Samsung Galaxy J6 hands-on: To Infinity and beyond?

There isn't a meliorate indication of Samsung's desperation to defend its position in India'southward upkeep smartphone market than the fact that the visitor chose to launch four new smartphones in the state at the same event. While the Galaxy A6 and Milky way A6+ are regular and Plus variants of the aforementioned phone, the Galaxy J6 and Galaxy J8 couldn't be further apart, if only considering the latter isn't going to be on auction until July despite going official here in May. All of these phones feature Infinity Displays for a larger screen-to-body ratio, and the Galaxy J6 is the cheapest of them all, coming in below the price tag of Samsung'due south mainstream Galaxy J5 smartphones for the base variant.

The base variant – with 3GB of RAM and 32GB of internal storage – is the one that nosotros have gotten our hands on cheers to Samsung Bharat. Other than the Infinity Display, the Galaxy J6 is a adequately generic J series handset from the Korean giant as far as the specs are concerned. But and so once again, an 18:5:9 display at this price point (Rs. thirteen,990, or $207) is reason enough for the J6 to stand out, and today we're going to talk about our initial impressions of the device that introduces the Infinity Brandish to Samsung's budget lineup.

Samsung Galaxy J6 hands-on

Let's start with that Infinity Display. Thank you to the lack of curved edges on the front, the side bezels on the Galaxy J6 are practically the aforementioned as those on phones with regular 16:9 displays. Wait at the prototype showing the Milky way J7 (2017) and the J6 side past side to know what I mean. The bezels above and below the display, nevertheless, are rather small thanks to the removal of the Samsung logo and the abode push. They aren't as small as you will observe on Samsung's flagship phones, but overall, the Milky way J6 feels quite compact with its v.6-inch screen.

The display is a Super AMOLED panel with a resolution of 720×1480 pixels (HD+), and I have to say it looks quite good. The colors pop without going over the meridian, and Samsung is giving usa full control over the display mode. That includes the ability to choose the display's color tone (cool or warm) and manually conform the ruddy, green, and blue values. There's as well no evident pixelation in regular usage. That'southward probably because these 18:5:9 displays are narrower, so the lower horizontal resolution (720 pixels) doesn't matter as much.

And it's a adept thing Samsung has stuck to HD resolution hither. The octa-core Exynos 7870 powering the Milky way J6 isn't the fastest fleck effectually, and I have noticed that performance is pretty good on this thing as a issue. As usual, one can't requite a verdict hither equally every telephone is quick and shine initially, and then you will have to wait for our full review to see how the J6 holds up. The 3GB of RAM is a worrying factor given Samsung's penchant for aggressive RAM management, merely once again, it's likewise early to be certain.

The Milky way J6 features a unibody structure, which means you lot tin can't access the bombardment. It's non made of metallic, even so. The phone has a polycarbonate body that doesn't experience every bit cheap as 1 would await. That's partly down to the telephone'southward weight, which feels just right. The J6israther slippery, though, and it has picked upwards a few scratches in only 2 days of usage. Not very conviction inspiring, so this is i budget phone that you will demand to be careful with, especially if y'all buy the non-black versions.

Also, the fingerprint sensor on the dorsum isn't that easy to reach for my boilerplate-sized hands. Samsung'south insistence on putting the fingerprint sensor right below the camera on phones with an Infinity Display is to blame. The thirteen-megapixel rear camera is placed slightly college than, say, the camera on a Galaxy S8, which makes the fingerprint sensor's placement a tad too loftier as well. It'due south still reasonably within reach, but far from ideal.

In departments such as camera, audio, and battery life, I'm agape there isn't much I can say correct at present. The iii,000 mAh battery seems capable of going over a day of moderate usage, but there are still a few apps and services that I need to gear up, and so the bombardment life figures are likely to change. I'thou not expecting much from the thirteen-megapixel and viii-megapixel rear and front cameras, though it's good to come across Samsung is offering the new photographic camera interface that debuted on the Galaxy S9 and Galaxy S9+. Of course, Android 8.0 Oreo is on board along with the Samsung Experience 9.0 UX, and our review unit of measurement comes with the April 2018 security patch out of the box.

Naturally, the software features on the Galaxy J6 volition be limited compared to mid-range and flagship Milky way phones. Sadly, a few basic hardware features are as well missing. There's no ambience low-cal sensor (so no automobile brightness) and no notification LED (E'er On Display isn't available, either). The phone's price is lower than Samsung'due south mainstream Milky way J5 and Milky way J7 smartphones, as mentioned at the beginning of this commodity, but it'south high fourth dimension the company stops stripping things like an ambient calorie-free sensor.

Whether the Galaxy J6's overall user experience is good plenty to make me look past the shortcomings is something you will notice out in our review. The Infinity Brandish has made a good first impression and and then has the phone's operation, then here'southward hoping those aren't the simply aspects that will leave me impressed over the grade of the side by side few days.