Samsung Galaxy J6 With Android 8.0 Oreo, Octa-Core SoC Spotted on Geekbench

Following the launch of Galaxy S9 and Galaxy S9+, Samsung may soon unveil its new set of affordable handsets for 2018. A new smartphone rumoured in Samsung's Galaxy J-series has been leaked on a benchmark site, tipping specifications. The smartphone in question is rumoured to be the Samsung Galaxy J6.

As per a listing on Geekbench, the handset's model number is SM-J600F. The smartphone is said to ship in with Android 8.0 Oreo out-of-the-box. The Geekbench listing of Samsung Galaxy J6 reveals some more features of the upcoming smartphone. The handset is powered by the Exynos 7870 SoC, which Samsung had launched two years back. It has a 1.6GHz octa-core Cortex-A53 CPU and is built on the 14nm process.

In terms of display, the smartphone is said to have a maximum screen resolution of 1200x1920 pixels. The Galaxy J6 sports 2GB of RAM. Notably, as per the listing, the Samsung Galaxy J6 has a score of 3643 points in multi-core performance and 726 in the single-core. It is interesting to note that the smartphone seems similar to the Galaxy J5 that was launched last year.

Meanwhile, other hardware specifications go by unmentioned on Geekbench. However, it is interesting that Samsung appears to be expanding its J-series of smartphones this year, as another phone alleged to be the Galaxy J8 was spotted on the same benchmark site last month. This particular phone is expected to sport a 5.5-inch display with a 720x1280 pixels resolution. The Galaxy J8 (2018) could be powered by Samsung's homegrown Exynos 7885 SoC featuring an octa-core 1.6GHz CPU ((GPU Mali G-71) coupled with 4GB RAM.