Samsung Galaxy E series
| Developer | Samsung Electronics |
|---|---|
| Product family | Samsung Galaxy |
| Type | Smartphone |
| Released | February 2015 |
| Discontinued | November 2016 |
| Operating system | Android |
| System on a chip | Qualcomm Snapdragon |
| Successor | Samsung Galaxy J series |
The Samsung Galaxy E series is a discontinued line of low-end Android smartphones produced by Samsung Electronics, announced on January 6, 2015, and released in February 2015. After a few months, it stopped unveiling new Galaxy E series smartphones. In 2016, it has been merged with the Galaxy J series.
Smartphones
The Galaxy E series market out of two smartphones:
| Name | Dates | Discontinued | Support Status | Screen | Storage | RAM | OS | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Announced | Released | Initial | Latest | ||||||
| Galaxy E5[1] | January 6, 2015 | February 2015 | November 30, 2016 | Unsupported | 5.0", 720 x 1280 | 16 GB | 1.5 GB | Android 4.4.4 | Android 5.1.1 |
| Galaxy E7[2] | 5.5", 720 x 1280 | 2 GB | |||||||
Tablets
In 2014, Samsung released the Galaxy Tab E series in some countries, as it sold the Galaxy Tab 3 series. Later in 2015, the Galaxy Tab E series was released globally, including the Tab E 9.6. In 2017, Samsung merged the Galaxy Tab E series with the Tab A series, using the original models as the basis. From 2017 to 2019, Samsung sold the Galaxy Tab A 8.0 (2017) as the Galaxy Tab E 8.0 (2017) or the Galaxy Tab E 32GB in the USA.
| Name | Dates | Support | OS | Memory | Display | Body | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Announced | Released | Status | Ended | Initial | Latest | Storage | RAM | Type | Size | Resolution | Weight | Dimensions | |
| Galaxy Tab E Lite 7.0[3]
Galaxy Tab E 7.0 |
2014 (as Galaxy Tab E7)
April 2015 (as Galaxy Tab E 7.0) Late 2015 (as Galaxy Tab E Lite 7.0) |
Unsupported | 2015 | Android 4.4.4 KitKat
TouchWiz Nature UX 3.5 |
8 GB | 1 GB | TFT | 7.0 in | 600 X 1024 | 0.68 lb | 7.61 x 4.58 x 0.38 in | ||
| Galaxy Tab E 9.6[4] | June 2015 | July 2015 | 2015 (International version only)
January |
1.5 GB | 9.6 in | 800 x 1280 | 1.08 lb | 9.52 x 5.89 x 0.33 in | |||||
| January 2017 (US version only) | Android 5.1.1 Lollipop
TouchWiz Noble UX |
Android 7.0 Nougat
Samsung Experience 8.0 |
16GB | ||||||||||
| Galaxy Tab E 8.0 (2016)[5] | January 2016 | September 2017 | Android 7.1.1 Nougat
Samsung Experience 8.5 |
8.0 in | 12.70 oz | 8.35 x 4.96 x 0.35 in | |||||||
| Galaxy Tab E 8.0 (2017)[6]
Galaxy Tab E 32GB |
September 2017 | 2019 | Android 7.1.1 Nougat | 32GB | 2GB | IPS LCD | 0.79 lb | ||||||
Successor
The Galaxy E series was discontinued in November 2016 and merged with the Galaxy J series during the unveiling of the new Galaxy E series smartphone.
References
- ^ "Samsung Galaxy E5 - Full phone specifications". www.gsmarena.com. Retrieved 2018-02-14.
- ^ "Samsung Galaxy E7 - Full phone specifications". www.gsmarena.com. Retrieved 2018-06-19.
- ^ "Galaxy Tab E Lite 7.0" 8GB (Wi-Fi) Tablets - SM-T113NDWAXAR | Samsung US". Samsung Electronics America. Retrieved 2025-12-20.
- ^ "Samsung Galaxy Tab E 9.6 - Full tablet specifications". www.gsmarena.com. Retrieved 2025-12-20.
- ^ "Samsung Galaxy Tab E 8.0 - Full tablet specifications". www.gsmarena.com. Retrieved 2025-12-20.
- ^ "Galaxy Tab E 8 32GB SM-T378V Support & Manual | Samsung Business". www.samsung.com. Retrieved 2025-12-20.