Samsung Galaxy S21 FE design just leaked — here’s your first look

Samsung Milky way S21 FE blueprint just leaked — here'south your starting time await

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Samsung's next mid-range phone could be close to launch. Thanks to unofficial renders from reliable leaker Steve Hemmerstoffer (OnLeaks), we have our first await of what the Samsung Galaxy S21 FE will look like.

Equally you might expect for a phone that'southward the "Fan Edition" of the Galaxy S21, the handset bears a striking similarity to its inspiration, with the same central pinhole selfie camera, and traffic calorie-free-style triple photographic camera array. The key difference, Hemmerstoffer says, is in the photographic camera bump itself, which is integrated into the phone's shell, different the S21's, which extended from the handset's metal frame.

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While the assortment looks like, the fact that it's congenital into the frame means the end of the 2-tone pattern found on the Galaxy S21. In other words, you lot can look the camera hump to come up in the same shade as the glasstic casing. According to previous leaks, that's a choice betwixt light green, white, greyness, royal or pinkish handsets.

We'd previously heard that the Galaxy S21 Atomic number 26 could improve on the S21 family unit with the same 32MP front-facing photographic camera plant on the S20 Iron. However, Hemmerstoffer makes no mention of camera specs, other than to suggest the rear cameras will characteristic "likely downgraded lenses" due to the anticipated cheaper price.

When you accept both phones in your hands, i key deviation will be immediately obvious: the S21 FE is quite a fleck larger. Hemmerstoffer says that the S21 Fe will be 4mm taller and 3.3mm wider than the S21, though both share the same thickness. This translates into a larger screen: vi.4-inches, compared to the S21's vi.2-inch display.

In terms of cost, Hemmerstoffer says information technology'll be "in the circa $700" range, which sounds correct, given information technology matches the launch cost of the Galaxy S20 FE from last October. While he doesn't have anything to share with regards to release date, the early arrival of the S21 in January has many speculating that the Fan Edition will exist bumped up as well, with a possible August release date previously mooted.

That could see it unveiled alongside Samsung's new foldables — the Galaxy Z Fold three and Milky way Z Flip 3 — though it's possible that the visitor will want to continue these announcements apart, given the unlike markets each handset targets.

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