On January 6, according to Samsung Gelox official micro-news, Samsung Galaxy S21 FE National Bank Edition has now opened pre-sale, with 8+128GB and 8+256GB two storage versions, the price is 4599 yuan and 4999 yuan, the model provides four colors of frosted sugar white, chantrid green, light taro purple, truffle gray.
FE is the "Fan Edition", which is also known as the "Fan Special Edition". At that time, because the S20 was more expensive, some consumers did not need such a good configuration, and Samsung launched the S20 FE version. In addition to the screen and fuselage, the S20 FE basically retains most of the core configuration on the S20, and the price only needs to be more than 3,000 yuan, attracting a lot of star fans to buy, and also laying the "cost-effective" positioning of FE.
In the eyes of many people, the S21 FE is the shell youth version of the Samsung S21, which only retains the core configuration and castrates the fuselage material and screen. In fact, the S21 FE is equivalent to an enlarged version of the S21 after being castrated in part of the configuration, with a 6.4-inch AMOLED screen, support for a 120Hz refresh rate, and cover the latest Corning Gorilla Glass, which can be seen to be not a simple hulling machine.
This new machine should be the first Qualcomm Snapdragon 888 product in 2022, the performance is not outdated, but various manufacturers have begun to rush to 8 Gen 1 mobile phones, Samsung's wave of action is really slow. If there is no accident, the back panel of S21 FE is still made of plastic material, and the heat dissipation may not be able to support large games, but fortunately, the color matching is still quite rich.
In other aspects, S21 FE built-in 4500 mAh battery, support 25W wired "fast charging", 15W wireless charging, placed in a 4599 yuan starting mobile phone, can not say that there is no growth, can only be said to be crushed by the same price of domestic machines. Of course, this new machine also does not come with a charging head.
In terms of imaging, compared with the S21 FE and the S21, the front lens was upgraded from 10 million pixels to 32 million pixels, but the telephoto lens was castrated from 64 million pixels to 8 million pixels, and now the domestic machine is basically castrated the telephoto lens, how can even Samsung keep up?
It is worth mentioning that Xiao Lei officially found in Samsung that as Samsung's genuine flagship S21, it has a more comprehensive configuration and a more pleasing small size grip, the same 8+128GB only needs 3699 yuan, and the official price of S21+ is basically the same as S21 FE, in any case, S21 FE is not worth considering.
Now it seems that the S21 FE has no longer served as a cost-effective façade for Samsung like the S20 FE, and has become an embarrassing product sandwiched between the S21 and S21+. If it is not a Samsung fan, Xiao Lei believes that there are many machines at a price point that are better than the S21 FE, and 4599 yuan can already buy a domestic flagship with a comprehensive configuration and online experience.