Smartphone Samsung Galaxy J4 (2018) - advantages and disadvantages

The budget segment of smartphones remains popular all the time. After all, every year fewer citizens consider the phone a luxury, and most of the important things of a modern person are concentrated in a smartphone. But how to choose a reliable device and at an affordable price, and what is remarkable about the Samsung Galaxy J4, let's try to figure it out.

Of course, you should not make excessive demands on a smartphone from the budget segment. Despite this, the best manufacturers have long been offering reliable and productive smartphones among budget series. For example, Samsung has inexpensive, but high-quality gadgets at an affordable price. Manufacturers like these seek to reduce costs through the use of plastic, simpler design, and rarely in terms of hardware and functionality.

The Galaxy J series remains popular among Samsung phones in 2018. This is a line of budget smartphones that have extensive functionality and are aimed at the mass consumer. Phones are equipped with the necessary set of characteristics and have a simple but attractive design.

In 2018, the company updated the popular Galaxy J series of smartphones. The Samsung Galaxy J4 is an interesting model, actually a slightly larger version of the J3. A good phone at an affordable price and a well-implemented software part. Special design solutions should not be expected, but there are interesting color schemes. The question is, can this phone really become popular?

Main characteristics

Ergonomic design

The smartphone has the most simple design for this price range. The smartphone is provided in colors - gold, lavender, black and purple. The phone is budget mainly because of the plastic case.

The shape of the Galaxy J4 2018 is also worth noting – it is slightly rounded, lacking the grace of modern models, which tend to have a more elongated screen. Some will consider this moment a tribute to the classics, but it would be worth trying to observe more current trends.

The body is collapsible, the cover is removable and the battery is easy to open, inside there are two slots for microSIM cards, as well as for a micro-Sd card up to 256 GB. Assembled with high quality - squeaks and deflections in the case are not observed. It is very light in weight, only 175 grams.

Galaxy J4 is essentially a classic 5.5-inch smartphone, has the usual ratio of dimensions and the usual size of the frame. The case is not too slippery, but better with a case. Samsung offers several options - book cases and slips in different colors.The release was made specifically for the updated models. The materials used are plastic that is pleasant to the hand and is coated with soft-touch.

Connectors and buttons

The power button is located on the right - lock + on / off. The side face on the left is equipped with two buttons for volume control. MicroUSB connector and 3.5mm headphone jack. are below. There is also one microphone on the bottom end, it is the only one in this Samsung model.

The multimedia speaker is located on the rear panel, here it is thoughtless - on a surface, such as a table, it can overlap. And in terms of volume, the speaker is not bad and produces a good sound. Conversational speakers of average quality. If the user is talking in the midst of noise, then the volume will have to be increased, and then the quality will noticeably decrease.

The rear panel is equipped with a single lens for the main, rear camera with an LED flash nearby. At the top of the screen is the front, selfie camera + flash. The functionality of the updated Galaxy J4 device, as before, is represented by the central physical button "Home" + 2 touch buttons.

Display

The 5.5-inch HD screen of the smartphone is powered by SuperAMOLED technology. The image quality is average, according to the shortcomings, everything is typical for such matrices - cold colors and the white color is not quite a pure tint. Screen resolution of 267 dpi. For modern models, the performance is not very good - blurry fonts, so reading from such a screen is not entirely pleasant and not at all good for your eyesight.

Brightness at maximum measurement 355 cd/m² and minimum 4 cd/m². This smartphone does not automatically adjust the screen brightness. As for the generation of smartphones, even budget ones, in 2018 this is already an unforgivable minus.Brightness has a range sufficient in a variety of conditions. The display can fade a little in the sun, but at night the minimum brightness level copes.

The SuperAMOLED screen works great outdoors. Conventional displays more or less give the same readability indoors. The Galaxy J4 2018 model has an “Outdoor” mode, in bright sunlight the readability is much higher than other screens, although you need to turn it on manually. But in general, the display consumes the battery of the phone very economically. Unfortunately, there is no support for Always On Display, but this is a marketing ploy to reduce the cost.

Hardware

The smartphone is powered by Samsung's own Exynos 7570 processor. The chip is not entirely new, as the company introduced it early last year. This chipset cannot be called particularly powerful and productive either. The Exynos 7570 processor consists of 4 Cortex-A53 cores with a maximum frequency of 1.4 GHz. 2 GB RAM and 16 GB internal storage.

The software of the phone is the Android 8.0 operating system and the company's development is the Experience 9.0 shell. The number of pre-installed programs is impressive. From the very beginning of working with the phone, it becomes noticeable that the "box" already has everything you need.

The performance of the smartphone cannot be called excellent, since the Samsung Galaxy J4 is definitely not for active games. The interface works at an average speed.

The animation has a smooth transition, but when you unlock and switch, you can see that the phone is not very fast in operation. Heavy games are difficult, if you want to try the J4 smartphone for games, then its limit is simple graphics of casual toys.Nevertheless, during testing, it was noted that during active use on a hot day, the body did not feel warm. In this regard, the phone is reliable.

Communications

All communication characteristics are typical for budget segment phones. A dual-sim smartphone has slots for two SIM cards and a memory card. Access for installation is only possible by removing the cover. Quick replacement of cards is not provided.

A nice bonus is the built-in FM radio module.

The smartphone supports LTE, and moreover for both SIM-cards. The built-in LTE modem also supports LTE Advanced Cat.4. The reception/transmission quality is excellent. Bluetooth 4.2 wireless module available.

Unfortunately, this model has neither NFC nor Ant +, but Wi-Fi 802.11 b/g/n 2.4 GHz, BT 4.1.

The absence of Near Field Communication or NFC is a noticeable disadvantage for this year's smartphone models, as this technology is also presented in a lower price segment.

Camera

The main rear camera is 13MP. Aperture f/1.9. The camera in daylight conditions results in pretty good pictures. Especially if we consider this price segment in the positioning of smartphones.

There are several additional simple modes.

The front camera module is 5MP and f/1.9 aperture. Autofocus is not provided, but there is an additional LED flash. Basic selfie mode. The front flash can be adjusted in terms of brightness depending on the daytime or nighttime shooting. Thanks to this, there is no deterioration in the quality of images under different lighting conditions. This results in clearer, brighter selfie shots.

Video recording - speed 30 fps and resolution 1920 × 1080. For video, the maximum resolution is FullHD. The camera is also competitive in terms of interface.

It is enough to compare what pictures the phone takes in the daytime and how at night.

In natural daylight, the pictures are of excellent quality, and also not bad at night (the sharpness is worse, and you need to dig into the focus settings). Competitors in this category often lose in quality.

Like creative photos with friends? You can easily edit photos and videos. To help various interesting effects and filters. Advanced functionality allows you to conveniently distribute all the photos and videos taken into separate categories, as well as easily share them with family and friends.

Autonomous battery operation

The smartphone is equipped with a removable Li-Ion battery with a capacity of 3000 mAh. The fact that the battery is removable betrays the old formation of the device.

Nevertheless, as for a budget phone, the performance is excellent. They can be achieved thanks to the low power consumption of the SuperAMOLED screen.

We can confidently say that among smartphones of this class, Samsung J4 2018 has a predominant number of working hours. The phone will work without problems for 2-3 days and with a working screen for 5-7 hours. And these are averages, not maximums. It all depends on the direction of use. There is also a power consumption mode - a function, frankly, necessary at the present time, because the battery life increases significantly and mainly due to the display brightness settings.

The battery, complete with by no means the most energy-intensive processor and a display brightness of 30-50%, and another 30 minutes of calls, mail synchronization, dozens of pictures and hours of music playback per day, will work on average 2, or even all 3 days. Of course, if you add games to the same list, you will have to put it on charge the very next day.

Cost, pros and cons of the Samsung Galaxy J4 (2018)

The average cost of the model is 11,000 rubles.

• Camera - great photos and videos;
• Hull assembly and materials used;
• Two SIM slots and a micro-Sd card slot;
• The selfie camera's LED flash has 3 brightness levels;
• Memory;
• Super AMOLED HD screen.

• Lack of a fingerprint scanner;
• There is no automatic adjustment of the display brightness;
• No NFC;
• No light sensor;
• No face unlock.

Branded Applications

Samsung offers a pre-built set of programs to make life easier, follow healthy habits, track sleep and nutrition patterns, Samsung Health physical level, a built-in set of health and wellness tools that, among other things, track the user's sleep / eating habits and level physical activity. Also part of its pros and cons are the Dual Messenger and App Pair features, the former allowing users to use two Messenger accounts at the same time, while the latter allows split screen into two apps.

Delivery set

Together with the phone, a synchronization cable, a 5V / 2A charger and a wired stereo headset are included.

The main characteristics of the smartphone Samsung Galaxy J4 2018

Summarizing

The company's specialists have designed Galaxy J4 sophisticated, practical and comfortable. Galaxy J4 is presented by the manufacturer in 4 colors - black, gold, lavender and purple.

Multitasking mode available. The bright HD display allows you to simultaneously perform several different tasks. For example games + sending text messages + working with web pages. The App Pair feature allows you to run two programs at the same time. For example, you can view news on the Internet or chat in a messenger, and watch videos at the same time.

The Galaxy J4 2018 phone will teach you how to competently manage your Internet connection outside the home. This smartphone model has added adaptive management of Wi-Fi networks. This will significantly save mobile traffic and battery power. Wi-Fi connection points remain in the smartphone’s memory, and the next time it connects to a familiar network on its own. To save battery power, the phone also turns itself off when the user leaves the network coverage area.

Among the innovations of the company is the personification of communication in chats. In messengers, the ability to log in from two accounts at the same time has been added.Setting up and managing a second account becomes possible through the main screen or the settings menu.

Storage is easier with the company's additional 15 GB of cloud storage - Samsung Cloud. The necessary data is stored and the user will have access to it, regardless of time or location.

With this smartphone, it is easy to track your health indicators. Living a healthy lifestyle is easy with Samsung Health. With its help, physical activity is controlled, it is easier to enter a food diary, as well as monitor compliance with sleep patterns. The whole set in a practical application. Convenience, safety, speed and ease of access.

The positioning of this smartphone does not look so intricate. It is mainly designed for users who do not carefully monitor the latest market news, do not evaluate offers from other manufacturers, but choose reliability and prefer a productive smartphone from the more well-known Samsung brand to updates. As for the price / quality ratio, even though the phone is budget, its price could be lower. There are phones in this price range with both NFC and Samsung Pay that the Galaxy J4 lacks.

There are no complaints about the assembly of the case. An indicator of familiar quality from Samsung. This smartphone model can be safely attributed to long-playing. After the time has passed, it will not lose glare, will not receive multiple scratches, and so on.

The main advantage of the Galaxy J4 is its battery life, a significant reduction in power consumption with advanced settings, and it also has a really high-quality Super AMOLED HD screen.

Nevertheless, in terms of hardware, not everything is as it should be, balanced.It is important to carefully study the characteristics of the model of interest and weigh well what exactly is required from a smartphone, and then buy it.