Samsung Galaxy Watch FE confirmed by company's own website

Ro, 01 June 2024

We've seen the leaks so far and it looks like Samsung is gearing up to launch a plethora of smartwatches during the July 10 Unpacked event. We expect not only the Galaxy Watch7, but also a top-of-the-line Ultra and a more affordable FE version.

Screenshots from the UK and Latin America branches

A support page on Samsung's UK and Latin America websites went online briefly, revealing the existence of a smartwatch with SM-R861 model number. This is believed to be the Galaxy Watch FE, although we are still unsure whether or not this will be the marketing name.

According to previous leaks, the affordable Galaxy Watch will be based on the Galaxy Watch4 series, but will retain the rotating bezel.

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Reader comments

jrant
04 Jun 2024
YUU

Would be great if it uses the same Exynos W930 chipset as on the Watch 6 series but I'm not keeping my hopes up

Anonymous
03 Jun 2024
EUk

That does kind of assume the iternals are exactly the same. I can imagine a watch FE might be about using the existing case and most of the same hardware (e.g. it would lack the temperature sensor that was put on the watch 5 onwards and perhaps sapp...

MindTheGap
02 Jun 2024
txG

Ehh, not really. If "same internal" makes Samsung extend the support of the older model, they should've also extend the software update of Samsung A33 and A53 because Samsung A25, which uses the same chipset, will got updates until And...