Samsung Galaxy S24 FE to be more expensive than its predecessor

Samsung's Galaxy S24 FE is expected to launch either towards the end of this month, or in October. It will arrive with a downclocked version of the Exynos 2400 chip, the same charging as its predecessor, a 6.7-inch FHD+ AMOLED screen with 120 Hz refresh rate, 1,900-nit peak brightness and Gorilla Glass Victus+ on top, a 50 MP main camera, a 12 MP ultrawide, an 8 MP 3x optical zoom telephoto, a 10 MP selfie camera, and a 4,565 mAh battery. Oh, and a price hike.

According to a new rumor from a usually reliable source, the Galaxy S24 FE in Europe will be €100 more expensive than the Galaxy S23 FE was upon launch. That's a pretty hard pill to swallow if this pans out, especially as you're not getting any extra memory or storage either: the base model S24 FE will still only have 8GB of the former and 128GB of the latter, just like the S23 FE did.

So, the Galaxy S24 FE with 8/128GB is going to be priced at €799. The S23 FE last year started at €699. The 'vanilla' Galaxy S24 is currently retailing in Europe for around €600 with the same RAM/storage amount, while the S24+ is currently under €800 with 12GB of RAM and 256GB of storage. So why would anyone choose the S24 FE over either of these? That's a good question, isn't it?

Source (in German) | Image source