Samsung’s new Galaxy S24 FE brings AI features to a lower price

A couple days after prematurely revealing the phone on its website, Samsung has officially announced the Galaxy S24 FE. It starts at $649.99 with 128GB of storage, and Samsung’s also offering a 256GB model for $709.99. Design-wise, we’re looking at a phone that’s very similar to last year’s version — though the S24 FE is loaded up with the company’s latest AI software capabilities like generative photo editing, instant slo-mo, and more.

The new phone has a 6.7-inch OLED display with a slimmer bezel this time around, and it’s powered by Samsung’s Exynos 2400e processor, which some would consider a downgrade from the Snapdragon chip used in US editions of the S24 series. Samsung does note that a larger vapor chamber this year should help performance when gaming.

The S24 FE also offers IP68 dust and water resistance, seven years of OS and security updates, and a 4,700mAh battery. As for cameras, you’re getting a 50-megapixel primary lens and 8MP telephoto with 3x optical zoom, both with optical image stabilization. There’s also a 12MP ultra-wide lens and 10MP selfie camera. Samsung’s ProVisual Engine, “an AI-driven camera engine that takes photo quality to incredible heights,” is now trickling down to the FE series for the first time.

Samsung is also bringing the LTE edition of its Galaxy Watch FE to market after announcing it in June: the LTE model goes up for preorder today for $249.99 and will be available October 3rd. Aside from all that, the company is releasing two new tablets, the Galaxy Tab S10 Plus ($999.99) and Galaxy Tab S10 Ultra ($1,199.99). The former has a 12.4-inch display, while the Ultra steps up to a 14.6-inch panel. Both have anti-reflective coatings and quad speakers and run MediaTek’s Dimensity 9300 Plus processor. They also come bundled with an S Pen.

Compared to the Tab S9 Ultra, Samsung says the new model provides an “18 percent increase in CPU, 28 percent increase in GPU, and 14 percent increase in NPU.” The last one could be useful for Samsung’s AI tricks like Note Assist and Draw Assist; there’s a new Galaxy AI key on the keyboards for these tablets.

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