Just yesterday, the ever reliable Evan Blass aka @evleaks revealed that the Samsung Galaxy J3 (2017) is making its way to the US carriers soon. And today, the smartphone has been spotted paying a visit to the Wi-Fi Alliance, indicating that its launch is imminent.

Blass had also revealed that the handset would be made available to the AT&T’s prepaid users as well as Cricket Wireless users under a different moniker called the Samsung Galaxy Express Prime 2.

Currently, the device received certification for the following models.

  • Verizon: SM-J327V
  • Sprint: SM-J327P
  • SM-J327R7
  • SM-J327R6
  • SM-J327R4
  • SM-J327VPP
  • SM-S327VL

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The Samsung Galaxy J3 (2017) features a 5-inch HD display similar to its predecessor. It still offers the same 1.5GB of RAM and 16GB of storage space. However, it now gets the 1.4GHz quad-core Qualcomm Snapdragon 425 SoC along with Adreno 308 GPU to take care of graphics.

A 5MP camera sits on the back while a 2MP shooter is on the front for selfies. The device, by default, runs Android 6.0 Marshmallow.

via Wi-Fi Alliance