How Similar is Samsung Galaxy J3 Orbit to J3 Luna?

[startac4]

A family member has a Samsung Galaxy J3 Luna. Just six months after the one-year warranty expired, her phone is now a paperweight. All calls are broken up and garbled on both sides - both her side and the other parties' sides - regardless of who initiated the call.

There is a Samsung Galaxy J3 Orbit on sale. If the user interface / screen presentation is very similar to the J3 Luna, I would get this phone for her (the Orbit runs Android release 8, the Luna release 7). She is not technically inclined and this would obviate the learning curve for a different phone (e.g. the LG Premier Pro LTE), though my preference is not to get another Samsung junk phone (their quality has really gone downhill - 18 months and useless!).

Is anyone familiar with how similar the Luna and Orbit are ?

 

[ocnbrze]

don't have your phone, but i would gather they are similar for the most part. i do not see an issue.

https://www.phonedog.com/compare/samsung-galaxy-j3-orbit-vs-samsung-galaxy-luna-pro

looks like spec wise the orbit has a slightly better camera.

https://www.devicespecifications.com/en/comparison/1bf5129e04

and according to that comparison, the orbit is on oreo while the luna is on marshmellow. what you will find that over the next few years, the luna will not work with most apps as developers stop supporting older android os. so i would always recommend phones with newer software for longevity sake.