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Samsungavailable
Samsung Galaxy A17 5G
Samsung's most affordable 5G phone with AMOLED display and 6 years of security updates.
$199
Released January 20, 2026
Pricing
| Storage | RAM | Price (USD) |
|---|---|---|
| 64GB | 4GB | $199 |
| 128GB | 4GB | $229 |
Where it sits in this database
CompareForge tracks 47 phones. The median below is the middle value of those records — our own database, not a market survey — so it shows how Samsung Galaxy A17 5G sits against the phones we actually publish, not against everything on sale.
| Measure | Samsung Galaxy A17 5G | Median of our 47 phones | Difference |
|---|---|---|---|
| Battery capacity | 5,000 mAh | 5,000 mAh | the same as the median |
| Weight | 192 g | 200 g | 8 g below the median |
| Starting price | $199 | $799 | $600 below the median |
| Screen size | 6.7 in | 6.7 in | the same as the median |
A figure above the median is not better by definition — a heavier phone may carry a larger battery — but it tells you where this model sits among the records on this site before you read the specification table.
Specifications
Display
- Size
- 6.7"
- Resolution
- 1080 x 2340
- Panel
- AMOLED
- Refresh Rate
- 90 Hz
- Peak Brightness
- 800 nits
- HDR
- No
- Protection
- Gorilla Glass 5
Performance
- Chipset
- MediaTek Dimensity 6300
- Fabrication
- 6nm
- CPU Cores
- 8
- GPU
- Mali-G57 MC2
- RAM
- 4 GB
- RAM Type
- LPDDR4X
Camera
- Main
- 50 MP
- Main Aperture
- f/1.8
- Ultrawide
- 5 MP
- Telephoto
- —
- Optical Zoom
- —
- Front
- 13 MP
- Max Video
- 1080p @ 30fps
Battery & Charging
- Capacity
- 5,000 mAh
- Type
- Li-Po
- Wired Charging
- 25W
- Wireless Charging
- —
- Reverse Wireless
- No
Design & Build
- Weight
- 192 g
- Frame
- Plastic
- Back
- Plastic
- Water Resistance
- —
- Colors
- Black, Blue, White
Software
- OS at Launch
- Android 15
- UI Skin
- One UI 7
- OS Updates
- 4 years
- Security Updates
- 6 years
- AI Features
Storage
- Options
- 64GB, 128GB
- Expandable
- Yes
- Type
- eMMC 5.1
Connectivity
- 5G
- Yes
- Wi-Fi
- WiFi 5
- Bluetooth
- 5.3
- NFC
- Yes
- USB
- USB-C 2.0
- SIM
- Nano-SIM + eSIM
- Satellite
- No
Sources
- Samsung — display(accessed 2026-09-20, verified)
- Samsung — pricing(accessed 2026-09-20, verified)
Last verified: 2026-09-20