1920 x 1080 pixels) resolution. It is powered by 1.6GHz Exynos 7870 octa-core processor and comes with 3GB of RAM and 64GB of internal storage. There is a 13MP rear shooter with f/1.7 aperture and another 13MP shooter on the front with f/1.9 aperture. It is backed by a 3,600mAh non-removable battery that might easily last for a day long usage. On the connectivity front, it comes with Cat.6 LTE, Wi-Fi, Bluetooth 4.2, GPS, and a USB Type-C Port.

Samsung Galaxy J7 Max

Unlike the Galaxy J7 Pro, the Galaxy J7 Max comes with a regular TFT but offers the same Full HD resolution. It sports a slightly bigger 5.7-inch display and packs 1.6GHz MediaTek MT6757 octa-core processor. Interestingly, galaGalaxyJ7 max comes with 4GB of RAM, and internal storage is cut down to 32GB. The Galaxy J7 Max shares the same 13MP cameras as seen on the Galaxy J7 Pro. The rear camera on the J7 Max features a SmartGlow ring around it that acts as a notification LED. It is backed by a 3,300mAh non-removable battery and offers all the basic connectivity features.

Pricing & Availability

The Galaxy J7 Pro is priced at Rs. 20,900 and will be available in stock from July. Talking about the Galaxy J7 Max, it comes with a price tag of Rs. 17,900 and goes on sale from June 20th. Both the device will be coming with few introductory offers like Rs. 800 cashback on PayTM and up to 120GB extra 4G data for Jio 4G users.