The Galaxy S23 FE could well be equipped with a Qualcomm Snapdragon 8+ Gen 1 processor, a slightly less powerful SoC than that of the S23. A way to lower the price while maintaining a certain level of performance.
The Galaxy S23 FE does not exist, at least officially. However, the “light” version of Samsung’s brand new terminal is slowly but surely starting to get talked about. Today, its processor is the center of attention.
According to leaker @OreXda, the Galaxy S23 FE would have an SoC Qualcomm Snapdragon 8+ Gen 1while the S23 is equipped with a Snapdragon 8 Gen 2. A way to “adjust” the price.
[Exclusive]Galaxy S23 FE will use Snapdragon 8+ Gen 1 to adjust the unit price.
— Connor / 코너 / Connor (@OreXda) February 21, 2023
The Galaxy S23 FE is more and more talked about
The Snapdragon 8+ Gen 1 is Qualcomm’s flagship processor for the year 2022. It equips premium Samsung smartphones, such as the Galaxy Z Fold 4. Although logically overtaken by the Snapdragon 8 Gen 2, it remains a safe bet today. today. Choosing a 2022 processor could allow Samsung significantly lower the price of his Galaxy S23 FE. An extremely important data that will determine the popularity of the smartphone.
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The Galaxy S20 FE, the first of its kind for the Galaxy S range, was much cheaper than its model. A profitable strategy since the terminal has been sold more than 10 million copies. For the S21 FE, Samsung had seen too big with a product that was too close to the S21, both in technical terms and in terms of price. The success was therefore not at the rendezvous. Note that there was no S22 FE model, not for lack of desire, but quite simply because of the shortage of semiconductors.
Anyway, Samsung has not communicated on the existence of the Galaxy S23 FE at this stage. If this terminal does exist, it should not arrive for a few months, in order to give the Galaxy S23 time to settle permanently on the market.