Glitches, spells words completely wrong. Freezes terrible phone
No, I would not recommend this to a friend.
By Samsung, August 14, 2026
Hey Hippychic421, we appreciate you sharing your thoughts about your Samsung Galay A17 with us. We understand how frustrating it is when your device is not aligning to your expectations. We have an article available online to help you with the freezing you mention titled "Samsung phone or tablet freezes and crashes". We also have our team of experts available through chat to assist you with the keyboard spellings and if you continue to experience additional frustrations. We appreciate you being a Samsung customer. -Elizabeth
I can think faster then this processor, what a rip off
No, I would not recommend this to a friend.
By Samsung, August 3, 2026
Hello Solidair, thank you for sharing your experience of your Samsung Galaxy A17 with us. We know how frustrating it is when your device is not meeting your expectations. We have some resources available online to help you maximize the speed of your device titled "Galaxy phone or tablet's screen is frozen or responds too slowly" and "How to keep your Galaxy phone or tablet from slowing down". We also have our team of experts available to assist you further if you believe your device is not operating as intended. We appreciate you being a Samsung customer. -Elizabeth
The processor is extremely slow. Just waiting for a website to load is unbearable. Don't get this if you're not a beginner!
No, I would not recommend this to a friend.
By Samsung, July 24, 2026
Hi there BJG7, we appreciate you sharing your thoughts about your Samsung Galaxy A17 with us. We know how frustrating it is when your device is not meeting your expectations. We have some articles available online to help you maximize the speed of your device titled "Galaxy phone or tablet's screen is frozen or responds too slowly" and "How to keep your Galaxy phone or tablet from slowing down". We also have our team of experts available to assist you further if you believe your device is not operating as intended. We appreciate you being a Samsung customer. -Elizabeth
This phone has very poor battery life, the battery barely lasts a full day. The phone overheats with normal day to day use.
No, I would not recommend this to a friend.
By Samsung, July 22, 2026
Hi there MikiMMtz, thank you for sharing your experience of your Samsung Galaxy A17 with us. We completely understand how important the battery life and comfortable prolonged usage of your device is to you every day, and we would love to help you. We have some articles available online to help you with these experiences at your convenience titled "Get the most out of your Galaxy phone or tablet battery", "Apps are draining battery on Galaxy phone or tablet", and "Keep your Galaxy device at its normal operating temperature". We also have our team of experts available to assist you further through chat if this experience continues with your device. We appreciate you being a Samsung customer. -Elizabeth