Expert Reviews | Nathan Spendelow

The competition may be stiff, with Honor, Motorola and Lenovo already pushing out impressive, low-priced alternatives, but at its price, 2017's Samsung Galaxy A3 comes highly recommended.

NotebookCheck | Manuel Masiero

The Galaxy A3 (2017) remains a very solid and respectable mid-range smartphone with little cause for complaint. The battery life improvements are more important: due to its incredible power efficiency the Galaxy A3 (2017) is an extremely durable beast. Both cameras have been improved as well, and the latest reiteration fares much better under low-light conditions.

AndroidPit | Benoit Pepicq

By offering a waterproof smartphone with fingerprint sensor, a very elegant design and a SIM + microSD for a competitive price, it's definitely going to attract a lot of positive attention.

phoneArena | Victor H.

The Galaxy A3 (2017) is such an exciting phone: it brings a level of sophistication in design and interface that we have not yet seen on affordable phones. Neither have we seen a phone with water resistance.... At the end of the day, all things considered, the Galaxy A3 (2017) is a winner with a lot of great things going for it.

TechRadar | Jon Mundy

Samsung has created another solid mid-range smartphone contender, and this one looks and feels more like its high-end brothers than ever.