Samsung Galaxy J5 (2017) Blue deals

The Samsung Galaxy J5 (2017) was Samsung's budget workhorse of the late 2010s, and its appeal was simple: a Super AMOLED screen and a metal body at a level where rivals were still selling plastic phones with washed-out LCDs. The 5.2-inch display is only 720p, but AMOLED contrast means it looks far better than the resolution suggests, and at 146mm tall it is genuinely pocketable in a way almost nothing on sale today is. Samsung also gave it a 13MP front camera with its own LED flash, which was aimed squarely at selfie-focused buyers and still works well for video calls. Nearly a decade on, this is a used-market phone for very light use only. Two gigabytes of RAM and the entry-level Exynos 7870 mean modern apps are slow to open and multitasking is limited, and the 3,000mAh battery will have aged. Software finished on Android 9 Pie, so there are no security patches and some newer apps will refuse to install. It works as a spare, a travel phone or a first handset, not as a daily driver.