Samsung Galaxy J2 Prime vs Samsung Galaxy J1 Ace Comparison and Differences

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Samsung Galaxy J2 Prime

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Samsung Galaxy J1 Ace

Samsung Galaxy J1 Ace

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Samsung Galaxy J2 Prime or Samsung Galaxy J1 Ace Specs Comparison

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Common specs

Brand and model Samsung Galaxy J2 Prime Samsung Galaxy J1 Ace
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Release date 2016, November 2015, September
Dimensions (HxWxD) 144.8 x 72.1 x 8.9 mm | 5.7 x 5.7 x 2.84 in 130.1 x 67.6 x 9.5 mm | 5.12 x 5.12 x 2.66 in
Weight 160 g | 5.64 oz 131 g | 4.62 oz
Body Build Plastic body Plastic body
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Colors Black, Gold, Silver, Pink White, Black, Blue
Battery 2600 mAh,  Removable Li-Ion 1900 mAh,  Removable Li-Ion
Battery life Talking time - Up to 12 h (3G)
Music play - Up to 59 h
Talking time - Up to 10 h (3G)
Music play - Up to 68 h
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Screen

Technology PLS TFT Super AMOLED
Touchscreen capacitive touchscreen capacitive touchscreen
Display colors 16M 16M
Screen size 5" in 4.3" in
Screen area 68.9 cm2 52.6 cm2
Screen format 16:9 (height:width) 5:3 (height:width)
Screen to body ratio 66.0% 59.8%
Screen resolution 540 x 960 px 480 x 800 px
Screen PPI /points per inch/ 220 PPI 217 PPI
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Camera and Video

Rear camera, main 8 MP, Single 5 MP, Single
Camera specs -8 MP, AF, f/2.2 -5 MP, f/2.2, 31mm (standard), AF
Functions LED flash LED flash, panorama
Video 720p@30fps 720p@30fps
Front camera, selfie 5 MP, Single 2 MP, Single
Specifications 5 MP, f/2.2 2 MP
Functions LED flash

Performance

Operating system - OS Android 6.0 (Marshmallow) Android 4.4.4 (KitKat), upgradable to 5.1.1 (Lollipop)
Chipset - Mediatek MT6737T (28 nm) - Spreadtrum SC9830
- Marvell PXA1908 - J110L
CPU - Quad-core 1.4 GHz Cortex-A53 - Quad-core 1.5 GHz Cortex-A7 - J111F
-Quad-core 1.2 GHz Cortex-A7
-Dual-core 1.3 GHz Cortex-A53- J110L
GPU Mali-T720MP2 Mali-400MP2
Vivante GC7000 UL - J110L
External memory microSD, up to 256 GB (uses SIM 2 slot) - dual SIM model only microSD, up to 256 GB (dedicated slot)
Internal memory 8 GB, 1.5 GB RAM 4 GB, 512 MB RAM - J110L
4 GB, 768 MB RAM - J110F, J110G
8 GB, 1 GB RAM - J110M, J111F

Benchmark

Antutu 7 Total
GeekBench 4 Single Core 557 414
GeekBench 4 Multi-Core 1596 1175
GeekBench 4 RenderScript 935

Communication and Connectivity

SIM card Single SIM (Micro-SIM)Hybrid Dual SIM (Micro-SIM, dual stand-by) Single SIM (Micro-SIM)Dual SIM (Micro-SIM, dual stand-by)
Network GSM / HSPA / LTE GSM / HSPA / LTE
Bands -2G - GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900 - SIM 1 & SIM 2 (dual-SIM model only)
-3G - HSDPA 850 / 900 / 1900 / 2100 - G532F, G532G 
HSDPA 850 / 900 / 1700(AWS) / 1900 / 2100 - G532M
-4G - LTE band 1(2100), 3(1800), 5(850), 7(2600), 8(900), 20(800) - G532F 
LTE band 1(2100), 2(1900), 3(1800), 4(1700/2100), 5(850), 7(2600), 8(900), 17(700), 28(700) - G532M 
LTE band 1(2100), 3(1800), 5(850), 7(2600), 8(900), 28(700), 38(2600), 40(2300) - G532G
-2G - GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900 - SIM 1 & SIM 2 (dual-SIM model only)
-3G - HSDPA 850 / 900 / 2100 - J111F 
HSDPA 850 / 900 / 1700(AWS) / 1900 / 2100 - J110M 
HSDPA 850 / 900 / 2100 - J110F 
HSDPA 850 / 1900 / 2100 - J110L
-4G - LTE band 1(2100), 3(1800), 5(850), 7(2600), 8(900), 20(800) - J110F 
LTE band 1(2100), 2(1900), 3(1800), 4(1700/2100), 5(850), 7(2600), 17(700), 28(700) - J110M 
LTE band 1(2100), 3(1800), 5(850), 7(2600), 8(900), 20(800), 40(2300) - J110G, J111F
Speed HSPA 42.2/5.76 Mbps, LTE Cat4 150/50 Mbps HSPA 21.1/5.76 Mbps, LTE Cat4 150/50 Mbps
GPRS Yes Yes
Edge Yes Yes
Wi-Fi Wi-Fi 802.11 b/g/n, Wi-Fi Direct, hotspot Wi-Fi 802.11 b/g/n, Wi-Fi Direct, hotspot
GPS Yes, with A-GPS, GLONASS Yes, with A-GPS, GLONASS
NFC
USB microUSB 2.0, USB On-The-Go microUSB 2.0
Bluetooth 4.2, A2DP, LE 4.0, A2DP
Harmful irradiation SAR - 0.45 W/kg (head)     0.99 W/kg (body)    
SAR EU - 0.53 W/kg (head)     1.27 W/kg (body)    
SAR - 1.57 W/kg (head)     1.22 W/kg (body)    
SAR EU - 0.69 W/kg (head)     0.53 W/kg (body)    

Music and Audio

Radio FM radio, RDS, recording FM radio, RDS, recording
Headphone jack Yes Yes

Other features

Sensors - Accelerometer, proximity - Accelerometer, proximity
Other extras
Versions
- Versions: G532F (Europe); G532M (Global Single SIM); G532M/DS (Asia, LATAM); Galaxy J2 Ace G532G (India, Taiwan, Philippines)

- Versions: J110M (New Zealand, LATAM); J110F (Australia, Africa, UAE); J110G (Malaysia, Indonesia, Singapore); J110L with no LTE (Brazil) Also known as Samsung Galaxy J1 Ace Duos with dual-SIM card slo

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