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Samsung Galaxy J2 Core - user opinions and reviews

Samsung Galaxy J2 Core
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  • Released 2018, August
    154g, 8.9mm thickness
    Android 8.1 Oreo
    8GB/16GB storage, microSDXC
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  • 5.0"
    540x960 pixels
  • 8MP
    1080p
  • 1GB RAM
    Exynos 7570 Quad
  • 2600mAh
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  • Ali
  • KIx
  • 15 Oct 2025

Samsung galaxy j2 cover

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    • Anonymous
    • 8Ss
    • 27 Sep 2025

    I've been using it since 2020. It's pretty durable, but sometimes the system crashes completely and restarts with certain apps. Unfortunately, it no longer receives updates.

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      • Anonymous
      • 35C
      • 08 May 2025

      Minu, 23 May 2023A company headquartered in Korea doesn't make their branded phones Korean. Lolby that logic, apple should considered as chinese company

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        • txG
        • 04 May 2025

        Anonymous, 03 May 2025You can try installing android 11 based lineage oshell no, instant 1.5GB free. one app downloaded? gets the "Running out of storage space" notification.
        also, the risk of getting knox trip? 200%.
        i know this because i tried it, no longer turns on.

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          • Anonymous
          • 2Sy
          • 03 May 2025

          you have to suffer, 20 Mar 2025got this phone for $3 at flea market recently. sd card slot does not work but for a working ph... moreYou can try installing android 11 based lineage os

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            • Ki@
            • 20 Mar 2025

            got this phone for $3 at flea market recently. sd card slot does not work but for a working phone, is just insane 🤯
            what am i going to do with it? the screen has no cracks but water damaged though. but just let me know, i got the 8gb variant🙂

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              • The humble observer
              • r39
              • 02 Mar 2025

              Requires a lot of patience and priority storage allocation with this one, with so little storage an SD card is most recommended. one of those devices that surprises and disappoints in certain circumstances and use cases.
              Newer social media applications will run but perform below average, lite versions would be most recommended for heavily applications like tiktok. WhatsApp Business to normal WhatsApp for best performance preferably with no backups intended you'll need an extra level of patience if you intend to restore backups, Instagram is smoother than you'd expect, AI applications like gpt, anthropic and deepseek work well. Performs quite decently for it's specs though certain apps would have issues with ratio adaptation, redirect storage path to external SD where applicable (downloads folder, telegram repository...) would recommend moving entire applications to SD card though, can be problematic especially if corruption occur usually fixed by restarting though. Consider flashing OS for Linux OS, maybe not .

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                • Dimas
                • Xw{
                • 21 Jan 2025

                Potato phones are slow when playing other games, but sandbox games are not slow

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                  • Anonymous
                  • q}B
                  • 04 Aug 2024

                  I've got a different model of this phone (J260A) it got up to Android 9 OneUI 1.5 and it was horrible when I used it. I broke my Galaxy S6 and had this one laying around and used it. If I had realized I had a Galaxy S4 laying around in my closet (discovered I had it there ~2 years ago) I would've used that instead.

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                    • Jaysuard2000
                    • ApL
                    • 29 May 2024

                    This phone is a little decent, its only for calling, Social media and low end things, gaming on this phone is extremetely garbage but atleast runs subway surfers lol , camera is decent for a phone like this, the storage is not recommendable (16GB) its too small for apps so you will need to have an SD card. Overall id give this a 4.5/10.

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                      • George USA 299
                      • Ibx
                      • 15 Oct 2023

                      Could be a decent MP3/FM radio/music device to complement a main phone that has no headphone jack or microSD card that you wont give a sh!t about losing cause its not exactly flagship priced

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                        • Minu
                        • ter
                        • 23 May 2023

                        Toasterious, 16 May 2023Samsung is Korean, not ChineseA company headquartered in Korea doesn't make their branded phones Korean. Lol

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                          • Toasterious
                          • I09
                          • 16 May 2023

                          Minu, 07 May 2023Nokia 4.2, because it's the last premium-built compact entry level phone, or the Nokia 2.... moreSamsung is Korean, not Chinese

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                            • Minu
                            • ter
                            • 07 May 2023

                            Anonymous, 21 Apr 2023Do you know any phone phone like this with more storage,ram,camera quality and battery life? ... moreNokia 4.2, because it's the last premium-built compact entry level phone, or the Nokia 2.2 with its removable battery.
                            If you don't mind bigger phones, there are better options from Nokia itself. Chinese brands, including Samsung, may give decent options but may not last long as you wish.

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                              • Daniel0808
                              • PXt
                              • 24 Apr 2023

                              The phone was a total dissapointment, despite that it was a low end phone I wasn't expecting such a garbage phone...

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                                • fran6325
                                • 85q
                                • 22 Apr 2023

                                Anonymous, 21 Apr 2023Do you know any phone phone like this with more storage,ram,camera quality and battery life? ... morei hope this is a joke..

                                everything on this phone sucks, it shouldn't even be worth $50 and they used to sell this for $120

                                android 8 in 2020?? and it's the terrible go variant that can't even run on the painfully slow exynos/SD425 chipset

                                even my huawei y7 (a 2017 phone) had an SD435 which is a newer chipset than the 2020 version of the J2 core

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                                  • Anonymous
                                  • rwk
                                  • 21 Apr 2023

                                  AndrewGSMArena, 17 Apr 2023The Galaxy J2 Core, where can I get started? Let me put it to you this way, it sucks. I had... moreDo you know any phone phone like this with more storage,ram,camera quality and battery life?
                                  Do you also know a phone that's as sturdy as this one because you can't deny it's strength is almost close to Nokia's. I've been with it for 4-5years and have had to manage 5,97GB all those years and lost some great photos of my younger self or photos I'd been keeping for over 2-3years etc. So I'm looking for a new

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                                    • AndrewGSMArena
                                    • q}B
                                    • 17 Apr 2023

                                    The Galaxy J2 Core, where can I get started?

                                    Let me put it to you this way, it sucks. I had to use this phone for about 7 months until I got my S8. Within the 7 months of using it, it sucked. There was nothing for storage or ram. The photos were terrible on it no matter what, even in bright light it sucked. The worst part of it is how slow it was, very very slow. OneUI 1.5, android 9 makes it suck as much as it does. I have to say though I miss using it because it gave me really really good battery life. The only thing I liked about using it was the battery life.

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                                      • Anonymous
                                      • 3SI
                                      • 15 Apr 2023

                                      Galaxy Grand Prime Plus with less RAM? 🤔

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                                        • Anonymous
                                        • aX5
                                        • 08 Mar 2023

                                        Bok Choi, 08 Mar 2023Overall, it's a good phone. The main problem is the low storage on it. Camera works great... more👍

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