Galaxy J1 now available for purchase in the Philippines

Samsung's Galaxy J1, which was announced back in January this year, is now available for purchase in the Philippines. The device is priced at 5,490 Philippine pesos, or around $123.

The affordable handset is already available in India and Malaysia, and just a couple of weeks ago, it landed in Europe, where the Netherlands and Germany became the first markets to get the smartphone.

The Galaxy J1 is powered by a Spreadtrum chipset with a dual-core 1.2GHz Cortex-A7 processor and Mali-400 GPU, and sports a 4.3" WVGA display. It comes with 512 MB RAM and 4GB expandable storage. In terms of camera, the device features a 5 MP rear unit and a 2 MP front shooter. It packs in a 1850 mAh battery and runs Android 4.4 KitKat with TouchWiz.