First NEW Phone Coming to Metro By T-Mobile (METRO PCS)
A new low-cost device is coming to Metro by T-Mobile hopefully in Oct. The US carrier’s website already shows the phone in its entirety – it’s the Samsung Galaxy J7 Star. Back in February, Samsung patented the Galaxy J3 Star and J7 Star names. The “Star” will be a suffix to follow the model name like “Prime”, “Pro”, “Ace”… you get the picture.
Samsung Galaxy J3 Star arrived to T-Mobile in late-June. In fact, like the J3 Star, the J7 Star supports T-Mobile’s Band 71 which lets subscribers access T-Mobile’s 600 MHz LTE band, one that offers longer range and better in-building signals. The J7 Star also comes with NFC on board, something not too common in the midrange space.
Other specs include a 5.5-inch HD Super AMOLED display and 13MP main and selfie cameras. Powering it all is a 3,300 mAh battery and a 1.6GHz octa-core CPU. There are 32GB of internal storage for photos and apps and Wi-Fi ac is the standard here.
We still don’t know what the pricing will be, but i can imagine that if T-mobile is selling it currently for $250 with rebates metro might have it around the same price if not at $179-$199 Make sure you are subscribed to JGTechBLog to be notified of the official pricing and availability as soon as they come out!
It looks like it’s going to be 32gb instead of 16gb this time… awesome.
still 720p tho
Seems to be the same as the J7 V 2nd Gen that was just released at Verizon. Verizon sells that for $240.
No price yet, rumored to be under $250 from what I’ve seen.
That’s too much money when the LG Stylo 4 is better only cost $179
Features
Samsung Galaxy J7 Star
Go bigger and bolder with the sleek, new Galaxy J7 Star. With a 13MP camera that captures incredible photos in low light and 5.5” screen to keep you entertained all day, it’s the Galaxy experience that fits your life.
- 5.5” HD TFT Display
- 13MP Rear Facing Camera
- 13MP Front Facing Camera
- On Board Memory
- Expandable Memory
- 3300 mAh Battery
- 1.6GHz Octa-Core
- Facial Recognition
- NFC
- Bixby
Specifications
- Up to 27.65 hours
- Up to 27.9 days
- 5.5″ HD Display
- 1280 x 720 pixels
- Quad Band GSM
- LTE: 2, 4, 5, 12, 66, 71
- UMTS: Band I (2100), Band II (1900), Band IV (1700/2100), Band V (850)
- M3
- T3
- Sync methods: Wi-Fi 802.11a/b/g/n/ac, UMTS, HSDPA, HSPA+, LTE, Bluetooth 4.2, NFC, USB Micro-B
- TIER2
- 6.04 x 3 x 0.34 inches
- 6.39 ounces
- 13MP Front Facing Camera
- 1.6GHz Octa-Core
