South Korean company Samsung Electronics and Japanese company Sony Corporation just released two new selfie-focused smartphones, the mid-range Samsung Galaxy J7 and the Sony Xperia C4 respectively, this month.
The new Samsung Galaxy J7 smartphone was released alongside another model, the Samsung Galaxy J5, in the Chinese market. Sony, on the other hand, had begun releasing the new Sony Xperia C4 smartphone in Asia, according to a recent announcement, and is planning to launch the new device afterwards to other markets as well.
Both phones come with 5 mega pixel front-facing cameras accompanied by LED flashes and powerful 13 mega pixel cameras on the back. The cameras for the new phones are also said to come with panorama, face detection and touch focus capabilities.
Both phones also come with 5.5 inch display screens, but while the Sony Xperia C4 comes with a scratch resistant IPS LCD screen with a 1080 x 1920 resolution, the new Samsung Galaxy J7 has a TFT screen with a 720 x 1280 resolution.
Internally, the Samsung Galaxy J7 packs a 1.5 GB RAM and 16 GB internal memory storage, and the Sony Xperia C4 has 2 GB RAM and 16 GB internal memory as well.
The Galaxy J7 runs on the Android 5.0 version Lollipop operating, so does the Xperia C4 but with the 5.1 version. Both the internal memory of the new handsets can be expanded up to 128 GB via microSD card. The new Xperia C4 is powered by a non-removable 2600 mAh battery, and the new Galaxy comes with a bigger 3000 mAh battery.
Sony is offering would-be owners black, white and mint green colors for the Xperia C4. For the Galaxy J7, the colors available are black, white and gold. The Xperia C4 weighs only 147 grams, according to Sony, while the Galaxy J7 weighs about 169 grams.
