The Samsung Galaxy S23 is one of thebest flagshipsyou can buy today, and the manufacturer is expected to leverage that brand recognition with a new midranger known as the Galaxy S23 FE. The device’s existence was confirmed by a company executivenot too long ago, while leaks both before and since that revelation have also told us a fair bit about this budget offering. We’re now picking up yet another cue about the phone’s imminent arrival, with Samsung Kazakhstan prematurely publishing a support page meant for this upcoming “Fan Edition” device.
First things first, thesupport pageconfirms the model numberSM-S711B/DS,though we couldn’t find any mention of the term Galaxy S23 FE within the document. There’s no hardware information for the device mentioned either, as SamMobilereports, with the support page going through common aspects like resetting the phone, the protocol to use when switching from an iPhone, and so on. Samsung curiously hasn’t removed the support page at the time of this writing, though that could change anytime now.
This particular model number has been up onGeekbenchsince last month, indicative of the fact that an official launch is not far away. While there was some uncertainty revolving around the Fan Edition lineup’s survival earlier this year, the stream of leaks over the past couple of months has given us a pretty good idea of what to expect from the midranger.
Among the earliest leaks pertaining to the Galaxy S23 FE came viaunofficial renderspublished by a familiar source. The device has since made its way to theWireless Power Consortium’s database, while we’ve also learned that the phone may use thesame 10MP selfie cameraas seen on the Galaxy S22 and Galaxy S22+ early last year. While this may seem like a downgrade from theGalaxy S21 FE’s32MP front camera, it most certainly isn’t, thanks to the inclusion of Dual Pixel PDAF which aids in sharp focusing regardless of the lighting in your environment.
The most disappointing aspect of the Galaxy S23 FE, based on the Geekbench listing mentioned above, is the inclusion of Samsung’shomegrown Exynos 2200 SoC. Recent leaks have suggested that some markets may get the smartphone with the Snapdragon 8 Gen 1 chip, which isn’t the latest chipset going around either.
Despite the seemingly disappointing hardware credentials, Samsung’s hand may be forced to make these sacrifices to keep the costs low. We don’t have an accurate understanding of the price tag of Samsung’s upcoming midranger just yet, but it shouldn’t be long before that information is revealed. The predecessor debuted in the US with a starting price of $700, so one can expect a similar, if not higher, price tag for the Galaxy S23 FE.
