Samsung had unveiled two new mid-range smartphones; the Galaxy E5 and the Galaxy E7, in India last week. Samsung has now listed the Galaxy E5 (SM-E500H) on their official Russia-specific website with a price tag of RUB 19,990 (~ $323), and will be available for purchase in starting January 23. The Galaxy E series smartphones are almost similar to their Galaxy A siblings in terms of hardware specifications, but they miss out on metal unibodies, hence their relatively lower price tags. The Galaxy E5 features a 5-inch HD Super AMOLED display, Android 4.4 KitKat, 64-bit quad-core Snapdragon 410 SoC, 1.5GB RAM, 16GB storage, microSD card slot, and a 2,400 mAh battery. It is also equipped with a 8-megapixel primary camera with 1080p video recording, and a 5-megapixel secondary camera. It feature a Hybrid Dual-SIM card slot, which means that one SIM card slot can double up as a microSD card slot.
