The Samsung A17 4G has been revealed on Geekbench. The phone is equipped with the MediaTek Helio G99, a 6nm chip released two years ago, with two 2GHz Cortex-A76 cores and six 2GHz Cortex-A55 cores, as well as a Mali-G57 MC2 GPU. This means that the performance of the A17 4G is on par with its predecessors, the Galaxy A16 and A15.
The phone is still under development and is expected to take several months to optimize, but preliminary benchmark results show that its performance is slightly lower than the previous generation. However, it is worth noting that the phone was tested based on Android 15 (One UI 7.0), and the latest One UI 8 is expected to be released along with the new generation of foldable devices in June or July of this year, earlier than the A17's release timeline.
In addition to the 4G version, Samsung may also launch a Galaxy A17 with support for 5G networks, which may use the Exynos chip. Looking back at the A16 series, which was launched in October last year, there are both 4G and 5G versions.
In addition, the Galaxy M36 5G with model number SM-M366B/DS is also expected to be launched soon. The phone already has a support page on Samsung's UAE website, where it is confirmed to be powered by the Exynos 1380, a chip manufactured on the 5nm process and paired with the Mali-G68 MP5 GPU. It also has 6GB of RAM and runs on the Android 15 system. There is speculation that the M36 is a renamed Galaxy A36, and it will be powered by the more powerful 4nm Snapdragon 6 Gen3, with a 50MP main camera, a 5000mAh battery, and 25W fast charging. The performance of the Exynos 1380 is slightly inferior, but it will be enough for everyday use.