Samsung Galaxy J3 launched in India at Rs 8,990; to be availalble on Snapdeal

Stay tuned with us as we bring you live updates from the event.

Zee Media Bureau

New Delhi: Samsung has launched its new smartphone in India at Rs 8,990. The mystery around the next smartphone, which was for a while, being kept under wraps, has been revealed! It will be called as the Galaxy J3.

Here are the highlights from the event.

- Has an 8 MP F2.2 camera, 5 MP front camera

- The phone will be available in 3 colours --Gold, black and white

-Galaxy J3 S bike mode has an intuitive user interface so that users can see a log of all the calls after the ride

- The Samsung Galaxy J3 has been priced at Rs 8,990

- It will be available exclusively on Snapdeal from today

- To avoid distraction, the S bike mode user doesn’t get any notification of the incoming call

- Motion Lock on GalaxyJ 3 S bike mode ensures that rider has come to a complete halt before answering urgent calls

- In case the call is urgent, the caller may choose to press 1, which allows urgent calls to go through

- The Urgent Call System informs the caller through a pre-recorded message that the user is riding and is unable to take the call

- Galaxy J3 has in-built NFC hardware which together with the S bike NFC Tag enables quick activation

- S bike mode, more than a software feature. It comes with an integrated NFC technology to activate the feature with a simple tap

- The S bike mode gives the user freedom to choose from 14 Indian languages for the pre-recorded message.

- The Samsung Galaxy J3 features a 5-inch HD display

- It is powered by a quad-core processor coupled with 1.5GB RAM

-Has following features on S bike mode

- Biker with "GalaxyJ3 S Bike Mode on" can only answer a call when he stops.

- S bike option has motion lock feature for responsible biking

-Check out the TVC

#GalaxyJ3 with S Bike Mode is here. Now #TapKickVroom & ride tension free on the road.https://t.co/YtfBYnFKXu — Samsung Mobile India (@SamsungMobileIN) March 31, 2016

- The biker can choose S Bike mode. It alerts the caller. If the call is urgent, the caller is given an option to dial again.

-It is a boon for the biking community for a tension free ride: Manu Sharma, Director Mobile, Samsung India

- Shahid Kapoor has also shared a pre-cursory video via twitter

#tapkickvroom .. time to zoom .. coming soon ;) pic.twitter.com/qOV4MPHMO3 — Shahid Kapoor (@shahidkapoor) March 28, 2016

- It will be a smartphone with S bike mode

- The new phone will be called Samsung Galaxy J3

-Bollywood actor Shahid Kapoor is the brand ambassador of the phone Samsung J3

Excited to be working with @SamsungMobileIn again. Watch out for #TapKickVroom pic.twitter.com/9cmI7ptLwl — Shahid Kapoor (@shahidkapoor) March 29, 2016

Check out the live webcast here: http://www.samsung.com/in/microsite/galaxyj/j3/webcast/livewebcast.html