Samsung’s $200 Galaxy A17 5G, introduced Tuesday, seems to be a smaller {hardware} refresh for the corporate’s lower-cost telephone — bearing many similarities to the Galaxy A16 that it’s going to exchange. Nevertheless, Samsung notes that the A17 can have entry to a number of AI options, together with Google’s Circle to Search and Gemini assistant.
Regardless that each of these AI options have gotten widespread on all telephones operating Android 16 (Motorola’s sub-$200 telephones additionally embrace them), the Galaxy A17 may turn into 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 prime gross sales charts within the US, as an illustration, the $200 Galaxy A16 presently ranks fifth on Counterpoint Analysis’s checklist behind Apple’s iPhone 16 and iPhone 17.
Just like the Galaxy A16, the A17 can have a 6.7-inch show with a 90Hz refresh charge, 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 can even embrace a 5,000-mAh battery, 25-watt wired charging, 4GB of RAM with 128GB of onboard storage, the choice to broaden with a microSD card and can obtain six years of software program in addition to safety updates. That assist interval is kind of notable for telephones bought within the $200 vary, as most telephones that value $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.