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A September launch of Samsung‘s Galaxy S23 FE is looking highly likely. Amid growing rumors, the company has begun adding support pages for the phone to its official website. It has also obtained a few more regulatory certifications for the new Fan Edition (FE) handset.
Samsung recently published an official support page for the Galaxy S23 FE on its Kazakhstan website. As usual, the page doesn’t reveal anything more than the phone’s model number (SM-F711B). However, it’s an indication that the device is almost here. The company will add more information to the page following its announcement, including a few photos.
Meanwhile, the Galaxy S23 FE has received regulatory approval from India’s BIS (Bureau of Indian Standards). It’s the same model number again, with the Indian authority confirming dual-SIM support for the phone, at least in the country. The upcoming FE-series phone has also popped up on the Bluetooth SIG website (via). This time around, we have five different model numbers.
These include the US carrier-locked and unlocked versions (SM-F711U and SM-F711U1, respectively), the Canadian version (SM-F711W), and the Chinese version (SM-F7110). We have previously seen these model numbers on other certification listings as well, including the FCC and the WPC (Wireless Power Consortium). If anything, this is a sign of a nearing release of the phone.
The Galaxy S23 FE will arrive with two different chipsets
Samsung will launch the Galaxy S23 FE with two different chipsets. The phone will be powered by the Snapdragon 8 Gen 1 in some markets, including the US. Some others, such as Europe, will get the company’s in-house Exynos 2200 SoC. The Korean firm has been doing this for a long time now, selling its high-end phones with different chipsets in different markets.
The Galaxy S23 series was an exception, with the 2023 flagships shipping with an overclocked Snapdragon 8 gen 2 globally. However, Samsung is now going back to the usual dual-SoC strategy with the Galaxy S23 FE. Next year’s Galaxy S24 flagships are also rumored to use two chipsets: Snapdragon 8 Gen 3 “for Galaxy” (overclocked version) and Exynos 2400.
Despite growing rumors, we don’t yet have a confirmed launch date for the Galaxy S23 FE. The latest word from the industry is that the phone will arrive in September, but a date is still missing. September begins in less than a week, so we might soon hear something officially from Samsung. The company also has a couple of FE-series tablets in the works. It remains to be seen if all of these devices arrive on the same day.