According to the latest report, Samsung’s next addition to its On-series lineup is already in process. The Galaxy On5 (2017), the upcoming smartphone is recently spotted while making rounds through Chinese certification website TENAA. Earlier, the phone was also sighted while receiving the WiFi certification from WiFi Alliance (WFA). It is the successor to Galaxy On5 2016 which was launched in India last year as Galaxy J5 Prime.
As per the listing, the Samsung Galaxy On5 (2017) sports a 5-inch HD display with a resolution of 1280 x 720 pixels. Inside are a quad-core processor ticking at 1.4GHz and 2GB of RAM. The phone comes in multiple storage variants of 16GB, 32GB, and 64GB. Although, it is not yet clear whether all of these variants will make their way to the market or not.
For photography, the phone gets a 13-megapixel rear camera with LED flash. Up front, it puts on a 5-megapixel snapper for selfies. It runs Android 6.0 Marshmallow wrapped under Samsung’s UI. For connectivity, the phone gets all the standard features such as 4G VoLTE, Bluetooth 4.0, WiFi, GPS/A-GPS and a micro USB 2.0 port. It packs in a 2,600mAh battery.
Looking at the images, the phone seems to get an all-metal design with a bit of plastic on top and bottom. The listing, however, didn’t mention, but it looks like the phone also mounts a fingerprint scanner on the front panel. The Galaxy On5 (2017) measures 142.8 x 69.5 x 8.1mm and weighs 143 grams.