Samsung Smartphone Market Share Rises
Models pose for photographers with Samsung's latest flagship smartphone - the Galaxy S Series smartphone - during its launch event at the company's headquarters in Seoul April 25, 2013. (Credit: Reuters)

World smartphone leader Samsung officially launched the new Galaxy J range handset in Taiwan on Monday.

The new Galaxy J, touted as a hybrid of Samsung's 2013 flagship phones Galaxy S4 and Note 3, is said to have a mix of best features of the devices.

The smartphone was exclusively released for Japanese carrier network NTT Docomo in late October. It has now made it to the Taiwanese market for TWD (Taiwanese New Dollar) 21,900 (approximately ₹45,225 in Indian denomination).

With the launch of Galaxy J in the East Asian state of China, questions have been raised on whether Samsung has any plans of releasing Galaxy J in other markets. The company's decision to do so may cannibalise its top-end phones' sales. 

Galaxy J sports a 5.0-inch Super AMOLED full HD (1920x1080) display like Galaxy S4, but flaunts a more rectangular contour like Galaxy Note 3. The handset runs on the Android v4.3 Jelly Bean and packs 2.3GHz Snapdragon 800 series CPU, Adreno 330 graphics engine, 3GB RAM, 32GB inbuilt memory (with microSD card), 13.0-megapixel main camera and 2.1-megapixel front camera. It also boasts of 4G/LTE network support.

Key Specifications of Samsung Galaxy J:

Model

Samsung Galaxy J

Display

5.0-inch Super AMOLED full HD display with 1920x1080p resolution

OS

Android v4.3 Jelly Bean

Processor

Qualcomm Snapdragon 800 series quad-core processor with 2.3GHz CPU speed

GPU

Adreno 330 graphics engine

RAM

3GB

Storage

32GB, expandable up to 64GB

Camera

Main: 13.0-megapixel camera with back-illuminated CMOS sensor

Front: 2.1-megapixel camera with CMOS sensor

Battery

2600 mAh

Network

3G & 4G-LTE

Add-ons

Bluetooth v4.0, Wi-Fi, NFC, microSD card slot

Dimensions

137.0 x 70.0 x 8.6 mm

Weight

146 g