There are many reasons to be skeptical of the Samsung Galaxy S21 FE. Samsung has scheduled the Galaxy S21 FE to go on sale next week at a starting price of €749 / $699 / £699. On the face of it, this is a fair price, as it hasn't gone up or down since 2020, when Samsung introduced the Galaxy S20 FE 5G. However, upon closer inspection, we are inclined to believe that, this year, the Galaxy S21 FE is a bit overpriced for a couple of reasons which we are about to explain.
Samsung Galaxy S21 FE
What is not convincing about the Samsung Galaxy S21 FE
Setting the correct price for a device that many people will call a “flagship killer” is no easy task, but the big problem with the Galaxy S21 FE is that it appears to be poorly priced compared to both the Galaxy S20 FE 5G than to the upcoming Galaxy S22. We process.
Samsung had released the Galaxy S20 FE 5G for €749 / $699 shortly before it started removing wall chargers and earphones from the sales boxes of new Galaxy phones for sustainability reasons. The 2020 model escaped that fate, but the Galaxy S21 FE is a new-age phone, ergo, it has a lighter retail box.
For this reason, it could be argued that the Galaxy S21 FE actually offers less than the S20 FE for the same price. There's no wall charger in the box and the earphones are missing, but customers do get a USB-C cable and paperwork.
Then there's the fact that the Galaxy S20 FE and Galaxy S21 FE have similar memory options, but while the 2020 model has expandable memory, the Galaxy S21 FE does not. The 2022 model is now thinner at 7.9mm (up from 8.4mm), but the savings Samsung may have achieved by removing the expandable storage aren't reflected in the retail price. We will see what the response of the Italian public will be on the Samsung Galaxy S21 FE.