After Samsung Philippines officially releasing the Galaxy J1 Mini version of the full Galaxy J1 2016, what’s better than putting both affordable, budget Android Lollipop smartphone into a specs and price comparison?
More comparisons, hands-on
Check our full comparison and specs review of the Galaxy J1 Mini 2016 vs Galaxy J1 2016 below to find out which model to buy and will fit your budget.
Samsung Galaxy J1 Mini 2016
The Galaxy J1 Mini is a handier version of the Galaxy J1 with smaller battery capacity, display and RAM. Storage and processor, as well as connectivity features, remain the same to its bigger version.
See also: Full Unboxing, Review of Galaxy J1 Mini
Samsung Galaxy J1 2016
Is a big upgrade from the mini version with a larger display in Super AMOLED, more RAM and longer battery life. Galaxy J1 2016 is overall better, albeit more expensive than the cheaper Galaxy J1 Mini.
Pricing
Both are sub P6k pesos with Galaxy J1 2016 retailing for P5,800 and Galaxy J1 Mini for P3,990 pesos official SRP.
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| Specs | Samsung Galaxy J1 2016 or J120 | Samsung Galaxy J1 Mini 2016 or J105 |
| Display | 4.5-inch Super AMOLED, 400 x 800 pixels, 198 ppi | 4-inch TFT LCD, 400×800 WVGA resolution, 223ppi |
| Size | 8.9 mm thick, 131 g weight | 10.8 mm thick, 120 g weight |
| Processor | Quad-core 1.2GHz CPU | Quad-core 1.2GHz CPU |
| Graphics | Unknown GPU | Unknown GPU |
| RAM | 1GB | 768MB RAM |
| Memory | 8GB internal storage + microSD up to 128GB | 8GB internal storage + microSD up to 128GB |
| Camera | 5MP main sensor + 0.3MP VGA front-facing selfie, 720p HD video, LED Flash | 5MP main sensor + 0.3MP VGA front-facing selfie, 720p HD video |
| Connectivity | WiFi n, Bluetooth 4.0, GPS, Glonass | WiFi n, Bluetooth 4.0, GPS, Glonass |
| SIM | dual micro SIM up 3.5G HSPA / WCDMA | dual micro SIM up 3.5G HSPA / WCDMA |
| Port | micro USB 2.0 | micro USB 2.0 |
| Battery | 2050mAh removable, up 11 hours browsing in WiFi battery life | 1500mAh removable, up 9 hours browsing in WiFi battery life |
| OS | TouchWiz on Android 5.1 Lollipop | TouchWiz on Android 5.1 Lollipop |
| Release Date | January 2016 | February 2016 |
| Price | P5,800 pesos official SRP in Samsung PH, Online | P3,990 pesos official SRP in Samsung PH, Online, MemoXpress |
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Roy Cagui says:
Purchased one last Monday (December 12, 2016) at around 3PM. Charged the phone of four hours. Setup the phone and test, it’s great. At around 10PM (at work) my phone shutdown on its own for no reason and the power button is not responding. Removing and re-inserting the battery resolve the issue for a while. The power button works and turn on my phone. After a few minutes maybe 10 the phone shutdown again. I tried the following but the issue still persist. Turn on the phone with and without the sim card (each slot), Turn on the phone with and without my SD card. Factory reset. All the same results. I contacted the point of purchase and was advise to contact service center first. Please advise.
sunny says:
Please,you people should stop misleading the public.The internal storage of samsung j1 mini is 4.4 gb not 8 gb.thanks
Althea Alexis says:
sir, whats the difference between an AMOLED screen and a TFT LCD? i dont make a habit of playing games on my phone..usually iBooks , pdf files, social media, photos (not too much on selfie),and spotify and of course the text and call function lang ang habol ko sa phones.
Jade Jardinico says:
AMOLED uses organic LED as the panel. If you are familiar with LED, it consumes less energy and comes in a compact form compared the multilayer of LCD. It’s really hard to discuss both without starting at the very beginning and the basics of these two techs.
Overview: AMOLED consumes less energy than LCD because of it turns off BLACK pixels while LCD combines colors to make a black one.
AMOLED has also more saturated (deeper colors but far from accurate colors) and gets brighter in most devices equipped with than with LCD.
LCD has accurate color rendering and has great viewing angles too similar to top class AMOLEDs.
If you really want a pop up display, then go for the AMOLED, SAMSUNG and other brands are already replacing LCDs with AMOLEDs.
cupid says:
for you sir, ano mas okey sa 2? j1 or j1 mini?
Jade Jardinico says:
I think mas worth si J1 bcoz of higher RAM and AMOLED screen 😉
Jade says:
J1 2016.