The company has now listed the Galaxy J3 Emerge on its official website
for the US. This handset is a slightly tweaked version of the still unannounced
Galaxy J3 (2017) that will be sold in international markets. The J3 Emerge's
existence (and launch in the first half of January) was revealed last month.
The Galaxy J3 Emerge
will be sold by Sprint as well as its prepaid brands, Boost Mobile and Virgin
Mobile. In fact, Samsung has specific versions for all three carriers up on its
website. There are no hardware differences, though.
Regardless of whether you buy your J3 Emerge from or
for Sprint, Boost, or Virgin Mobile, it will come with the same 5-inch 720p
display, 5 MP rear camera with f/1.9 aperture and 1080p video recording, 2 MP
selfie shooter with f/2.2 aperture, Snapdragon 430 chipset at the helm, 1.5GB
of RAM, 16GB of expandable storage, and 2,600 mAh battery. It runs Android 6.0
Marshmallow.
Its dimensions are 140.9 x 70.1 x 8.7 mm and it
weighs 147 grams. Only one color version is listed, namely silver. Samsung says the
Galaxy J3 Emerge's recommended retail pricing is US$ 234.99, and it will even let
you pre-order the Sprint model from its online store.
If you must have this phone as soon as
possible, you should probably order it from Best Buy, since the retailer claims
it will get it to you by January 23 if you act now. Once again the full price
is US$ 234.99, but Best Buy is also offering you the possibility of signing up for
Sprint's device payment plan, in which case you shell out nothing upfront, then
followed by 24 monthly installments of US$ 7.
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