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Deals: prices of Galaxy S24 FE, other FE devices drop, Moto razr (2023) back down to $350

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About a month ago, the Samsung Galaxy S24 FE was available at $650 for an 8/128GB unit with a $100 gift card from Amazon for an effective price of $550. Now that phone is available for $553, no gift cards involved. And the 8/256GB model is $635.

Additionally, when buying an S24 FE, you can also pick up the Galaxy Buds FE for just $50 – half off their MSRP. If you want just the buds, they are currently 40% off, i.e. you can have them for $60 on their own.

Sony recently refreshed its LinkBuds series with two new models – ones with an open design and ones with a closed design focused on noise cancellation. Both cost the same, now 11% off, it’s a matter of which style you prefer. By the way, Sony also has a LinkBuds Speaker and an app that can seamlessly transfer playback between buds and speaker.

While looking at FE devices, we also checked on the Galaxy Watch FE. It’s available in both Wi-Fi and (as of recently) LTE variants – only in 40mm size in both cases. The watch has a small discount right now.

And to round things off, the FE tablets. The Galaxy Tab S9 FE is a 10.9” slate with a 90Hz IPS LCD and an Exynos 1380. There’s a microSD slot, but the 256GB model has 2 extra gigs of RAM and is a relatively cheap upgrade. The larger Galaxy Tab S9 FE+ has a 12.4” 90Hz IPS LCD.

The Tab S10 generation lacks an 11” option, but you can still pick up the Samsung Galaxy Tab S9. Unlike its FE cousins, this one has a flagship Snapdragon 8 Gen 2 chipset – two generations old now, but still way more powerful than the Exynos 1380. The display is a 120Hz OLED, plus you get DeX support on external displays over USB-C.

During Prime Day in early October, the Motorola Razr (2023) was down to $350 – this is as cheap as flip foldables get. Now it’s back down to that same price, which is half of what it cost at launch. The tiny cover display and Snapdragon 7 Gen 1 aren’t great, but the cutting edge form factor is a feature of its own.

With your $350 you can buy a Moto Edge (2024) instead. Its chipset isn’t amazing either, Snapdragon 7s Gen 2, but you get a curved 6.6” 144Hz OLED display, eco leather back, IP68 dust and water resistance and a bigger 5,000mAh battery (vs. 4,200mAh on the Razr). The cameras are comparable: 50+13MP vs. 64+13MP.

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