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Samsung has announced the Galaxy S24 FE as its latest mid-range phone and while the device looks quite familiar, it gets a few upgrades in several areas, including one big one.
The Galaxy S24 FE (fan edition) is Samsung’s signature addition to its flagship range late in the year, offering some of the features of the S24 but at a mid-range price. Samsung calls it “A premium experience that brings the full Galaxy AI capabilities to more users.”
Let’s take a look at the upgrades for this year’s model compared to the Galaxy S23 FE.
Software support
Let’s start with the biggest and most important change. Samsung has decided to give the S24 FE the same 7 years of software support as the other S24 phones (and the Galaxy Tab S10 range which was also announced today).
It means it is the market leader (along with Google) and the promise includes both operating system upgrades and security upgrades.
With the S23 FE already a year into its four-year OS update promise, the S24 FE will last much longer.
I’ll get into the AI side of things later.
Bigger battery
We all want longer battery life from our phones and Samsung has theoretically done that with the S24 FE.
It has a 4700mAh battery compared to the 4500mAh cell in the S23 FE. It’s not a huge leap and I think there should be room for a 5000mAh capacity in a phone this size, but more is more.
Combined with the new Exynos 2400e, while not a major upgrade, the S24 FE should last longer.
Bigger screen
The last big change to mention is that the screen size has increased from 6.4 to 6.7 inches, giving you more space.
It’s still a Dynamic AMOLED 2X panel with a 120Hz refresh rate and a Full HD+ resolution, so it’s really just about size here.
Much of multiplicity
This means the phone is otherwise relatively unchanged with the same set of cameras (50MP main, 8MP telephoto, 12MP ultra-wide on the back), the same 25W charging speed along with other specs like 8GB RAM and two storage sizes of 128 or 256 GB .
It comes in blue, graphite, gray, mint and yellow.
While Samsung is touting the S24 FE as a product that brings Galaxy AI to the masses, the S23 FE is already listed on the official page as a phone that has these benefits.
With the phone going on sale on October 4 from £649 in the UK, it could be a tough sell.
In fact, I’ve rounded up four great alternatives, including the Xiaomi 14T Pro, which was also announced today for £649.