<s>
The	O
Samsung	B-Application
Galaxy	I-Application
A5	I-Application
(	O
2017	O
)	O
(	O
or	O
Samsung	B-Application
Galaxy	I-Application
A5	I-Application
2017	O
Edition	O
)	O
is	O
an	O
Android	O
smartphone	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
was	O
announced	O
on	O
January	O
2	O
,	O
2017	O
,	O
along	O
with	O
Samsung	B-Application
Galaxy	I-Application
A3	I-Application
(	O
2017	O
)	O
and	O
Samsung	B-Application
Galaxy	I-Application
A7	I-Application
(	O
2017	O
)	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
This	O
move	O
marks	O
Samsung	B-Application
's	O
first	O
product	O
launch	O
since	O
the	O
discontinuation	O
of	O
the	O
Galaxy	B-Application
Note	I-Application
7	I-Application
in	O
October	O
2016	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
Samsung	B-Application
Galaxy	I-Application
A5	I-Application
(	O
2017	O
)	O
runs	O
Android	B-Application
6.0.1	I-Application
Marshmallow	I-Application
right	O
out	O
of	O
the	O
box	O
and	O
runs	O
on	O
TouchWiz	B-Application
interface	O
,	O
but	O
was	O
updated	O
during	O
August	O
2017	O
to	O
Android	B-Application
7.0	I-Application
Nougat	I-Application
and	O
once	O
again	O
in	O
February	O
2018	O
to	O
run	O
Android	B-Application
8.0	I-Application
Oreo	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
smartphone	O
features	O
an	O
Exynos	O
7880	O
SoC	B-Architecture
consisting	O
of	O
8	O
ARM	O
Cortex-A53	O
backed	O
by	O
the	O
Mali-T830	B-General_Concept
GPU	O
and	O
sports	O
3GB	O
of	O
RAM	O
and	O
32GB	O
internal	O
storage	O
,	O
expandable	O
to	O
256GB	O
via	O
a	O
dedicated	O
MicroSD	O
slot	O
that	O
it	O
has	O
unlike	O
the	O
predecessors	O
of	O
the	O
A5	O
(	O
which	O
it	O
was	O
placed	O
in	O
the	O
second	O
Nano-SIM	O
slot	O
)	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Its	O
extra	O
features	O
similar	O
to	O
Samsung	B-Application
's	O
2016	O
flagships	O
include	O
IP68	O
water	O
resistance	O
,	O
Always	O
On	O
Display	O
and	O
3D	O
glass	O
backing	O
with	O
Gorilla	O
Glass	O
4	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Following	O
the	O
unveiling	O
,	O
Samsung	B-Application
announced	O
that	O
they	O
will	O
sell	O
up	O
to	O
20	O
million	O
smartphones	O
,	O
targeting	O
Western	O
and	O
Eastern	O
Europe	O
,	O
Africa	O
,	O
Asia	O
and	O
Latin	O
America	O
.	O
</s>
