Samsung has prematurely kicked off Galaxy S24 FE US pre-orders at $650 and up [UPDATED]
Update from September 25, 2024:
As expected, Samsung has been quick (although clearly not quick enough) to pull the Galaxy S24 FE pre-order page from its US website in anticipation of a proper announcement many believe will take place by the end of the week. We obviously still expect all the prematurely revealed information to prove accurate, from those price points to that shipping date and the key specs listed below.
While we fully expect this product listing to disappear any minute now, the $649.99 and $709.99 price points for the handset's 128 and 256GB storage configurations respectively are likely the real deal, and the same could prove to be true for the October 3 release date of the phone's blue, graphite, gray, and mint color options.
This is the (un)official Galaxy S24 FE spec sheet
- 6.7-inch Dynamic AMOLED 2X display with 2340 x 1080 pixel resolution, 1900 nits peak brightness, and 120Hz refresh rate technology;
- Samsung Exynos 2400e processor;
- 50MP primary wide-angle rear-facing camera with f/1.8 aperture;
- 12MP ultra-wide-angle secondary camera with f/2.2 aperture;
- 8MP telephoto sensor with 3x optical zoom and OIS;
- 10MP single front-facing snapper with f/2.4 aperture;
- 4,700mAh battery with 25W wired and 15W wireless charging support;
- 128 and 256GB storage options;
- 8GB RAM;
- Aluminum frame;
- Corning Gorilla Glass Victus+ screen protection;
- IP68 water and dust resistance;
- Galaxy AI;
- Android 14 software with One UI 6.1.1 on top.
Technically, not all of this data is officially official just yet. In fact, the only details actually listed on Samsung's website at the time of this writing are the aforementioned 128 and 256GB storage options, that 6.7-inch screen size, and a clearly erroneous 10MP "rear" camera resolution.
Make no mistake, everything else is virtually guaranteed as well, and we really don't expect any last-minute surprises after so many highly detailed and evidently reliable reports and rumors over the last couple of months or so.
Interestingly, one of the five paint jobs repeatedly rumored of late has yet to find its way on Samsung's official US website, which probably means the yellow-coated Galaxy S24 FE model will not be released stateside... anytime soon.
Is the Galaxy S24 FE too pricey for its own good?
That obviously depends a great deal on what you compare the new device with. Compared to the Galaxy S23 FE, this bad boy is 50 bucks costlier, but it's also considerably larger, offering an extra 0.3 inches of screen real estate, and according to some of Samsung's recently leaked marketing materials, its camera system is significantly more advanced as well, which is actually not immediately obvious.
The Galaxy S24 FE will of course support plenty of advanced Galaxy AI tricks. | Image Credit -- Samsung
It's also not very clear how that homebrewed Exynos 2400e SoC inside the S24 FE will perform out in the real world compared to the Snapdragon 8 Gen 1 powering the handset's predecessor, although most hardcore Samsung fans are already pretty sure that's going to prove a major disadvantage for the newer model.
As far as "outside" competition goes, it's hard to see how the Galaxy S24 FE will be able to beat the likes of the OnePlus 12R and even last year's Google Pixel 8 Pro (especially at its latest and greatest discount) in terms of value for your money. The wow factor is simply not there with this newest candidate for the title of best budget 5G phone in the US, and that's before we even tackle the whole "is it affordable enough compared to the vanilla Galaxy S24?" debate.
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