Weekly poll results: the Samsung Galaxy S25 FE needs a solid price cut

For something called “Fan Edition”, the FE series has trouble actually connecting to fans. Last year’s model was criticized for its price, now the 2025 model is here and it’s a very similar story – people think they can get better hardware for their money elsewhere.

In short, the Samsung Galaxy S25 FE is not a great buy – not right now, anyway. Reading through the comments on last week’s poll, we noticed a pattern – a lot of people would rather get a Galaxy S24+. Right now it costs less despite being a better phone.

The S24+ has the same Exynos 2400 chipset (unless you live in a Snapdragon region) and has 4GB more RAM. It has a higher resolution (1440p+ vs. 1080p+) 6.7” display, an LTPO panel at that. The rest is close enough that it makes little difference.

We’ve seen some great deals on the older Galaxy S24 FE this year – and in time we are sure that we will see similarly great deals on the S25 FE. Until then, the S24 FE or S24+ will overshadow the S25 FE. And that’s just if you are looking at Samsung phones. Depending on where you live, you can get some near-flagship level hardware for $650/€750/£650.

There’s another issue – with the FE models coming in so late, they launch just a few months before the new Galaxy S generation arrives. Then there will be hot new hardware for those with money to spare or cheaper older S-models (similar to the S24+ situation right now).

Samsung Galaxy S25 FE in Navy, Jetblack, Icyblue and White

Still, some owners of older Galaxy S FE phones are seeing enough upgrades on the S25 FE to make them switch. Whether they do that immediately or whether they wait for the price to drop is another matter – we’ve already seen some reports on great deals from stores, but that seems pretty rare right now.

Samsung Galaxy S25 FE 5G

Samsung Galaxy S24+

Samsung Galaxy S24 FE