Samsung had launched the Galaxy J3 last year which was followed up with an upgraded Galaxy J3 Pro earlier this year. And now, a fresh image leak hints that its successor Galaxy J3 (2017) is all set to be unveiled soon.

Samsung is currently working on the successor of Galaxy J3 and the device which is expected to hit the shelves soon. Leakster Evan Blass know as @evleaks on tweeter posted, "Samsung Galaxy J3 (2017) [note: this is SM-J327P, not SM-J3119, which is the J3 Pro]."

The render reveals a rectangular smartphone with company's familiar home button at the bottom. The power button can be seen on the right side, while volume keys are present on the left. The Galaxy J3 (2017) has rounded corners.

Samsung Galaxy J3 (2017) has also spotted on the Geekbench which is followed by Indian export-import website Zauba. According to Geekbench, upcoming  Galaxy J3 will be powered by an octa-core Qualcomm processor, which is clocked at 1.4 GHz and will have 2GB RAM.

The Samsung Galaxy J3 (2017) is expected to powered with a Snapdragon 430 MSM8937 octa-core CPU. The smartphone is said to run on Android 6.0 Marshmallow out of the box with Samsung TouchWiz UI skin on top, but it's not clear yet if or when the Nougat update and Samsung's new UX will be in the cards. It is also likely to come with 4G VoLTE support,

The Galaxy J3 was the first Samsung phone to feature S-bike mode. The Galaxy J3 is a dual-SIM 4G smartphone priced at Rs 8,990 that features a 5-inch HD AMOLED display and powered by 1.2GHz quad-core processor with 1.5GB RAM. The phone is having 8GB ROM that is expandable up to 128GB via a microSD card. It has 8MP rear camera and 5MP front facing camera.

According toseparate Zauba listing, the Samsung Galaxy J3 (2017) will be priced at INR 6,800, although tere is no official word from Samsung on the launch plans so far.