Total Wireless - Samsung Galaxy J7 Crown with 16GB Memory Prepaid Cell Phone - Black

This is a great phone for the money. Bought this phone as a replacement for the J3. Very responsive. Display is bright and crisp and the audio is better than I expected. Camera is good. Battery is solid. I'm in sales and do a lot of business off my phone (calls, text, pictures, emails, video calling, etc) and the battery has lasted up to two days on one charge. To be balanced, I don't appreciate weather apps, location advice, etc. so I have turned all that off. Pleasantly surprised to find this phone has hot spot/tethering ability. Didn't see that mentioned anywhere in my initial research. I am an avid Samsung user and think it is worth mentioning the Samsung Smart Switch really takes quite a bit of the headache out of swapping phones.

First of all: I spent more than two hours chatting with tech support to get the SIM card activated. This was especially annoying because I had to use the prepaid $35 card to register the phone BEFORE I was even able to try activating the SIM card. The camera is great, quick access and amazing clarity. Not so great is the small (16 GB) memory. If one doesn't want to run out of space quickly one has to transfer as many apps as possible to an external SD card. This has to be done one by one :( AND there are lots of apps pre-installed which cannot be moved or uninstalled at all - this includes two (!) weather apps. The phone is rather big but that can't be avoided when one wants a good screen size. I got the phone on sale and so I am willing to accept some of the unpleasant issues mentioned above. Using the phone is simple. It's Android based and even for me (switching from "the other brand") it was easy to get used to in no time.

Coming from the Galaxy J7 Sky Pro, this is very similar with the exception of a faster processor and much stronger camera. There are some apps that can't be removed, like Facebook and Bixby (Samsung's answer to Alexa) There is the addition of a blue light filter and facial recognition. However, they've done away from the removable back, so no battery replacement. Samsung Switch made moving all the info seamless. 16GB internal memory might not be enough for some but there is an SD card slot. Android 8.0. It's a great phone.

So far, so good...I have only had it a week and a half, so have not had the opportunity to avail myself of all the bells and whistles. Basically, though, so far am satisfied with my purchase; I wanted the most economical without sacrificing the GB data amount or speed or forcing me to bump up to a higher monthly top-off. I wanted a phone that seemed similar to my prior one, AND, I wanted a phone set up that gave good coverage statewide. This phone package seems to have given me that. And this is a good thing-- quality at a price-savings. The camera seems crisp, the support info and contact seem ample, and so far, the learning curve has not been too steep.

My J7 Luna Pro broke so I got this one as a replacement and what I thought was a bit of an upgrade. My major problem is I have to constantly restart or put in airplane mode for a few seconds to receive texts. It was supposed to have a better camera than the Luna and I notice no difference. My Luna Pro performed much better, but it's not a bad phone for $100.

Very good phone up to now.. totalwireless samsung J7 and it uses verizon towers. this phone is dual wif-fi 2ghz and 5ghz . very good phone for the price. Had to buy it because my moto g4 fail on me after some update. Since motorola didn't help me and their answer was to buy an another phone. I went and I bought a samsung . I m never buying an other motorola again.

Very happy with phone so far. Fast response, excellent call clarity. Can't access the battery but I rarely did with phones that I could. Battery life not the greatest but adequate. Got a good price with a price match with an online retailer so pretty happy with purchase. Total Wireless service would be a totally separate review and definitely not five stars.

Only 16gb of storage some of which is used up by apps pre installed on the phone including 2 weather apps. Set up was easy the on,y part you have to make sure if you have it shipped is that Best Buy actually scans the phone on the way out. If they don’t call the Best Buy 809 number like I had to and they can do it over the phone.