Three of Samsung’s new phones have hit the pages of Russian distributor Merlion, the Samsung Galaxy A7, Galaxy J1 and the Galaxy E5. They come with a full list of specifications, not that there was much left unknown about the three unofficial handsets.
Starting off with the A-series flagship, the Samsung Galaxy A7 features a 5.5-inch 1080p screen. It’s powered by the same chipset as one of the Galaxy Note 4 versions, namely the Exynos 5433 chipset. The phablet has the same dimensions as the Note 4, so it will be positioned as a more affordable alternative to Samsung’s phablet top dog.
The Galaxy A7 also packs a 13MP main camera, 5MP front-camera. Its well-versed in connectivity with 4G LTE, Wi-Fi 802.11ac and an IR blaster. The phablet will launch with Android 4.4 KitKat but there’s no exact date or price yet.
It will offer a modest 4.3-inch WVGA screen and run on a Spreadtrum SC6815 chipset with quad Cortex-A7 processor (1.2GHz) and Mali-400 GPU. It will come with 1GB RAM and 4GB of built-in storage.
The front and back cameras of the Galaxy J1 are equals 5MP stills and 1080p video. The phone will also have 4G LTE and 3G dual-SIM versions.
Note that a Galaxy J1 version (SM-J100F) passed through GFX Bench with a Marvell chipset. The benchmark claims a 4.8-inch screen on that one and “0.6GB” of RAM. It remains to be seen which hardware setup Samsung has settled on.
This one comes in 4G LTE and 3G dual-SIM flavors. The phone will be more compact with a 5-inch 1080p screen (a bit bigger and heavier than the Galaxy S4). A comment on the bottom of the page mentions Galaxy S4 Active’s ability to shoot photos underwater, but that’s probably a mistake.
The Galaxy E5 is powered by an unknown quad-core 1.9GHz processor and is listed as running Android 4.1, which is most likely another typo. It has an 8MP camera on the back and a 2MP selfie camera. Other than the optional dual-SIM, there’s Wi-Fi 802.11ac and Bluetooth 4.0.