Samsung has nearly confirmed the existence of its Galaxy Z Flip FE foldable cellphone.
We’ve heard so many rumours in regards to the so-called Samsung Galaxy Z FE over the previous few months, we’re firmly in ‘no smoke with out fireplace’ territory.
Nonetheless, with a type of studies from October claiming that the mission could have been delayed and even cancelled, there was no assure Samsung would comply with via on its accessible flip cellphone mission.
Now we seem to have obtained affirmation from Samsung itself that the Galaxy Z Flip FE stays a going concern.
How has Samsung confirmed the Galaxy Z Flip FE?
As Sammobile notes, a reference has cropped up on Samsung’s servers to a tool with the mannequin variety of SM-F761B. This doesn’t correspond to any presently out there cellphone.
Going by Samsung’s established naming conference, nevertheless, we will decide that this refers back to the Samsung Galaxy Z Flip FE.
Certainly, this identify drop tells us a good quantity. The label pertains to firmware for the gadget, issued this month, so we all know it’s a bodily product that’s virtually able to roll.
Additionally, using the letter ‘B’ within the identify confirms that it is a European mannequin. This will probably be no South Korea-only restricted version, and we’ll virtually actually be seeing the Galaxy Z Flip FE right here within the UK.
What else do we all know in regards to the Samsung Galaxy Z Flip FE?
Earlier leaks and rumours posit that the Samsung Galaxy Z Flip FE will use precisely the identical 6.7-inch AMOLED show because the Samsung Galaxy Z Flip 6.
We’ve additionally heard that it’ll run on the Exynos 2400 processor. That’s not the identical because the Snapdragon 8 Gen 3 used within the Samsung Galaxy Z Flip 6, however it’s the similar because the chip used within the world mannequin of the Samsung Galaxy S24. It’s not fairly as succesful, but it surely’s broadly in the identical ballpark.
This could possibly be backed by a wholesome 12GB RAM and 256GB of inside storage.
We’re possible going to see the Galaxy Z Flip FE within the second half of 2025.
It’s just about nailed on to be considerably cheaper than the launch worth of the Galaxy Z Flip 6. The FE stands for ‘Fan Version’ in Samsung’s estimation, which implies a cellphone that broadly approximates the options of the non-FE equal while reducing manufacturing prices.
Mattias Inghe
Potential issues
Whether or not Samsung will run into the identical drawback because it did with the Samsung Galaxy S24 FE (and former FE fashions for that matter) stays to be seen.
Samsung left it so late to launch the cellphone into the market, the extra premium Galaxy S24 was being closely discounted to a massively aggressive worth. In the meantime the next-generation Samsung Galaxy S25 was proper across the nook for individuals who have been capable of pay slightly extra.
Right here’s hoping Samsung will get its timing proper with the Galaxy Z Flip FE, because the prospect of a less expensive and extra accessible foldable cellphone is a massively interesting one.