Weekly poll: are you considering the Samsung Galaxy S24 FE? | Infinium-tech

Is the existence of the Samsung Galaxy S24 FE necessary? It all comes down to price – a 256GB unit will cost $710 in the US without any promotions and discounts, with the Galaxy S24+ 256GB priced at $1,000. The S24+ is definitely the better phone, but it remains to be seen whether it’s worth $290.

And you shouldn’t pay full price for these phones anyway. Samsung is accepting pre-orders for the US S24 FE and is offering up to $400 trade-in credit, 50% off Galaxy Watch FE and Buds FE, and 2x Samsung Rewards Points. However, there are similar offers on the S24+ as well.

Let’s say you have a Galaxy S21 FE and you want to upgrade to a 2024 phone with 256GB of storage. Plugging it into Samsung.com’s trade-in calculator brings the price of the Galaxy S24 FE down to $410 (since the old FE is worth $300), while the Galaxy S24+ comes down to just $850 (since the old FE is only $150 off Is). With no trade-in, you can get $200 off, so the 256GB S24+ is actually over $800.

Of course, prices and discounts will vary in other regions. There are other factors too, the US never got the Galaxy A55 (and who knows what will happen with the A56), so there was quite a gap between the A-series and S-series.

Samsung Galaxy S24 FE

Anyway, here are some Samsung Galaxy S24 FE prices from around the world. It comes in 128GB, 256GB or 512GB storage capacities, all with 8GB of RAM. We only saw the 512GB model in some parts of Southeast Asia and the 128GB option was missing in some regions.

An important part of the calculation is how long you plan to keep the S24 FE. Samsung has announced 7 major OS upgrades, which will feel like 6 seeing as Android 15 is just around the corner. Still, with that and 7 years of security patches, you won’t need a new phone for very long. And if you don’t keep it for long, but only for, say, 3 years, the phone will still have a long lifespan – so you can give it to a family member or sell it.

Now whether 8GB RAM will be enough for apps and games from the year 2030 or not is a different matter. But if it makes you feel better, Galaxy S24 owners (non-Plus) are also facing the same fate. At least this time Samsung used an existing chipset (albeit slightly downclocked), whereas the S23 FE had to make do with a chip that was over a year old by the time the phone launched.

Samsung Galaxy S24 FE Highlights

With a 6.7” display it is the largest SF phone ever. Previously, the S FE series had 6.4” and 6.5” displays. The battery has also been increased by 200mAh to 4,700mAh. However, the Galaxy S24 FE is missing some of the key upgrades that the S24+ brought this year – an FHD+ display instead of QHD+ (and an LTPO panel to boot), 25W wired charging instead of 45W (and the Plus has a slightly larger battery).

Like we said, the Plus is definitely the better phone, at least if you don’t take into account the difference in price. There are plenty of non-Samsung options to consider.

The iPhone 16 Plus also has a 6.7” display, 60Hz panel. And while the 8MP 3x telephoto camera on the S24 FE isn’t amazing, the iPhone has nothing like it. Apple is charging $900 for the 128GB Plus, so it’s not cheap either.

The Xiaomi 14T Pro was announced on the same day as the S24 FE. For the 12/256GB model you’ll have to pay €800, which is the same as Samsung’s 256GB model. However, Xiaomi has the Dimensity 9300+ (the same chipset that Samsung uses in its expensive new tablets), plus a 50MP main (with a larger 1/1.31” sensor), a 50MP 60mm telephoto, and a 12MP ultra wide cameras. Plus, the large 5,000mAh battery charges very fast (120W wired, 50W wireless). As for the screen, it’s not LTPO, rather it’s a 6.67” 1220p+ panel with 12-bit color and a 144Hz refresh rate.

Samsung Galaxy S24+ • Apple iPhone 16 Plus • Xiaomi 14T Pro • OnePlus 12

Google only has small phones priced at $1,000 or less. OnePlus is going to announce its new flagship next month, but in the OnePlus 12 you will get the Snapdragon 8 Gen 3 which Samsung is not offering on the S24 FE or (in some regions) the S24 and S24+. It features a QHD+ LTPO display, a 6.82” panel, plus a 50+64+48MP camera, and a fast-charging 5,400mAh battery (100W wired, 50W wireless). As we said, this is an older model and OnePlus isn’t offering deep discounts like before, but we’ve seen the 256GB model for $700 a few times.

Time to vote – are you interested in the Samsung Galaxy S24 FE?