Samsung launched the Galaxy F70e back in February and the Galaxy F70 Pro in August, and the vanilla Galaxy F70 showed up in Google's database last week. Today, Flipkart has put up a microsite for the Galaxy F70 5G, revealing that it will launch in India on October 18, with a starting price of INR 1X,XXX. That means it will cost somewhere below INR 20,000 ($225).
The phone will come with an FHD+ Super AMOLED screen with a waterdrop notch and Corning Gorilla Glass Victus protection, the Exynos 1330 chipset, a 50MP main camera with OIS (which Samsung calls the "No Shake Cam"), a 5MP ultrawide, a 2MP macro camera, a 13MP selfie camera, and a 5,000 mAh battery with 25W wired charging. The device is 7.5mm thick and dust and splash resistant, and it will be available in Vivid Violet and Bold Black.
On the software side, the Galaxy F70 5G supports Circle to Search, Google Gemini, Samsung Wallet with Tap and Pay, Quick Share, Voice Focus, and Knox security. Samsung also points out that the F series is designed and made in India.
If all of this sounds familiar, that's because it is. The model number previously hinted at a link to the Galaxy A17 5G, and the specs Flipkart has revealed are a perfect match for that phone, down to the 7.5mm thickness and the camera layout. So it's pretty safe to say that the F70 5G is a rebranded Galaxy A17 5G, much like the F70e is a rebranded Galaxy A07 5G. If that's right, then also expect a 6.7-inch 1080x2340 screen with a 90Hz refresh rate, up to 8GB of RAM, up to 256GB of storage, and a promise of six major Android updates.
