Samsung’s $200 Galaxy A17 5G, announced Tuesday, seems to be a smaller {hardware} refresh for the corporate’s lower-cost telephone — bearing many similarities to the Galaxy A16 that it’ll exchange. Nonetheless, Samsung notes that the A17 could have entry to a number of AI options, together with Google’s Circle to Search and Gemini assistant.
Although each of these AI options have gotten widespread on all telephones working Android 16 (Motorola’s sub-$200 phones additionally embody them), the Galaxy A17 would possibly grow to be one of many broadest ways in which Circle to Search and Gemini attain new audiences. That is as a result of Samsung’s $200 telephone is often one of many few non-Apple gadgets to persistently high gross sales charts within the US, for example, the $200 Galaxy A16 presently ranks fifth on Counterpoint Research’s record behind Apple’s iPhone 16 and iPhone 17.
Much like the Galaxy A16, the A17 could have a 6.7-inch show with a 90Hz refresh price, an IP54 score for water and dirt resistance (can stand up to splashes however nonetheless keep away from submerging the telephone) and is powered by Samsung’s Exynos 1330 processor. The cameras are additionally the identical, together with a 50-megapixel extensive digital camera, a 5-megapixel ultrawide digital camera and a 2-megapixel macro digital camera. Across the entrance is a 13-megapixel selfie digital camera.
The Galaxy A17 may even embody a 5,000-mAh battery, 25-watt wired charging, 4GB of RAM with 128GB of onboard storage, the choice to increase with a microSD card and can obtain six years of software program in addition to safety updates. That help interval is sort of notable for telephones offered within the $200 vary, as most telephones that price $200 get two to 3 years of updates.
The Galaxy A17 goes on sale within the US beginning Jan. 7, and can are available blue, black and grey fashions.
