Samsung Galaxy A17 5G in for review
The Galaxy A17 5G is now up for sale, though you may have trouble finding one on store shelves just yet. It costs €230 at the time of this article. It ships with a USB-C cable and nothing else, just like Samsung's entire Galaxy lineup.
There isn't a night and day difference between the A17 5G and the A16 5G. Upfront sits the same, on paper, a 6.7-inch 1080p Super AMOLED panel with a 90Hz refresh rate. However, the glass on top is Gorilla Glass Victus this year.
The triple camera system also sounds the same, but the main camera has a stabilized lens.
By the way, we have the Black model, which features a nice matte finish that reflects light interestingly. There's a white-accented edge on the camera island, too.
Finally, you get a 5nm Exynos 1330 SoC, which, depending on the chip you had in your regional Galaxy A16 5G, may be an upgrade or the same - some Galaxy A16 5G had this very same SoC, while others had the 6nm MediaTek Dimensity 6300.
Stay tuned for our review coming sometime next week!
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