You’d think that tech companies would manage to not leak their own products by now, but apparently not: It appears that Samsung has released a new version of its more affordable Fan Edition (FE) Galaxy phones, earbuds, and tablets. Leaked on your website.
Whether an employee mistake or part of an intentional marketing strategy, we now have a ton of information about the Samsung Galaxy Buds FE as well as images of the Galaxy Tab S9 FE and Galaxy S23 FE.
Samsung Galaxy Buds FE: Key features
Assuming the information displayed was genuine, the Samsung Galaxy Buds FE have one driver and three mics in each earbud, active noise cancellation, and up to 30 hours of play time with ANC off; This drops to 21 hours when ANC is enabled. They have Bluetooth 5.2 and a larger, tipped design, and as before, the familiar compact charging case with USB-C on the back. They’re SmartThings Find-compatible and feature ambient mode, auto device switching, and Samsung’s Bixby digital assistant.
The price of the Samsung Galaxy Buds FE has not yet been announced – or accidentally published – but previous rumors suggested $99 in the US, which is likely to be £99 in the UK.
Samsung Galaxy S23 FE and Samsung Galaxy Tab S9 FE: What do we know so far?
Apart from the leaked images, Samsung is also publishing teaser images of the upcoming Samsung Galaxy S23 FE – the first FE phone after the Galaxy S21 FE. They show the rear camera assembly with three lenses arranged vertically and are titled, “The New Epic”. This appears to confirm previous rumors that the S23 FE will be getting a camera upgrade this year.
According to the rumor mill, the SE will have a 6.4-inch Dynamic AMOLED with full HD+, 120Hz refresh rate and HDR10+. The selfie shooter is reportedly 10MP, and the main camera is 50MP alongside a 12MP ultrawide and an 8MP telephoto with 3x optical zoom.
The Samsung Galaxy S23 FE is believed to have the Exynos 2200 and Snapdragon 8 Gen 1 chips from last year’s Galaxy S22 series, although leaked benchmarks indicate that Samsung has optimized it to deliver better performance than before.
The Galaxy Tab S9 FE has leaked elsewhere too: it’s appeared on the Google Play Console database alongside its budget sibling, the Galaxy Tab A9. Besides renders of the new tablet there are some specifications: it appears to have a 1440 x 2304px display, an Exynos 1380 chip and 6GB of RAM. As expected, it’s running Android 13.
We don’t know when these devices will actually launch, but one of the leaked images of the Galaxy S23 FE shows a date of 4 October, which seems like a likely date for a Fall product launch: much later and you’re leaving it Dangerously late for the holiday season. And given the fact that Samsung is teasing while also deliberately or accidentally leaking complete product pages, it’s clear that the Fan Edition devices are ready to roll.