Samsung Galaxy S21 FE leak shows off all the phone’s color options
Four colors at launch?
When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission.Here’s how it works.
TheSamsung Galaxy S21 FEhas traveled a long and winding road on its journey to being launched, but it seems that it’s now very close to being officially unveiled – and in the meantime, we’ve got a sneak preview of all the colors it’s going to arrive in.
These images – which look like official renders – come courtesy of the ever-reliableWinFuture, and show the Galaxy S21 FE in black, white, pink and green. It’s possible that other colors might appear in the months after the initial launch as well.
The colors in these pictures match up with what we’ve seen fromprevious leaks, so it looks very much as though these will be the options for you to buy on launch day. We havecome acrossa navy blue-ish model too, not detailed in this current leak, which might be exclusive for a particular region or for theSamsungwebsite.
Here’s (another) look at the Samsung Galaxy S21 FE in all color variatons. It’ll be cheaper than you might expected at what looks like 649/699 Euros for 128/256GB: https://t.co/H0k6sjjXH3December 1, 2021
The price is right?
Another little interesting nugget of information from the same source: pricing in Europe is apparently going to start at €649 (that’s the equivalent of $735 / £550 / AU$1,030, though Samsung won’t use a straight currency conversion when setting its prices).
That’s the same starting price as theGalaxy S20 FElaunched at – in euros, at least – and it hints that maybe Samsung has managed to hit the same mark with the successor. Internationally, the Galaxy S20 FE originally retailed for $699 / £699 / AU$1,149.
As well as the colors, WinFuture also recaps some of the specs that we’ve seen before: the phone is expected to come with a 6.4-inch display, with 8GB of RAM on board and the option of either 128GB or 256GB of internal storage.
Analysis: the affordable Samsung flagship of 2022
It seems a long time ago that the likes of Samsung andApplelaunched just one flagship phone a year – that was before the industry as a whole realized that offering multiple models of theGalaxy S21or theiPhone 13across various price points was a better strategy for pulling in more buyers.
Get the best Black Friday deals direct to your inbox, plus news, reviews, and more.
Sign up to be the first to know about unmissable Black Friday deals on top tech, plus get all your favorite TechRadar content.
With the Galaxy S21 FE, Samsung is adding yet another option if you’re after a top-tier Galaxy handset in 2022. It won’t have quite the power or the camera quality of theGalaxy S22of course, but it will give you specs that are close to flagship level for a price that looks like it will be distinctly mid-range.
It’s a smart approach, because it appeals to the people – and there are a lot of them – who are happy to miss out on the very best specs and the very latest silicon if it means big savings in terms of price. The mid-rangeGooglePixel series, most recently represented by thePixel 5a, follows the same sort of idea.
Pricing for the Samsung Galaxy S21 FE is going to be crucial to its success, especially with the Galaxy S22arriving the month after(if the rumors are correct). Expect Samsung to offer it as cheaply as it possibly can as it looks to get 2022 off to a strong start.
Dave is a freelance tech journalist who has been writing about gadgets, apps and the web for more than two decades. Based out of Stockport, England, on TechRadar you’ll find him covering news, features and reviews, particularly for phones, tablets and wearables. Working to ensure our breaking news coverage is the best in the business over weekends, David also has bylines at Gizmodo, T3, PopSci and a few other places besides, as well as being many years editing the likes of PC Explorer and The Hardware Handbook.
We might have our first look at the long-rumored Samsung tri-fold
Samsung reveals its next-gen Bixby AI – a Galaxy brain to rival ChatGPT and Gemini
NYT Strands today — hints, answers and spangram for Sunday, November 10 (game #252)
