Two Smart Phones from Galaxy J Series with TST Hit the Indian Market

World's leading smartphone-maker Samsung has unveiled two mobile phones Galaxy J2 (2016) and Galaxy J Max in Bengaluru on Friday aimed at the mass market. Infact, the Samsung developed TS technology has been implemented for the first time in the J2 series.

Samsung, which enjoys 51% market share in Karnataka, on Friday launched two new additions to its Galaxy J series of smartphones - J2 2016 and J Max.

Launching the two phones, Samsung India Vice President (Mobile Business) Manu Sharma said that the industry-first Turbo Speed Technology (TST) in J2 2016, is home-grown in its Research labs in India, and is first being introduced in the Indian market. Galaxy J2 2016 is a follow-up version of the Galaxy J2 launched in 2015.

"This new smartphone has been reengineered, redesigned and reloaded with various features including Smart Glow, a next-gen colour LED notification system for users," he said, adding that there is almost 40% faster download of apps in this new phone. Another addition - Galaxy J Max - offers a seven-inch WXGA display, along with 4G VoLTE connectivity for fast downloads and streaming. It contains a 4,000 mAh battery.

Both these phones feature S bike mode, a dedicated bike mode's urgent call alert system that notifies callers through an automated answering machine and Ultra Dating Saving mode.

While the Galaxy J2 2016 will be available from July 10 onwards at Rs 9,750; Galaxy J Max, priced at Rs 13,400, will be available from the end of this month across both online and offline retail channels.

Talking about 4G, Sharma said that consumers prefer and enquire about 4G phones. Almost 60% of all segments of smartphones were 4G-enabled," he said and Samsung enjoys 48.3% market share in the country.

What is Turbo Speed Technology?

An industry first, Turbo Speed Technology (TST) enhances the performance of the smartphone by using the least amount of resources to complete a particular task in the fastest time. It loads apps up to 40% faster than devices with double the RAM. 

The Samsung technology was developed in India by engineers based out of Bengaluru and Noida research centres and have made a quantum leap in optimizing the operating system and hardware to provide consistent best-in-class performance out of the box and over time.

TST. Is feature proactively shuts down idle processes running in the background. It de-clutters RAM using its intelligent memory system to ensure resources like RAM and processor are free and ready to take on new tasks, said a company official.