Samsung Galaxy E5 and Galaxy E7 officially unveiled

Samsung has announced a duo of mid-range smartphones to make up its 2015 portfolio. During the unveiling of the Samsung Galaxy A5 and the Samsung Galaxy A3 for the Indian market, the smartphone giant decided to show off their mid-range Samsung Galaxy E5 and Samsung Galaxy E7.

Both the Galaxy E5 and the Galaxy E7 are viewed as cheaper alternatives to the Galaxy A5 and Galaxy A3. However they have retained most of the hardware specifications of their pricier counterparts. They even retain the 7.3mm thin aluminum unibody design, while maintaining Samsung's familiar Galaxy design.

In terms of hardware, the Samsung Galaxy E7 comes with a 5.5 inch 720p Super AMOLED display, 16GB of internal storage which can be expanded through microSD, a 13MP rear camera, a 5MP front camera, a 2950mAh battery, dual-SIM and a 1.2GHz quad-core processor with 2GB of RAM. The Galaxy E7 is priced at around $363 (Rs. 23,000) in India.

Meanwhile the Samsung Galaxy E5 features a 5 inch 720p Super AMOLED display, 16GB of internal storage which can be expanded through microSD, an 8MP rear camera, a 5MP front camera, a 2400mAh battery, dual SIM and a 1.2GHz quad-core processor with 1.5GB of RAM. As the more modest of the two, it is priced at roughly $305 (Rs. 19,300)in India.

Both the Galaxy E5 and the Galaxy E7 run Android 4.4 KitKat with Samsung's TouchWiz user interface. However Samsung did tease that they will be updated to Android 5.0 Lollipop in the  foreseeable future. International availability is, unfortunately, not known at this point.



source - Samsung | SamMobile