Samsung Galaxy J7 – Verizon Carrier Locked No Contract Prepaid Smartphone

I was extremely happy with my old s5 till it went BLACK SCREEN! I was seriously considering an upgrade to either the s7 or s8. But, a few things came up and funds grew tight so I figured that giving the far more inexpensive j7 Perx would be a tolerable short term fix. Uh oh, looks like I was wrong again! Short term nothing! How about 6 days on one charge on average? Or an incredibly brilliant screen? Or a nice jump in screen size, but not preposterously huge. The processors fast, the sound quality is great, the connectivity is tight and it is extremely user friendly.
I’m sticking with this beauty till another visit from the BLACK SCREEN OF DOOM. If it’s as durable as my dear old s5, that’ll be about 4years from now.

I upgraded to the J7 Sky Pro from the J3 Sky I just bought a few months back. I needed a slightly bigger screen than the 5.0 one the J3 has since the eyes are gonig but there was give and take in that decision. The J3’s super AMOLED screen is vibrant with deep, rich blacks making photos and text really pop. The J7 may have a bigger screen but the quality is less since its just HD and the difference is very noticeable to me. Text is not true black–more very dark gray which makes it harder on the eyes. But again, I needed the size so I’ll just have to live with that. The resolution just seemed better on the J3. The J3 also seemed like a more quality build in body. Felt a little sturdier. Apart from that the new J7 is quick, offers a larger option for SD storage, better cameras and Im happy with its performance. The extra heft of the bigger battery was something I didnt think of. More battery life but also more weight to lug around in the purse. I got an awesome deal on the J7 on Amazon where the price was already incredible but they also added in loads of minutes/texts and data so I ended up paying much much less for the J7 than I did the J3 so kudos to Amazon for that.

I’ve had the Samsung Galaxy J7 Perx for a few weeks and I’m generally pleased with it. But it has one big issue (at least for me) that I think potential buyers need to be aware of.

The first thing that I noticed after booting the phone up, is that despite it being advertised as having 16GB of internal storage, the sad reality is that about half of it is taken over by both the OS & useless bloatware from both Samsung and Boost Mobile (the phone automatically downloaded apps days after activating it). So you actually have about 8GB available to you. In my case, after downloading apps that I did want on my phone (Facebook, Twitter, Tumblr, antivirus, updating Google apps, etc.) I ended up with only 4GB of available storage room. Which is not really a lot. Especially if you later consider downloading any games. Which can take quite a lot of space.

However, this phone does allow users to move some apps/games to an external storage solution. Such as a micro SD card. Most of the games on my phone could be moved to a SD card. Which was wonderful. Still, it was a real bummer that half of the internal storage is not available to users. So buying a micro SD card is a must if you are thinking of buying this phone.

Aside from that, I’ve had no other problem with the phone. Can make calls and texts. It’s decently fast with most apps. Games run well. And it has a large battery. Which means that I don’t have to keep charging my phone every 30 minutes like happened with my old phone.

The screen size is about right. I enjoy watching HD movies or shows on it. The resolution is pretty good on the eyes. Games look good too.

It’s a good reasonably affordable phone. Aside from the internal storage issue, I’m pretty happy with it.

My wife and I upgraded from cheap old phones to this. The difference is incredible. The apps actually work and the phone actually works like a phone. This new phone has certainly been a blessing.

I was unaware that this phone can only be used with a prepaid plan and cannot be transferred to a post paid plan until at least one month prepaid. That’s my fault and so I had to return the phone. The same day, I went to the Verizon store and purchased the same model to replace my wife’s old iPhone 4. I paid a lot more, but that’s the way of it.

My wife and I are very pleased with the J7 model. It’s a very reasonable alternative to the high end Note if you aren’t a gamer or worried about having the very best camera. Even though I paid full price at the Verizon store, it’s a lot cheaper.

I was expecting it to be slower but it matches my Note 4 for speed or comes very close for every task so far. I was pleased that it wasn’t totally bogged down with useless apps. I deleted a handful but others might prefer to keep them all. I was able add apps such as Facebook, Netflix with no problems and they run well as well as some custom apps I’ve written. Everything works perfectly.

The screen is also better than I expected. It’s 5.5 inches on the diagonal – the same as my Note 4 – and way bigger than the old iPhone 4. The onscreen keyboard is actually large enough to type on with human fingers. Resolution is acceptable and the colors look fine although the Note 8 looks better.

There is 16gb of memory and even after transferring in excess of 100 photographs half that is still available. There is an SD card slot so I’ll be plugging another 64gb in there soon. I like the fact you can add your own SD card and replace the battery – it’s one of the reasons I moved away from the iPhone.

The speaker and microphone are very clear – no concerns there. The camera is better than the iPhone 4 but not as good as more expensive phones. The colors don’t pop like the Note 8. There are lots of cases and accessories available on Amazon for this phone.

I must thank Verizon for their excellent customer service in the store. It only took 20 minutes to complete the purchase which included activation and transferring my contacts over. She also gave me good advice on transferring the photographs over. The Verizon website made setting up voice mail very easy too.

I would absolutely recommend this phone for anyone who doesn’t want to pay twice as much for a leading edge phone. Just know that this particular offering is prepay only.