During 2022 Samsung has given a setback to the Galaxy S FE series, canceling the development of the long-awaited S22 FE which therefore made the S21 FE (here our review) the last exponent of this range. However, it seems that things are destined to change, according to both what has emerged in the past from the rumors that suggested a temporary block of the series, and from the latest rumors coming from South Korea, more precisely from the Hankooki magazine, according to which the time has come to give new life to the FE range: Galaxy S23 FE will be made and will arrive later this year.

The details about the specifications of S23 FE are not yet many, but it seems that even in this case the Exynos variant is avoided, so Samsung should equip the smartphone with the latest Snapdragon 8 Gen 2 or, in the worst case, with Snapdragon 8 + Gen 1, perhaps in order to create a minimum of distinction between the latest top of the range and the FE series, All without sacrificing high-level performance.

It is therefore not clear what the chip will be, but what is suggested by Hankooki is that S23 FE will replace the Galaxy A74, a device that since last December seemed to be destined to never come to light. According to what emerged, A74 would be a problematic smartphone due to its positioning too overlapping with some of the exponents of the Galaxy S range, which is why Samsung may have decided to cut it out of the game and leave its space available to the Galaxy S23 FE.

Although the latter also has all the potential to annoy the Galaxy S, in particular S23 base, the solution could be to launch it at an advanced stage of the life cycle of the current top of the range – as also happened with the other Lite / FE -, in order to speak to a different audience than the one that pays more attention to immediate access to the latest technologies. In addition to this, remember that the FE series has never offered a photographic sector in line with the Galaxy S, so even in this respect it is likely that a certain distinction will continue to be maintained.

The choice to cut out Galaxy A74 could mainly concern the time to market of the Galaxy A series, which is usually launched a short distance from the Galaxy S series of the reference year, so the eventual A74 would have been too close to the S23 and would certainly have affected sales. For some time now, in fact, Samsung has been trying to rationalize its lineup again, avoiding that models too similar to each other can cannibalize on important price ranges. We have seen how the Note series has been sacrificed in favor of the Galaxy S – incorporating all the functions on the Ultra model -, so it is not surprising that the Seoul house is also taking measurements on the other side of the series.

For the launch of Galaxy S23 FE we will therefore have to wait for the second part of the year and the rumors reported by Hankooki suggest that this time Samsung could bring its smartphone to a greater number of markets than in the past.

The hope is to be able to repeat the excellent sales performance of Galaxy S20 FE, perhaps the best exponent of the range: reached 10 million units sold, S20 FE has performed much better than S21 FE (stopped at 3 million). It must be said that S21 FE arrived too late on the market, going too close to the launch window of the Galaxy S22 that had already captured the attention of the general public. Probably a launch at the end of summer will be the most centered and in focus, but to confirm it we will have to wait a few more months.

During 2022 Samsung has given a setback to the Galaxy S FE series, canceling the development of the long-awaited S22 FE which therefore made the S21 FE (here our review) the last exponent of this range. However, it seems that things are destined to change, according to both what has emerged in the past from the rumors that suggested a temporary block of the series, and from the latest rumors coming from South Korea, more precisely from the Hankooki magazine, according to which the time has come to give new life to the FE range: Galaxy S23 FE will be made and will arrive later this year.

The details about the specifications of S23 FE are not yet many, but it seems that even in this case the Exynos variant is avoided, so Samsung should equip the smartphone with the latest Snapdragon 8 Gen 2 or, in the worst case, with Snapdragon 8 + Gen 1, perhaps in order to create a minimum of distinction between the latest top of the range and the FE series, All without sacrificing high-level performance.

It is therefore not clear what the chip will be, but what is suggested by Hankooki is that S23 FE will replace the Galaxy A74, a device that since last December seemed to be destined to never come to light. According to what emerged, A74 would be a problematic smartphone due to its positioning too overlapping with some of the exponents of the Galaxy S range, which is why Samsung may have decided to cut it out of the game and leave its space available to the Galaxy S23 FE.

Although the latter also has all the potential to annoy the Galaxy S, in particular S23 base, the solution could be to launch it at an advanced stage of the life cycle of the current top of the range – as also happened with the other Lite / FE -, in order to speak to a different audience than the one that pays more attention to immediate access to the latest technologies. In addition to this, remember that the FE series has never offered a photographic sector in line with the Galaxy S, so even in this respect it is likely that a certain distinction will continue to be maintained.

The choice to cut out Galaxy A74 could mainly concern the time to market of the Galaxy A series, which is usually launched a short distance from the Galaxy S series of the reference year, so the eventual A74 would have been too close to the S23 and would certainly have affected sales. For some time now, in fact, Samsung has been trying to rationalize its lineup again, avoiding that models too similar to each other can cannibalize on important price ranges. We have seen how the Note series has been sacrificed in favor of the Galaxy S – incorporating all the functions on the Ultra model -, so it is not surprising that the Seoul house is also taking measurements on the other side of the series.

For the launch of Galaxy S23 FE we will therefore have to wait for the second part of the year and the rumors reported by Hankooki suggest that this time Samsung could bring its smartphone to a greater number of markets than in the past.

The hope is to be able to repeat the excellent sales performance of Galaxy S20 FE, perhaps the best exponent of the range: reached 10 million units sold, S20 FE has performed much better than S21 FE (stopped at 3 million). It must be said that S21 FE arrived too late on the market, going too close to the launch window of the Galaxy S22 that had already captured the attention of the general public. Probably a launch at the end of summer will be the most centered and in focus, but to confirm it we will have to wait a few more months.