I have been using Samsung phones for years. My hubby bought the J7 and loves it. I decided to upgrade my S5 (the only phone i have ever paid full price for-$500). I wanted to purchase the J7 but by the time i was ready to purchase they had the J7 Perx. I thought to myself 'self, what could be that different?' Since i have had this phone it has been slow, the screens go white or black when online or using an app. I thought maybe it was because of service, but my hubby and i both have Boost and he doesn't have the same problems. Trying to take pictures takes forever. I will tap the camera to take the pic and nothing happens. Trying to have others take pics when we are out and about is frustrating because the camera doesn't work quickly. You have to tap on the button multiple times for it to take. This is by far the worst Samsung phone i have ever had and don't recommend it at all. I learned that the J7 has been discontinued. Now i have to decide to stick with Samsung or try out iPhone. Lately when i get calls the phone will ring but i can't see who is calling me so i can't answer. Sometimes when i try to use apps (especially Amazon) the screen will be white and i have to restart the phone. Super frustrated with this horrible phone. Way to go Samsung quality control.

I've had the Samsung Galaxy J7 Perx for a few weeks and I'm generally pleased with it. But it has one big issue (at least for me) that I think potential buyers need to be aware of.

The first thing that I noticed after booting the phone up, is that despite it being advertised as having 16GB of internal storage, the sad reality is that about half of it is taken over by both the OS & useless bloatware from both Samsung and Boost Mobile (the phone automatically downloaded apps days after activating it). So you actually have about 8GB available to you. In my case, after downloading apps that I did want on my phone (Facebook, Twitter, Tumblr, antivirus, updating Google apps, etc.) I ended up with only 4GB of available storage room. Which is not really a lot. Especially if you later consider downloading any games. Which can take quite a lot of space.

However, this phone does allow users to move some apps/games to an external storage solution. Such as a micro SD card. Most of the games on my phone could be moved to a SD card. Which was wonderful. Still, it was a real bummer that half of the internal storage is not available to users. So buying a micro SD card is a must if you are thinking of buying this phone.

Aside from that, I've had no other problem with the phone. Can make calls and texts. It's decently fast with most apps. Games run well. And it has a large battery. Which means that I don't have to keep charging my phone every 30 minutes like happened with my old phone.

The screen size is about right. I enjoy watching HD movies or shows on it. The resolution is pretty good on the eyes. Games look good too.

It's a good reasonably affordable phone. Aside from the internal storage issue, I'm pretty happy with it.

I was extremely happy with my old s5 till it went BLACK SCREEN! I was seriously considering an upgrade to either the s7 or s8. But, a few things came up and funds grew tight so I figured that giving the far more inexpensive j7 Perx would be a tolerable short term fix. Uh oh, looks like I was wrong again! Short term nothing! How about 6 days on one charge on average? Or an incredibly brilliant screen? Or a nice jump in screen size, but not preposterously huge. The processors fast, the sound quality is great, the connectivity is tight and it is extremely user friendly.
I'm sticking with this beauty till another visit from the BLACK SCREEN OF DOOM. If it's as durable as my dear old s5, that'll be about 4years from now.

Unfortunately the phone hs problems.

There seem to be hardware issues that force applications to crash randomly when in use. The camera is broken and broke within the first two weeks of use. My keyboard application stopped working. I couldn't make calls through the phone 'button' but had to do it through the contacts window.

I've had to do two complete factory restores on the phone. It works fine for a while but after a few weeks applications begin to fail.

I've had the phone for about a month now, and so far it's doing really well. The memory on my old phone was full, which is why I needed the upgrade, so the memory for a <$200 phone is fantastic. The camera seems fine to me. My only complaint - other than relearning the buttons because of course it is the opposite of my old phone - is that speaker is very wimpy. Fine for headphones and bluetooth speakers, but on it's own, it is not great. But I have a 16 G phone and a 256 G card for my music and photos and I paid less than $150 so I'm doing well.