Samsung Galaxy On5 Pro and On7 Pro preview

Software

The Galaxy On5 Pro and On7 Pro run on Android 6.0.1 Marshmallow with Samsung's UI on top. Samsung has cleaned up its own UI considerably so that it doesn't hogging the device memory with many proprietary services.

Android 6.0.1 on the Galaxy On7 Pro

The On5 Pro doesn't even come with the usual Microsoft bloatware pre-installed. Unfortunately, the On7 Pro does, which means you are straddled with Word, Excel, PowerPoint, OneDrive, and Skype, which cannot be uninstalled. Even though both phones have the same 16GB storage space, the On5 Pro has about 10GB free whereas the On7 Pro has only about 8.6GB free left out of the box.

Ultra data saving mode using Opera Max

Both phones also come with Ultra Data Saving mode, which makes uses of the Opera Max VPN service on a system level and routes all your data through Opera's services to compress it.

S bike mode

There is also the S bike mode for riders of two-wheel vehicles, which, once enabled, only allows important calls through - the rest are greeted by a voice message asking them to leave a message if they like.

Performance

In terms of connectivity you get Wi-Fi 802.11n, Bluetooth 4.1, GPS, 4G LTE, dual SIM support but there is no VoLTE. The phones also lack magnetometer and gyroscope so you don't get a compass in Maps and no Virtual Reality or Augmented Reality applications.

Other than that, the Galaxy On5 Pro runs on Samsung's Exynos 3 Quad with a quad-core Cortex-A7 CPU clocked at 1.3GHz and Mali-T720 GPU.

Galaxy On5 Pro Specs

The Galaxy On7 Pro runs on the Qualcomm Snapdragon 410 with quad-core Cortex-A53 CPU clocked at 1.2GHz and Adreno 306 GPU. Both phones have 2GB RAM and 16GB storage space.

Galaxy On7 Pro Specs

With barebones processor and just about adequate amount of memory, we weren't expecting any major surprises in terms of performance and we didn't get any.

Both phones, despite the different chipsets, perform nearly identically in the graphics performance. In all the rest of the tests (except Antutu 6), the Snapdragon 410 powered On7 Pro has the upper hand.

GeekBench 3 (multi-core)

Higher is better

• Samsung Galaxy J7 (2016)
  4140
• Xiaomi Redmi Note 3 (S650)
  3695
• Xiaomi Redmi 3 Pro
  2874
• Samsung Galaxy J5 (2016)
  1437
• Samsung Galaxy On7 Pro
  1435
• Samsung Galaxy J3 (2016)
  1247
• Samsung Galaxy J2 (2016)
  1207
• Samsung Galaxy On5 Pro
  1140

GeekBench 3 (single-core)

Higher is better

• Xiaomi Redmi Note 3 (S650)
  1543
• Samsung Galaxy J7 (2016)
  745
• Xiaomi Redmi 3 Pro
  655
• Samsung Galaxy On7 Pro
  472
• Samsung Galaxy J5 (2016)
  471
• Samsung Galaxy J3 (2016)
  396
• Samsung Galaxy J2 (2016)
  385
• Samsung Galaxy On5 Pro
  347

AnTuTu 6

Higher is better

• Xiaomi Redmi Note 3 (S650)
  76186
• Samsung Galaxy J7 (2016)
  49094
• Xiaomi Redmi 3 Pro
  34937
• Samsung Galaxy On7 Pro
  28025
• Samsung Galaxy J5 (2016)
  27487
• Samsung Galaxy On5 Pro
  26462
• Samsung Galaxy J3 (2016)
  24884
• Samsung Galaxy J2 (2016)
  24697

Basemark X

Higher is better

• Xiaomi Redmi Note 3 (S650)
  14717
• Xiaomi Redmi 3 Pro
  5427
• Samsung Galaxy J7 (2016)
  5383
• Samsung Galaxy J5 (2016)
  2180
• Samsung Galaxy On7 Pro
  2162
• Samsung Galaxy On5 Pro
  2059
• Samsung Galaxy J3 (2016)
  1424
• Samsung Galaxy J2 (2016)
  1419

Basemark OS 2.0

Higher is better

• Xiaomi Redmi Note 3 (S650)
  1426
• Samsung Galaxy J7 (2016)
  1007
• Samsung Galaxy On7 Pro
  576
• Samsung Galaxy J2 (2016)
  406
• Samsung Galaxy J3 (2016)
  326
• Xiaomi Redmi 3 Pro
  262
• Samsung Galaxy On5 Pro
  183

In daily use, the phones weren't the smoothest or the fastest around but they are definitely usable. The provided 2 gigs of RAM provide some breathing room for running various apps and is enough for basic multitasking. As for gaming, graphics-intensive titles will surely come with lowered graphical effects and/or resolution.