The Galaxy A5 2017 is a fantastic mid-range phone, with the looks of a flagship and some decent performance and all-round specs. Our only real concern is that Samsung is pricing itself out the market, with just a small difference in price separating this and the Galaxy S7 – we like the new Galaxy...

Most of the bits you love from Samsung’s Galaxy range, but for half the price. What’s not to like?

Flagship features like water resistance, AMOLED screen, Decent performance and battery life, Killer design

Outdated Android, Beaten on specs by cheaper rivals, Camera only works well in good light

Samsung's off to a great start in 2017 with this well-priced, well-designed and well-specced Android. It's not going to outshine the S7 (or the upcoming S8), but it more than holds its own in the mid-range class, offering a good experience all round for its £369 price tag.

Premium looks, fast charging, waterproof

Water-resistant. The Galaxy A5 series now enters the third round and has to keep its ground when fighting in the strong mid-range. More power, bigger storage, and water and dust protection are to help here. The test will show whether this will suffice.

great screen, superb design, super battery life, water and dust-resistant (IP68), expandable storage, broad wireless mobile network frequency coverage, USB Type-C, fast SoC

no OTG, USB 2.0 only, body SAR could be lower, no dual-SIM, PWM, weak system performance, slow eMMC storage

After a few weeks of using the Galaxy A5 2017 on a daily basis, our conclusion is that it is a solid upper mid-ranger that easily holds its own around flagships. It has its quirks. It is also not the most pocket-friendly upper mid-ranger. Samsung phones are not cheap.

Beautiful design and solid, premium build with water and dust resistance, Handy, crisp, sharp 5.2-inch display, Network Mode lets you peg 2G and 3G, 4G LTE support for all 4G mobile networks in Nigeria, Very good battery life

Quirky experience with fingerprint scanner, Network Mode does not let you peg to 4G LTE networks

The mid-range smartphone market is red hot right now and the Samsung Galaxy A5 (2017) is right up there among the front-runners. And although it was launched early on in 2017, its design, specifications and all-round performance have been holding up well.

The Samsung Galaxy A5 2017 is a beautiful phone with a sharp screen, fast processor, and plenty of memory. Now that the price has fallen to around £20/month, it's super value too.

The Samsung Galaxy A5 (2016) was a beautiful smartphone that did justice to Samsung's Galaxy A series, notably thanks to its impressive battery life. So what about the 2017 edition of the Samsung Galaxy A5? Is it better than its predecessor or is it just a copy with minor improvements?

So how good is the Samsung Galaxy A5 2017 for a price of Rs 28990? While the Samsung Galaxy A5 2017 comes with some really good upgrades in the form of good design, build, excellent display, optimized software and decent battery life, it competes with the likes of Honor 8, Zenfone 3 and also OnePlus...

These days, when you think of buying a budget smartphone, Samsung doesn’t really come to mind. For the most part, their more affordable handsets usually seem to provide far less value than an equivalent one from Xiaomi or honor — at least, on paper.